Private enterprise Ethereum in production use
In this sub-section, we will provide a brief introduction to the popular ones, including Hyperledger, Corda, and Quorum. There are Ethereum and non-Ethereum variants. Quorum is an Ethereum variant. Fabric, Sawtooth, and Corda are non-Ethereum variants.
Hyperledger
Each enterprise or industry has its own set of requirements and unique business cases. Most of the use cases and business capabilities go beyond value transfer and payment settlement, which are sweet spots for cryptocurrency-native permissionless blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. To gain mainstream enterprise adoption, Hyperledger embraces and builds blockchain technology with the following added design principles:
- Modular: A plugin architecture for an enterprise to tailor the blockchains to its needs.
- Highly secure: Security and privacy, along with audit and compliance, are business-critical components of any business.
- Interoperable: Large enterprises...