---
id: "google-blockchain-node-engine"
type: "component"
kind: "ledger"
provider: "gcp"
category: "data"
docs: "https://cloud.google.com/blockchain-node-engine/docs/create-node-ethereum"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-blockchain-node-engine"
---

# Blockchain Node Engine

Fully managed dedicated blockchain node, Ethereum full or archive.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [gcp](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=gcp) |
| Kind | [Ledger](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/ledger) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://cloud.google.com/blockchain-node-engine/docs/create-node-ethereum](https://cloud.google.com/blockchain-node-engine/docs/create-node-ethereum) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `appendOnly` | boolean | — | no | true | **true** |
| `consensusClient` | string | — | no | "lighthouse" | inherited |
| `doubleEntry` | boolean | — | no | true | **false** |
| `executionClient` | enum | `geth`, `erigon` | no | "geth" | inherited |
| `indexConsistency` (advanced) | enum | `strong`, `eventual` | no | "strong" | inherited |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `nodeType` | enum | `full`, `archive` | no | "full" | inherited |
| `sealed` (advanced) | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `tamperEvident` | boolean | — | no | false | **true** |
| `tiering` (advanced) | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 10

- [Blockchain as a Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alibaba-blockchain-as-a-service.md) `alibaba-blockchain-as-a-service` — alibabacloud
- [Amazon Managed Blockchain network](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-managed-blockchain.md) `aws-managed-blockchain` — aws
- [Amazon QLDB](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/qldb.md) `qldb` — aws
- [Azure confidential ledger](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-confidential-ledger.md) `azure-confidential-ledger` — azure
- [Double-entry ledger](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/double-entry-ledger.md) `double-entry-ledger` — default
- [Formance Ledger](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/formance.md) `formance` — default
- [Hyperledger Fabric](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/hyperledger-fabric.md) `hyperledger-fabric` — default
- [Generic ledger](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ledger.md) `ledger` — default
- [TigerBeetle](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/tigerbeetle.md) `tigerbeetle` — default
- [Oracle Blockchain Platform](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-blockchain-platform.md) `oci-blockchain-platform` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "google-blockchain-node-engine", component: "google-blockchain-node-engine" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Google Cloud Blockchain Node Engine node: fully managed, dedicated blockchain node that Google monitors
# and restarts. Per "Blockchain Node Engine overview" and the Ethereum node guides, Ethereum is the first
# supported chain, a FULL node runs the Geth execution client with Lighthouse consensus, and archive nodes
# run Erigon.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "google-blockchain-node-engine"
kind: "ledger"
provider: "gcp"
docs: "https://cloud.google.com/blockchain-node-engine/docs/create-node-ethereum"
defaults:
  managed: true
  doubleEntry: false
  appendOnly: true
  tamperEvident: true
properties:
  nodeType:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["full", "archive"]
    default: "full"
  executionClient:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["geth", "erigon"]
    default: "geth"
  consensusClient:
    type: "string"
    default: "lighthouse"
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-blockchain-node-engine