One giant leap for decentralization.
The headline of this linked article:
Amazon Web Services Users Can Now Launch Avalanche Blockchain Nodes
The subheading?
Ava Labs is joining Amazon’s AWS Marketplace to accelerate institutional adoption of Avalanche.
Cool...what the hell does that mean?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) powers roughly 1/3 of the internet.
Ava Labs is the organization behind Avalanche - which is a blockchain that supports all kinds of stuff - NFTs, Web3 games...
And a unique technology called 'Subnets.'
Subnets act like custom blockchains, built on Avalanche, with the unique ability to let companies create custom rulesets, and even use their own token instead of Avalanche’s native AVAX token to pay transaction fees.
Think of them like Build-A-Bear, but for blockchains. Avalanche gives you the tools, you make it your own.
Anyway - it was just announced that organizations will soon be able to launch a custom Subnet for their own platform through AWS.
...and here's the kicker:
AWS already has massive market share.
If just 10% of the existing customers move from AWS's current cloud offering, to Ava Labs' subnets, it will mean thousands of companies will have moved to a decentralized infrastructure.
Plus, Ava Labs' technology is so robust that even government organizations (which have to adhere to stricter data regulations than the average startup) will be able to use it.
How about that for a 'side door' into a decentralized government?
