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## Preface 

IBMfi Blockchain Platform for Multicloud enables users to deploy the blockchain across public and private clouds, such as the IBM Cloud™, their own data center, and third-party public clouds, such as AWS and Microsoft Azure. It provides a blockchain console user interface that you can use to deploy and manage blockchain components on an IBM Cloud Private cluster. 

This IBM Redbooksfi publication discusses the major features, use case scenarios, deployment options, configuration details, performance, and scalability considerations of IBM Blockchain Platform for Multicloud. It also covers step-by-step implementation details for both Secure Service Container and non-Secure Service Container environments. You also learn about the benefits of deploying and using a blockchain environment on LinuxONE. 

The target audience for this book is blockchain deployment specialists, developers, and solution architects. 

## Authors 

This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world who worked together at the at IBM Redbooks Austin Center. 

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Austin Grice  is a Blockchain Technical Leader for IBM out of the Washington Systems Center and Federal market. Since joining IBM in 2016, Austin has focused on blockchain running on the IBM Zfi platform. He helps North American clients, IBMers, and everyone in-between with blockchain. He specializes on creating innovative hands-on lab material that focuses on Hyperledger Fabric and the IBM Blockchain Platform. He firmly believes that blockchain is a revolutionary technology that will impact businesses from various industries, not only transforming their daily processes, but also transforming their customers’ experience. 

Eric Everson Mendes Marins  is a Senior IT Architect for IBM Global Technology and Services in Brazil, focused on hybrid cloud solutions, Infrastructure and Platform solutions and competencies, including High Availability, Disaster Recovery, networking, Linux, and Cloud. Eric works with IGA (IBM Global Account), designing and implementing complex hybrid cloud solutions that involve Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) capabilities. He has more than 17 years of experience in designing and implementing Linux on IBM Z solutions. He is IBM L3 IT Specialist certified and an IBM L3 IT Architect certified. Also, he holds a degree in Computer Science from Faculdade Ruy Barbosa and a post-graduate degree in Computer Information Systems (Database Management). His areas of expertise include Linux, IBM z/VMfi, Docker, Ku bernetes, high availability, IP networking, and server management. Eric has co-authored several IBM Redbooks publications, including Advanced Networking Concepts Applied Using Linux on IBM System z , SG24-7995, Security for Linux on System z,  SG24-7728, Scale up for Linux on IBM Z, REDP-5461 and Getting Started with Docker Enterprise Edition on IBM Z, SG24-8429. 

