{"id":49454,"date":"2021-09-14T18:32:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T15:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=49454"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:44:04","slug":"google-cloud-partners-with-dapper-labs-to-back-flow-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/google-cloud-partners-with-dapper-labs-to-back-flow-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Cloud partners with Dapper Labs to back Flow blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cloud platform Google Cloud has begun a collaboration with the Canadian startup Dapper Labs, behind the NBA Top Shot NFT project.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amped to welcome Google to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flow_blockchain?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@flow_blockchain<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>In <1 year since <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/onFlow?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#onFlow<\/a> mainnet: <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 2.2M unique wallets, less than half from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbatopshot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@nbatopshot<\/a><br \/>\u2014 248 mainnet contracts (cf <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flowverse_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@flowverse_<\/a>)<br \/>\u2014 18.5M blocks and 49.7M tx<\/p>\n<p>Now with 3000+ new devs building, Google jumps onboard to help scale ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0QmEdvogXh\">https:\/\/t.co\/0QmEdvogXh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 roham (@roham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roham\/status\/1437779690652065806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAs part of a long-running partnership, Google Cloud will act as a network operator, offering its infrastructure to help scale Flow,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michaeldelcastillo\/2021\/09\/14\/google-takes-giant-step-to-powering-web-3-with-dapper-labs-nft-deal\/?sh=4fe685a039ca&#038;utm_source=TWITTER&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_content=5480593282&#038;utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesCrypto\">Forbes writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Flow blockchain hosts dozens of applications, including CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Google&#8217;s backing, Dapper Labs hopes to scale popular NFT projects to billions of users.<\/p>\n<p>In March, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/developers-of-the-nba-top-shot-nft-platform-raise-305-million-from-michael-jordan-and-other-investors\">Dapper Labs closed a financing round of $305 million<\/a> with participation from NBA stars and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.<\/p>\n<p>The Flow crypto asset, ranked 85th by market capitalization, rose 21% in the last 24 hours, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/flow\">CoinGecko<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In January, Google Cloud <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/google-cloud-opens-vacancy-for-blockchain-specialist\">posted<\/a> a job listing for a blockchain-focused business development manager.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud platform Google Cloud has begun a partnership with Canadian startup Dapper Labs, the creator of the NBA Top Shot NFT project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1577,1952,738,1213],"class_list":["post-49454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dapper-labs","tag-flow-blockchain","tag-google","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"22","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49456,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454\/revisions\/49456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}