Third Blockchain Project Joins Hyperledger Incubator

Third Blockchain Project Joins Hyperledger Incubator

A blockchain platform called Iroha, created by members of the Japanese startup Soramitsu, has recently joined the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger project for incubation. Iroha is the third project to receive incubation status, joining IBM’s Fabric project and Intel’s Sawtooth Lake. Iroha Becomes the Third Hyperledger Incubation Project. Members of a few....


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