Blockchain for business — an introduction to Hyperledger technologies

Hyperledger is an umbrella project of open source Blockchain and related tools started in December 2015 by Linux Foundation. Hyperledger does not refer to any specific technology or tool rather it refers to a project where multiple teams are collaborating to develop open source and distributed ledger technology (DLT).

All of the Hyperledger initiatives fall under one of the following two categories:

• DLT Frameworks
• Tools

DLT Framework Initiatives

There are four active DLT Framework initiatives that are led by different organizations:

• Hyperledger Sawtooth is led by Intel
• Hyperledger Iroha is led by Soramitsu
• Hyperledger Fabric: IBM open sourced its code for Open Blockchain and that got combined with the code from IBM partner Digital Asset. The end product is Hyperledger Fabric.
• Hyperledger Burrow is from Monax. Monax is known for creating a permissioned blockchain network on top of Ethereum blockchain.

Tools Initiatives

There are four major tools projects. They are:

• Hyperledger Cello: This aims for simplifying the creation…