Company
Date Published
Author
Will Stolton, Paul Chun, Tim Graczewski
Word count
1360
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Allium, a global finalist in Confluent’s inaugural $1M Data Streaming Startup Challenge, is an industry leader aiming to simplify access to blockchain data by serving up 50+ blockchains and 1000+ schemas through their platform. They aim to make blockchain data as accessible and usable as Google made webpages or Bloomberg made financial information. Allium's platform simplifies access to blockchain data, enabling developers to build real-time applications with blockchain data and analysts to gain valuable insights on transactions with as few SQL queries as possible. Confluent is at the core of their platform, providing a scalable and future-proof solution that enables Allium to index the entire blockchain market, enhance their ability to offer new products and attract larger customers. The platform uses Confluent's data streaming capabilities to enable real-time analytics and applications with blockchain data, enabling organizations to gain reliable insights on blockchain transactions and deploy custom workflows with real-time blockchain data. By leveraging Confluent's "shift-left" pattern, Allium can move data processing and governance closer to the source of data, reducing errors, costs, and increasing productivity.