Blockchain also manages Blockchain.info, a popular bitcoin block explorer.
Jerry Cuomo, VP of blockchain technology at IBM, says his company is offering a set of cloud services to help customers create, deploy and manage blockchain networks.
"Amazon Managed Blockchain is a fully managed service that allows you to set up and manage a scalable blockchain network with just a few clicks," Amazon said in an announcement.
Amazon gets into the blockchain with Quantum Ledger Database & Managed Blockchain.
Interested customers can sign up for Amazon Managed Blockchain preview here.
The company also debuted AWS Managed Blockchain, which can work with QLDB.
Clearly something has changed over the course of the last year because today, the company is launching two new blockchain services: Quantum Ledger Database and Amazon Managed Blockchain.
A distributed network of computers managed by blockchain and smart contracts can create a shared economy where anyone with a computer can borrow idle computing power and make a side income.
While a database requires a central authority to maintain and manage data, blockchain offers a decentralized approach to storage and verification of data.
