Flare integrates the blockchain API on the Google Cloud Marketplace

Layer-1 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain platform Flare has integrated the application programming interface (API) portal on the Google Cloud Marketplace, integrating a number of significant blockchain APIs into the ecosystem.

The Google Cloud Marketplace integration will provide high-integrity blockchain data from Flare nodes and connected chain nodes to a wide range of developers and users of the software products and services platform. This includes blockchain APIs for Algorand, BNB Smart Chain, Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Flare, Litecoin, Songbird, XRP Ledger and future supported blockchain APIs.

Blockchain APIs are designated to free developers from having to run their own nodes for the respective blockchains they interact with. The data provided powers applications that perform transactions and query the latest state of a blockchain by calling up chain data.

Flare highlights blockchain APIs as valuable for building cross-chain applications that query various data sources, including major cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets that use the API portal.

A statement from Flare’s vice president of engineering Josh Edwards highlighted that the provision of blockchain APIs to platforms such as Google Cloud Marketplace will play a role in increasing Web3 participation:

“It makes it easier for developers to experiment with blockchain technology and its many use cases without being burdened by heavy hardware costs and ongoing maintenance.”

Edwards also suggested that larger organizations and partners using Google Cloud Marketplace would potentially experiment with the secure and trusted Web3 APIs.

The EVM-based layer 1 aims to expand the utility of blockchain technology by providing data from various chains and Web2 sources, which can climb to over 100 chains that make up Flare’s oracle.

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Flare’s integration comes just days after Polygon Labs and Google Cloud announced a multi-year partnership for the cloud computing service provider to boost the Ethereum scaling protocol’s tools and infrastructure development.

The agreement means that Google Cloud’s framework and developer tools are delivered to Polygon’s core protocols, aimed at promoting the development of Web3 products and decentralized applications at Polygon.

Google Cloud’s partnership with the ecosystem is expected to further Polygon’s zero-knowledge development. Testing Polygon zkEVM’s zero-knowledge proof on Google Cloud reportedly resulted in faster and cheaper transactions compared to the existing infrastructure available.

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