Meet the Technical Minds Behind the Hyperledger Blockchain Project
Seeking to emulate major, successful open-source projects outside the blockchain space, the Hyperledger Project is an ambitious attempt to unite key stakeholders seeking to leverage the emerging technology. Announced in December, the project is being led by the Linux Foundation, the trade association that oversees the development of the open-source Linux operating system. Initially called Open Ledger Project and later renamed, the effort includes the support of some 30 firms, including Cisco, Intel, JP Morgan, the London Stock Exchange and Wells Fargo. As described on its official website,....
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The Hyperledger Project, a cross-industry collaborative effort to study, develop and implement open-source blockchain solutions and standards has set up a working group as an extended arm in China. The move to establish the group follows strong interest amid an increase in member numbers in the country. Announced this week, the Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger Project revealed that over 25% of Hyperledger members – of which there are more than a hundred on last count – are from mainland China. As a result, the open-source consortium has announced the Technical Working Group China (TWG....
A blockchain project developed by several Japanese firms including by startup Soramitsu and IT giant Hitachi has been accepted into the Hyperledger blockchain initiative. Developed by Hyperledger member and blockchain startup Soramitsu, Iroha was first unveiled during a meeting of the project’s Technical Steering Committee last month. Iroha is being pitched as both a supplement to other Hyperledger-tied infrastructure projects like IBM’s Fabric (on which it is based) and Intel’s Sawtooth Lake. At the same time, Soramitsu is positioning Iroha as a means to encourage the development of....
The Hyperledger Project, an open-source blockchain working group overseen by the Linux Foundation has announced several new updates in a press release today. They include the announcement of 30 founding members, code proposals from several participating companies, a new technical committee to oversee the group’s technical direction and a new open governance structure, fitting that of an open-source endeavor. The Hyperledger Project was an announcement that came as a surprise when first revealed. It emerged as a high-profile undertaking of a blockchain project that took its cues from the....
Earlier this week Bitcoin Magazine reported that the Linux Foundation announced technical updates to the new Hyperledger Project, a formal open governance structure, as well as new members from across the industry. The Hyperledger Project wants to develop a new open source blockchain separated from the Bitcoin blockchain. Digital Asset Holdings, the fintech startup headed by the financial superstar Blythe Masters, contributed its Hyperledger mark, which it had acquired in June with the purchase of San Francisco-based digital fintech company Hyperledger. The Hyperledger team, now part of....
Brian Behlendorf has made a living out of helping others play well together — and his work with blockchain group Hyperledger builds on this expertise. But before that can happen with this latest open-source project, the founder of the Apache Software Foundation set out to make sure that the more than 80 existing members of Hyperledger know what they've signed up for. In a blog post he published last week entitled "Meet Hyperledger: An 'Umbrella,' for Open Source Blockchain & Smart Contract Technologies," Behlendorf laid out in explicit terms Hyperledger's mission and the....