Why cloud-native blockchain?
Before diving into specifics, let me elucidate what cloud-native actually means in the context of blockchain, why it’s an evolutionary step, and how it’s different from traditional blockchain deployments. In a nutshell, cloud-native blockchain is about leveraging cloud-specific features such as microservices, containers, serverless computing, and orchestration tools.
Cloud-native blockchain solutions are specifically designed to take advantage of the unique features and benefits offered by cloud platforms. This allows them to achieve greater agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency compared to traditional blockchain deployments. The following figure shows cloud-native architectures as the intersection of four core pillars: containers, microservices, serverless, and automation:
Figure 16.1 – The core pillars of cloud-native architectures
In this book, we looked at cloud container platforms for the deployment...