The reference architecture

Hyperledger has published a white paper which is available at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z4M_qwILLRehPbVRUsJ3OF8Iir-gqS-ZYe7W-LE9gnE/edit#heading=h.m6iml6hqrnm2.

This document presents a reference architecture that can serve as a guideline to build permissioned distributed ledgers. The reference architecture consists of various components that form a business blockchain. These high-level components are shown in the reference architecture diagram shown here:

Reference architecture - source: Hyperledger whitepaper

Starting from the left we see that we have five top-level components which provide various services. We will explore all these components in detail.

First is identity, that provides authorization, identification, and authentication services under membership services.

Then is the policy component, which provides policy services.

After...