interledger protocol

The interledger protocol tag on WindowsForum covers Microsoft's early enterprise blockchain experiments, specifically the operation of a Ripple validator node on Azure Blockchain as a Service in 2015. This initiative placed Microsoft cloud infrastructure within the XRP Ledger consensus network while Azure explored distributed ledgers and the interledger protocol for financial-infrastructure use cases. The content highlights how cloud giants like Microsoft recognized the institutional problems blockchain aimed to solve before tokenization became mainstream, testing whether cloud platforms could serve as neutral ground for distributed finance. The tag focuses on historical cloud-blockchain integration rather than current developments.