Bridging Cloud Convenience and Protocol Transparency: A Hybrid Architecture for Ethereum Node Operations on Amazon Managed Blockchain
S M Mostaq Hossain, Amani Altarawneh, Maanak Gupta

TL;DR
This paper introduces a hybrid cloud architecture for Ethereum nodes on Amazon Managed Blockchain, combining operational simplicity with detailed protocol observability for research and enterprise applications.
Contribution
It presents a novel hybrid architecture that integrates AMB with EC2-based observability, enabling secure, transparent, and reproducible Ethereum node deployment in cloud environments.
Findings
Collected over 1,000 real-time performance metrics
Enabled end-to-end observability with custom scripts
Facilitated performance monitoring and anomaly detection
Abstract
As blockchain technologies are increasingly adopted in enterprise and research domains, the need for secure, scalable, and performance-transparent node infrastructure has become critical. While self-hosted Ethereum nodes offer operational control, they often lack elasticity and require complex maintenance. This paper presents a hybrid, service-oriented architecture for deploying and monitoring Ethereum full nodes using Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB), integrated with EC2-based observability, IAM-enforced security policies, and reproducible automation via the AWS Cloud Development Kit. Our architecture supports end-to-end observability through custom EC2 scripts leveraging Web3.py and JSON-RPC, collecting over 1,000 real-time data points-including gas utilization, transaction inclusion latency, and mempool dynamics. These metrics are visualized and monitored through AWS CloudWatch,…
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlockchain Technology Applications and Security · Cloud Computing and Resource Management · Software System Performance and Reliability
