Recently, I read a post on 'Salesforce gave blockchain technology a ringing endorsement....'. From there, I tried to note down some interesting points related to Salesforce, Blockchain and it's future competitors.
At its fourth annual TrailheaDX developer conference, Salesforce announced its new low-code platform called Salesforce Blockchain that enables organizations to share verified, distributed data sets across a trusted network of partners and third parties.
Salesforce Blockchain — which is currently available to select designer partners — is built on Hyperledger Sawtooth, an open source modular platform for designing, deploying, and running distributed ledgers, and it’s customized for Salesforce Lightning, Salesforce’s front-end framework for app development.
It consists of three components:
a) Blockchain Builder, a developer toolset for building blockchain applications;
b) Blockchain Connect, which integrates blockchain actions with Salesforce apps; and
c) Blockchain Engage, which enables customers to invite parties to blockchain apps created within Salesforce.
With Salesforce Blockchain, admins can build and maintain networks, apps, and smart contracts or create and share blockchain objects, and layer blockchain data on top of existing sales, services, and marketing flows like search queries and process automation.
Future Competitors -
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Salesforce Blockchain will compete to an extent with Azure Blockchain Service, Microsoft’s newly launched fully managed blockchain service, and Amazon Managed Blockchain. Other rivals include IBM Blockchain, a performance-as-a-service offering.
Note - Salesforce Blockchain is currently available to select design partners but the company expects it become generally available in 2020. Any suggestions what things you want to see in it's first release??
