Linux Foundation-Led Blockchain Project Grows to 30 Members
A distributed ledger effort being led by the Linux Foundation has revealed it now has 30 members, up from 20 when it was announced in December. Formerly known as the Open Ledger Project, the Hyperledger Project was first revealed in December as a cross-industry initiative boasting participants such as Cisco and IBM as well as blockchain industry startups such as Digital Asset Holdings and R3CEV. New members include a diverse set of both established and new finance and technology companies such as ABN Amro, BNY Mellon, Calastone, CME Group, ConsenSys, Guardtime, Hitachi, IntellectEU, NEC,....
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