Google has partnered with Dapper Labs to enable Google Cloud to host Flow blockchain nodes, Forbes reported. The partnership will help support Flow’s scalability and is an expansion of Google providing hosting for various blockchains.
Dapper, the company behind Flow, used the Ethereum blockchain in 2017 to power its first project, CryptoKitties. However, the NFT game proved so popular that it congested the blockchain network, slowing functionality and increasing transaction costs not just for CryptoKitties but all Ethereum users. Hence, Dapper developed its own blockchain network, Flow, which unsurprisingly, is explicitly designed for non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles and crypto games.
Flow powers Dapper’s NBA Top Shot, where the marketplace is responsible for over $680 million in transactions, and there are 50 other initiatives that use it. It also has plans to support brands’ individual NFT projects such as the Chicago Bulls and Sacramento Kings’ digital collectibles. It will soon host digital fashion platform Neuno and the leading digital marketplace OpenSea will also support Flow.
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