Tech titan Microsoft has revealed that it teamed up with AMIS, Taiwan Triathlon Co. Ltd., Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan (ITRI) and Fubon Financial Holdings to pioneer a new blockchain development and create a high profile and secure sports blockchain "BraveLog”.

BraveLog aims to record sports events and sportsmen profile. The announcement comes after Microsoft entered into a partnership with AMIS and ITRI and formed the first blockchain consortium network on Azure.

“Using Microsoft Azure Platform, the blockchain structure developed by AMIS and the front channel developed by ITRI, a high profile and secure sports activity sharing platform is established. BraveLog, a new milestone of blockchain application, is estimated to be officially launched at the Garmin LAVA Dapeng Bay Triathlon on January 7th”, Microsoft Taiwan said.

The world's first sports blockchain "BraveLog" was applied on Microsoft Azure platform. The key advantages of Azure platform include openness, transparency and scalability. It also supports the distributed ledger technology and provides the controllable high-speed cloud computing capacity. The platform complies with the ISO 27001, ISO 27018, PCI-DSS industrial standards and regulations, which effectively integrates and complements different applications and scenarios.

The front channel application of BraveLog developed by ITRI fully adopts Microsoft Azure PaaS, and the Visual Studio Team Services that allows the development team to practice agile development, share coding and track work log, Microsoft Taiwan explained. The Wep App and Azure SQL Database enable fast build, web App deployment and auto-adjusting load balancer with the most economical and efficient way that is able to accommodate future user growth on BraveLog.

“This [BraveLog] is truly an important milestone for the development of blockchain in Taiwan. As a powerful support for the fundamental structure of sports blockchain, Microsoft Azure accommodates the human-oriented requirements and reduces the cost and risk of centralized management”, Jerry Gong, EPG Lead, Microsoft Taiwan said.

Besides recording participant data, the sports blockchain "BraveLog" can also be deep rooted in the sports industry, serving as a reference for coaches to train athletes and cultivate elite national players by utilizing big data. Microsoft Taiwan also revealed plans about a social platform for sportsmen in the future, as well as the integration with current sign-up and payment system in hope to achieve the goal of elevating the sports industry.

According to the official announcement, Taiwan Triathlon firstly adopts the technology in the sports domain and will officially initiate BraveLog at the Garmin Lava Dapeng Bay Triathlon on January 7th. BraveLog will keep track of the sports data on site and provide immutable and credible competition results for participants. In addition, the results will be added onto the 2017 LAVA series competition and provide participants an exclusive personal participation CV.