Blockstream Among 10 New Firms to Join Hyperledger Blockchain Project
Bitcoin development startup Blockstream is among 10 new companies that have joined the open-source Hyperledger blockchain project led by the Linux Foundation. Announced today, the group of new entrants features a number of startups focused on bitcoin and blockchain services, including Bloq, eVue Digital Labs, Gem, itBit and Ribbit.me. Consultancy Milligan Partners; payment software developer Montran Labs; intellectual property holdings company Tequa Creek Holdings; and global news service Thomson Reuters have also joined the initiative, which officially launched in December. Linux....
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Blockstream has hired online security pioneer Christopher Allen as its standards and identity practice specialist, a role that will find him taking the lead on the company’s work with the open-source Hyperledger blockchain project, among other efforts. The venture-backed startup, best known as a provider of enterprise tools focused on the bitcoin blockchain, was among 10 new firms to join Hyperledger last week, a move that followed more informal work with its members to discern its technical vision. Blockstream is notably one of the largest contributors of funding for Bitcoin Core, the....
In February, Bitcoin Magazine reported that The Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Project, a collaborative effort started in December to establish, build and sustain an open, distributed ledger platform that will satisfy a variety of use cases across multiple industries, was announcing new members from across the industry, technical updates and a formal open governance structure. Now, with a press release published on its main website and the Hyperledger website, The Linux Foundation is announcing that the Hyperledger Project has filled key leadership positions and 10 new companies are....
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 open-source Hyperledger Project led by the Linux Foundation sees 10 new members joining the initiative. The blockchain endeavor also sees the filling of key leadership positions in a recent announcement. In a recent announcement, the Hyperledger Project revealed 10 new companies that joined the blockchain endeavor. The companies include a number of bitcoin- and blockchain-centric startups such as Blockstream, Bloq, Gem, and itBit, among others. The ten new companies that are joining the open-source blockchain effort are: Bitcoin blockchain development startup Blockstream, a company....
The Linux Foundation is setting its sights on the blockchain target with its latest move to push the Hyperledger project. The program is a collaborative effort “created to advance blockchain technology,” and is an effort backed by Blythe Masters’ Digital Asset Holdings. Just recently Masters’ company donated the Hyperledger trademark and it moved to the....