Salesforce announces their Lightning Platform blockchain

Salesforce announced their Lightning Platform blockchain platform today designed to “easily extend [Customer Relationship Management]” with application developer tools and drag-and-drop, no-code builders to access the Salesforce ecosystem on a deeper level, according to the project’s overview page. TechCrunch reports that the Salesforce blockchain consists of three components: “Blockchain Builder to help developers build blockchain applications; Blockchain Connect to integrate blockchain actions directly with applications on the Salesforce platform and Blockchain Engage to invite parties to the blockchain application, regardless of whether they are part of the Salesforce ecosystem or not.”