Google Cloud's BigQuery service has expanded its support for blockchain data by adding 11 more blockchain networks to its data warehouse. These new networks include Avalanche, Arbitrum, Cronos, Ethereum's Görli testnet, Fantom, Near, Optimism, Polkadot, Polygon's mainnet, Polygon's Mumbai testnet , and Tron.
BigQuery is a data warehouse service offered by Google, primarily used by enterprise companies to store and query data. It also provides access to various public data sets, including Google Trends, US Community Service Demographics, and Google Analytics. Google began incorporating blockchain data into BigQuery in 2018, starting with Bitcoin and later adding Ethereum. In February 2019, it expanded its blockchain data coverage to include Bitcoin Cash, Dash, Dogecoin, Ethereum Classic, Litecoin, and Zcash. With this latest update, BigQuery now supports data from a total of 19 blockchain networks.
Additionally, Google has introduced new features aimed at simplifying blockchain queries. These features include user-defined functions designed to handle the long-form decimal results commonly found in blockchain data. Google's goal with these enhancements is to provide users with access to more precise decimal digits for blockchain data, reducing rounding errors in calculations.
In 2023, Google Cloud is showing increased interest in blockchain technology. It recently partnered with Lightning Network infrastructure provider Voltage on July 7 and collaborated with Web3 startup Orderly Network on September 14 to contribute off-chain components to the decentralized finance ecosystem.
