AWS Web3 Blog
Author: Guillaume Goutaudier
Accelerate Ethereum synchronization time with storage-optimized Amazon EC2 instances
Syncing an Ethereum node can be a time-consuming and costly process if not well optimized, with the need to find the right balance between speed and security. Compute requirements are different between the initial synchronization phase with the network and the steady-state phase where the node only needs to process new blocks (for additional details, refer to Synchronization modes in the Ethereum documentation). This challenge can be addressed by using different types of Amazon EC2 instances corresponding to your requirements. In this post, we demonstrate how to use the latest generation of storage optimized EC2 instances during the synchronization process, and switch back to right-sized memory optimized instances for the run phase to minimize cost.
Run a serverless Arbitrum full node on AWS
Over the last 2 years, layer 2 technologies have gained traction and are solving the scaling constraints of Ethereum. L2beat provides a consolidated view of the different layer 2 projects. At the time of writing, Arbitrum represents approximatively half of the market value of layer 2 solutions. AWS offers a variety of services to help […]
IPFS on AWS, Part 3: Store NFT data on IPFS
This series of posts provides a comprehensive introduction to running IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) on AWS: In Part 1, we introduce the IPFS concepts and test IPFS features on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance In Part 2, we propose a reference architecture and build an IPFS cluster on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service […]
IPFS on AWS, Part 2: Deploy a production IPFS cluster on Amazon EKS
This series of posts provides a comprehensive introduction to running IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) on AWS: In Part 1, we introduce the IPFS concepts and test IPFS features on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance In Part 2, we propose a reference architecture and build an IPFS cluster on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service […]
IPFS on AWS, Part 1: Discover IPFS on a virtual machine
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a storage protocol that allows content to be stored in a decentralized manner on the global IPFS network, without relying on any central entity. IPFS-enabled applications can benefit from a high level of redundancy and low latency, because content can be replicated, looked up, and downloaded from nearby IPFS nodes. […]