Hyperledger has onboarded 12 new members, including such major firms as Alibaba Cloud, Citi, and Deutsche Telekom, according to an announcement published on Dec. 11.Launched in 2016, Hyperledger is an open source project created by the Linux Foundation and created to support the development of blockchain-based distributed ledgers.
The new members were announced at the Hyperledger Global Forum in Basel, Switzerland.
The latest general members that joined the initiative include Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of the e-commerce giant; financial services firm Citigroup, Deutsche Telekom, one of the largest telecoms providers in Europe; and European blockchain trading platform we.
"We believe blockchain has the potential to drive new forms of efficiency and develop new markets, and are pleased to join the Hyperledger project to advance our exploration."
This month, the Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee approved the Ursa project, a modular cryptography software library.
Ursa is meant to avoid wasted work on duplicate projects, enhancing security by simplifying analysis and making it "Less likely for less experienced people to create their own less secure implementations."
In October, the central bank of Germany, Deutsche Bundesbank, and securities marketplace organizer Deutsche Boerse successfully completed the trial of a blockchain solution in the settlements area.
The transaction volume and speed of a production system were tested on the Hyperledger Fabric framework and Digital Asset, a distributed ledger solution for the financial sector.
Hyperledger Onboards 12 New Members Including Alibaba Cloud, Deutsche Telekom and Citi
Publicado en Dec 13, 2018
by Cointele | Publicado en Coinage
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