Fundamentals of the Hyperledger project
To start building an understanding of Hyperledger, let's look at some of the key players and fundamental elements of the Hyperledger Fabric space.
The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation (LF) is a world leader in supporting open technology development, and it is highly esteemed in the developer community. The LF fosters partnerships that address some of the world's biggest challenges through open source computing. It has made enormous investments in open source projects since it was founded in 2000 and helped to build an ecosystem that paved the way for the technologies discussed in this book.
Hyperledger
Hyperledger is an open source project that came out of the LF and was created to help advance cross-industry blockchain technologies. It's a global open source collaboration involving leaders from numerous industries.
Open source and open standards
As noted previously, the open computing movement...
