Figure 7 .1: Major players

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is the largest player in the BaaS space, whose primary focus is on

Ethereum. Building Azure Blockchain Workbench and Azure Blockchain

Service; additionally, it offers services for running R3 ’s Corda and

Hyperledger Fabric networks. Ethereum Enterprise Alliance and token

taxonomy initiative are the key founders.

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) prefers health care, insurance,

and other verticals and is an append-only database with a cryptographically

verifiable transaction log for development. Available publicly, AWS’s managed

blockchain supports Hyperledger Fabric and plans to integrate Ethereum.

IBM Cloud

IBM Cloud, involved in providing cloud services and product updates, is one

of the maintainers of Hyperledger Fabric’s source code. To enable you to run

your fabric network across various cloud providers, IBM has opened its IBM

Blockchain 2.0 to be multi-cloud.