How to deploy Stacks blockchain nodes on AWS with the AWS Blockchain Node Runners Stacks blueprint

The article discusses deploying Stacks blockchain nodes on AWS using the AWS Blockchain Node Runners blueprint, highlighting two deployment methods for enterprises and developers:

• Single-node deployment: Suitable for transaction validation and non-production RPC needs
• Highly available (HA) node deployment: Recommended for production-grade decentralized applications

Key features of the deployment include:

• Nodes synchronize with the Stacks network through an internet gateway
• Secrets stored locally and backed up in AWS Secrets Manager
• Monitoring metrics sent to Amazon CloudWatch
• RPC API not exposed to the internet for security

The goal is to increase ecosystem decentralization and provide an easy way to connect decentralized applications to the Stacks blockchain, which is a Layer 2 solution built on top of Bitcoin.