Mendix, Blockchain and smart contracts

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I'm trying to integrate some use cases of Blockchain into Mendix. Who els is experimenting with blockchain and Mendix? I'm searching for interesting API's and tools which I can connect to Mendix that interact with blockchain applications. So far I found 3 interesting options; https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/hyperledger.html, http://docs.attores.com/ and https://www.blockcypher.com/ I'm still looking for a more generic app which interreacts with the Ethereum blockchain and that will help me to create Smart contracts in a easy way. Anyone has any tips? Thank you. 
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I have used IBM Blockchain before to build this app:

https://www.mendix.com/blog/built-iot-application-10-days-using-watson-iot-ibm-blockchain/

 

It works quite well and has a very nice API, which makes it easy to interact with.

 

I haven't checked out the other solutions. I know some of our team are looking into blockchain technology and building some connectors, but i don't know their progress yet.

 

Regards 

Simon

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Guys,

The core value of a blockchain technology is that it enables a database to be directly shared without a central administrator. Rather than having some centralized application logic, blockchain transactions have their own proof of validity and authorization to enforce the constraints. Hence, with the blockchain acting as a consensus mechanism to ensure the nodes stay in sync, transactions can be verified and processed independently.

To me nor IBM Blockchain, nor Mendix could be a real Blockchain solution, simply because it is not a full open source technology without any lock in power.

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Hi Amadeo,

Not sure if you are still looking into the ethereum block chain. A while back I was researching the same thing and I found this java library that looked promising. I haven't had time to test it out but this should be everything you need.

https://github.com/web3j/web3j

Hope this helps!

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