Blockchain technology is transforming how the world stores and moves information. Companies of all sizes are exploring its potential for enabling smart contract automation, building decentralized applications, driving open-source innovation, and more. But many also face a common hurdle: running and maintaining their own node, a prerequisite for many Web3 use cases. Deploying and managing nodes can be costly, time consuming, and complex.

We designed Blockchain Node Engine to make things easier: Node hosting on Google Cloud frees you from worrying about the hardware, bandwidth, network connectivity, and maintenance requirements of running a node so they can focus on their core business instead. Recently, we also launched snapshot-based provisioning for nodes, allowing full and archive nodes to be synced in less than a day. This is a major improvement and allows developers to quickly deploy and scale their blockchain infrastructure.

Since its preview launch, both traditional enterprises and Web3 digital-native companies have used Blockchain Node Engine to solve some of the challenges of hosting their nodes. And as of June 2023, Blockchain Node Engine is generally available, helping more companies achieve the same.

In today's blog, we meet four companies using Blockchain Node Engine to help with their operational challenges, so they can build and scale faster in Web3 to benefit their customers and communities.