Hyperledger Fabric

Fabric is the contribution originally made by IBM to the Hyperledger project. The aim of this contribution is to enable a modular, open and flexible approach towards building blockchain networks. Various functions in the fabric are pluggable, and it also allows use of any language to develop smart contracts. This is possible because it is based on container technology which can host any language. Chaincode (smart contract) is sandboxed into a secure container which includes a secure operating system, chaincode language, runtime environment and SDKs for Go, Java, and Node.js. Other languages can be supported too if required. Smart contracts are called chaincode in the Fabric. This is a very powerful feature compared to domain specific languages in Ethereum, or the very limited scripted language in bitcoin. It is a permissioned network that aims to address issues such as scalability, privacy, and confidentiality. The key idea behind this is modular technology, which would...