IBM and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Collaborate on Hyperledger based Pilot

IBM and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Collaborate on Hyperledger based Pilot

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and IBM will be jointly deploying a blockchain based product built on Hyperledger protocol in 2017. The Hyperledger project is bearing fruits. Two participating companies in the Hyperledger Project, IBM and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ have signed a contract to develop and use blockchain technology. A press release in this regard, issued by IBM, states that both the companies will be working together on automating inter-business transactions from next year. The project, built on Hyperledger Project Fabric – a Linux Foundation initiative will be implemented on a....


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