Yes, you read it right, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces the availability of Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain.
“With this launch, AWS customers can easily provision Ethereum nodes in minutes and connect to the public Ethereum main network and test networks such as Rinkeby and Ropsten,” says AWS in the official blog post.
Also as per the blog post, “With Amazon Managed Blockchain, customers get secure networking, encryption at rest and transport, secure access to the network via standard open-source Ethereum APIs, fast and reliable syncs to the Ethereum blockchain, and durable elastic storage for ledger data.”
Node health, replaces unhealthy nodes, and automates Ethereum software upgrades, improving the availability of customers’ Ethereum infrastructure is monitored by Amazon Managed Blockchain.
Also as per the blog post, Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain is available in the following regions, US East (N. Virginia), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Europe (Ireland), and Europe (London).