Google Cloud joins Flare Networks as a validator

DATA blockchain Flare has brought in Google Cloud as a network validator and contributor to its Flare Time Series Oracle.

The move means Google Cloud is now among a hundred organisations adopting the new combined role of validator and contributor to the FTSO on Flare.

The infrastructure provider role provides decentralised applications on both Flare and other chains with access to price and time series data, blockchain event and state data, and Web2 API data.

“As the blockchain for data, we are excited that Google Cloud is joining our existing decentralised network of infrastructure providers who contribute to Flare," said Hugo Philion, co-founder and CEO of Flare.

"Our work together will help deliver a more robust decentralized smart contract platform that places decentralised data at its core.

“Although much of the existing utility in the blockchain space comes from the nexus of decentralized computation with external data, existing oracle systems suffer from meaningful drawbacks: they are hard to decentralize, expensive to use, difficult to scale and have high latency.”

James Tromans, Google Cloud's Head of Web3 said: “Data access at scale is important to increase relevant blockchain use cases and greater global adoption of the technology. Google Cloud becoming a validator on the Flare network will help support that mission.”

Flare has also become a part of the Google for Start-ups Cloud Program designed to accelerate the growth of Web3 start-ups, giving developers on Flare access to financial and technical support from Google Cloud and partners.