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Take control of your blockchain-for-business experience

Innovators everywhere are creating value and disrupting industries with the IBM Blockchain Platform. With blockchain software, services, tools and sample code, it’s everything you need to build, operate, govern, and grow a working blockchain network, accelerating the creation of blockchain applications in a variety of cloud environments.

In addition, the completely reimagined IBM Blockchain Platform 2.0 Beta offers a Kubernetes-based architecture for deployment flexibility, updated developer tools, a centralized user interface to deploy and manage components and more. Purchase the amount of compute you need to scale up or down based on network requirements.

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Welcome to the fast, flexible way to deploy blockchain solutions

Get started easily

We make it easy to get started on your blockchain journey with streamlined network setup and a full suite of industry templates, demos, developer and governance tools, and more.

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Govern and scale with ease

Activate your network on a platform that grows with you, featuring always-on operations to support business workloads. Set network rules, update members, deploy smart contracts and more.

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Develop breakthrough applications

Leverage the Hyperledger Fabric SDK, AI, IoT, data analytics, integration capabilities and more to build innovative applications for your blockchain network.

Deploy where it makes sense for you

Different solutions can have different business requirements. With the IBM Blockchain Platform, we give you your choice of deploying them in a cloud, on multiple clouds or on-premises.

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IBM Blockchain Platform 2.0 Beta

Preview the next generation of the leading blockchain-for-business platform

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BUILD

• Leverage our advanced Visual Studio (VS) Code extension for smooth integration between smart contract development and network management

• Transition seamlessly from development to test to production in a single environment with simplified DevOps

• Give your developers the support they need for writing smart contracts in JavaScript, Java, and Go languages

OPERATE & GOVERN

• Manage all network components in one place, no matter where they are deployed

• Maintain complete control of your identities, ledger and smart contracts

• Deploy only the blockchain components you need (Peer, Ordering Service, Certificate Authority)

GROW

• Start small, then pay as you grow for what you use – no upfront investment and upgrade easily through Kubernetes

• Connect a single peer to multiple industry networks with ease

• Connect to nodes running in any environment (on-premises, public, hybrid clouds)

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Other deployment options for the IBM Blockchain Platform

IBM Blockchain Platform for IBM Cloud Private

Unlock blockchain value in different cloud environments with the IBM Blockchain Platform for IBM Cloud Private. You can now deploy the IBM Blockchain Platform anywhere IBM Cloud Private is supported, including on-premises environments. Examples include deploying on a private cloud behind your firewall to meet data residency requirements, as well as deploying a distributed peer or your entire network on a third- party public cloud of your choice. Contact IBM for availability and pricing.

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What's included

✔ Hyperledger Fabric 1.2 features and capabilities

✔ Individual Kubernetes helm charts for Peer (ledger), Certificate Authority and Ordering Service

✔ Documented common deployment patterns

 

✔ Ability to deploy the full Hyperledger Fabric network or just a peer (ledger)

✔ Instance and features of IBM Cloud Private v3.1.0

✔ Data can reside behind the firewall

✔ Compute isolation

IBM Blockchain Platform for AWS

Are you an AWS user or interested in a multi-cloud architecture for your blockchain network? The IBM Blockchain Platform is available for users who predominantly use AWS or want to deploy peers on multiple clouds. The newly launched AWS Quick Start makes it easier to deploy a distributed peer on the AWS Cloud, connected to your IBM Blockchain Platform network.

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What’s included

✔ Hyperledger Fabric 1.2 features and capabilities

✔ AWS CloudFormation template for a peer (ledger)

✔ Compute isolation

✔ Free version is provided with community support only

  

IBM Blockchain for AWS currently supports peer (ledger) only deployments on AWS. It is available at no cost.

Transform ideas on paper into real-world results

With IBM Blockchain Garage Services, you'll work with leading minds and leverage proven methodologies to bring your blockchain for business idea to life on the IBM Blockchain Platform.

Find out why working side-by-side with our top designers, developers and architects is one of the smartest ways to build with the speed of a startup, then deploy and scale in production like an enterprise.

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The IBM Blockchain Platform is transforming industries

Blockchain is changing the way the world works. What disruption will you create?

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IBM Food Trust™

The only blockchain network connecting growers, processors, distributors, and retailers through a permissioned, permanent, and shared record of food system data.

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Mediaocean

Online advertising fraud costs companies billions of dollars annually. Learn how Mediaocean is revolutionizing the media and advertising industry with the IBM Blockchain Platform and IBM Blockchain Garage Services.

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Thirteen European banks have collaborated on a blockchain network to transform trade finance — and even trade itself – for small- and medium-sized buyers and sellers.

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The choice of visionaries

Learn how business and technical leaders have achieved blockchain success in these in-depth interviews.

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What’s your potential ROI with IBM Blockchain?

We commissioned a Forrester Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) report to help you identify the cost, benefits, flexibilities and risk factors of working with IBM Blockchain. The research is based on Forrester’s TEI methodology, financial model framework and case studies, plus interviews with IBM Blockchain stakeholders and customers. Register now to watch our latest webinar and read the report to project your cost savings and the business benefits of working with IBM Blockchain.

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Resources to grow your business ideas

Preview "Blockchain for Business"

Get an extended preview of this practical guide – co-authored by IBM's Jerry Cuomo – to understand and evaluate blockchain’s potential to transform your business processes and models.

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Align blockchain technology to your business needs

Learn the secrets of effective enterprise blockchain adoption through early collaboration across teams.

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The Founder’s Handbook

Blockchain brings organizations together. Learn how other network founders have successfully launched their collaborations.

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The Unbounded Registry

Register, look up, join and transact across a variety of blockchain solutions built to interoperate with all of today’s popular distributed ledger technologies.

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What will we solve together?

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