Amazon Web Services has announced its centralised blockchain service, Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) is now generally available.
In Brief:
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QLDB is a fully managed service providing a cryptographically verifiable ledger.
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Customers will be able to store structured and unstructured data.
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The tech has been in development for some time, having been announced at 2018’s AWS re:Invent conference.
What does this mean?
Customers will be able to store and access a variety of data more easily, improving their ability to keep track of purchases made across various bank accounts – as well as information on the products they buy.