Chainlink Selects Avalanche Blockchain to Launch Serverless Developer Platform

Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network, has released Chainlink Functions, a serverless development platform, on the Avalanche Fuji testnet. According to a blog post announcing the service, smart contract programmers can now use it to securely connect to any Web2 API, including those for communication services, social media signals, AI computation, and more.

Fast linking of smart contracts to existing Web2 APIs is now possible with Chainlink Functions, which opens up new possibilities for the convergence of Web3 and Web2. The article drew attention to the fact that Web2 developers cannot use their infrastructure to build Web3 apps and that there is a lack of coherence between smart contracts and current Web2 APIs.

The architecture offered by Chainlink Functions enables the development of cutting-edge applications that use both blockchain and traditional computing. Developers of Avalanche smart contracts can use it to connect Web2 APIs and cloud services. By doing so, you can access a host of benefits, such as widespread connectivity, adaptive computing, trust-minimized security, and quick and easy self-service.

Chainlink Functions provide a decentralized computing runtime for Web3 applications, enabling off-chain testing, simulation, and execution of custom logic. This is an alternative to AWS Lambda, GCP CloudFunctions and Cloudflare Workers that uses blockchain technology to provide a serverless cloud-based solution.

According to the paper, developers can use Chainlink Functions to meet their external data and computation needs without having to interact with node administrators. Using the network’s availability, security, and reliability, developers can concentrate on creating decentralized apps.

The integration on Avalanche between Web3 applications and Web2 data sources simplifies and streamlines the linking process, improving the developer experience. The method of integrating Avalanche’s smart contracts with existing Web2 APIs has been simplified, opening the door to the discovery of new features and applications. Web2 APIs and data sources can be seamlessly integrated into smart contracts by developers.

The release of Chainlink Functions on the Avalanche Fuji testnet provides another chance to bridge the gap between Web3 and Web2. Developers working in the Avalanche ecosystem can use this to integrate their smart contracts with the existing Web2 APIs. This paves the way for a number of benefits, including widespread networking, flexible computing, low trust security and fast self-service.