Abstract: Smart contracts within digital ledger systems can be used in managing lifetimes of software services. For example, a computing system can receive, from client devices, cryptocurrency transactions. Each cryptocurrency transaction can be a vote regarding a lifetime of a software service. The computing system can publish the cryptocurrency transactions to a digital ledger. The computing system can determine that a number of cryptocurrency transactions exceeds a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the number of cryptocurrency transactions exceeds a predetermined threshold, the digital ledger can retain the cryptocurrency transactions for use in extending the lifetime of the software service.

Abstract: Methods and systems for improved integration functions for applications are provided. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a request to execute an application. The request may specify a primary container image for the application and a secondary container image for an integration function used by the application. A primary container may be created for execution of the primary container image and a secondary container image may be created for execution of the secondary container image. The primary and secondary containers may be executed to implement the application.