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Description
Hyperledger seeks to create a new distributed financial infrastructure, connecting different blockchain networks together to exchange value. CryptoLingo caught up with Hyperledger Executive Director Brian Behlendorf who discussed the Hypeledger project, its mission and how they plan to advance blockchain technologies for business.
Copyright © 2018 CryptoLingo Limited
A
We
are
a
group
of
technologists
and
of
companies
and
other
organizations
who
have
come
together
to
build
open
source
software
that
serves
as
building
blocks
for
building
your
own
blockchain
for
building
distributed
Ledger's
and
smart
contract
systems
that
touch
all
sorts
of
different
sectors.
Immune
cases.
A
My
role
as
executive
director
of
hyper
ledger
is
to
essentially
serve
as
a
geek
diplomat.
I
try
to
connect
to
different
kinds
of
communities.
The
developers
who
come
for
many
different
reasons
together
to
work
on
the
software
and
to
figure
out
how?
What
sort
of
governance
do
we
use?
What
sort
of
projects
do
we
build?
A
The
benefit
of
working
with
hyper
ledger
is
that
you're
tapping
into
a
community
of
technology
experts
of
companies
that
are
building
real
shipping
products
that
are
incorporating
this
common
technology
right.
So
when
you
are
working
on
on
a
blockchain
technology
project
that
involves
plugging
into
a
supply
chain
effort
or
into
a
banking
network,
and
those
networks
are
already
using
hyper
ledger
technology.
These
are
tools
to
be
able
to
bootstrap
and
connect
in
and
and
operate
directly
on
those
on
those
technology
projects,
but
it
also
for
these
companies
gives
them
a
layer
of
Independence.
A
You
can
hire
an
IBM
to
help.
You
build
a
blockchain
technology
project.
You
could
hire
a
start-up
to
help,
you
build
it,
but
ultimately
the
software
is
open-source,
and
so
you
have
the
ability
to
choose
other
vendors.
In
fact,
multiple
different
vendors,
even
on
the
same
stack
to
get
some
real
competition
going
and
then.
Finally,
none
of
this
technology
requires
the
use
of
a
token
or
an
IC
o----
to
be
able
to
get
started.
You
know
it's
a
new
kind
of
database
right,
it's
something
that
we
didn't
have
before,
which
is
a
community
database.
A
Piper
ledger
ensures
that
its
community
is
productive
in
a
number
of
ways.
The
first
is,
we
all
work
publicly
right,
there's
a
lot
of
times
when
technology,
like
the
the
model
of
that
is
three
people
in
a
room
and
they
enter
and
like
work
on
a
weekend
and
then
come
out
with
something
brilliant.
Occasionally
that
happens,
but
most
of
the
time
in
software,
it's
a
process.
It's
an
ongoing
thing,
it's
much
more
like
a
river
than
it
is
a
reservoir
right.
A
All
of
the
hyper
ledger
technology
projects,
whether
it's
fabric
or
sawtooth
or
indie
or
roja,
all
of
them
work
publicly,
and
that
means
the
developers
talking
with
each
other
and
engaging
with
each
other
on
which
book
should
we
fix?
What's
the
next
version
going
to
have
from
a
future
perspective,
I've
got
an
idea
that
does
this
and
that
degree
of
transparency
and
public
collaboration
ensures
high
productivity.
A
It
ensures
there's
less
chance
of
a
big
architectural
mistake
from
being
made,
and
it
also
helps
ensure
that
any
technology
that
lands
you
don't
have
to
depend
just
on
one
company
to
be
able
to
deliver.
So
it's
decentralization,
but
in
a
very
different
form
than
I
think
most
people
in
the
blockchain
space
tend
to
think
of.
A
We
have
10
ongoing
projects
at
hyper
ledger
and
for
us
project
is
more
of
a
term
for
again
these
streams
of
activity
that
might
never
end
these
10
different
projects
run
the
gamut
from
industrial
grade
project
platforms
that
are
being
used
today
in
blockchain
technology
projects
such
as
hyper
ledger
fabric
and
hyper
ledger
Sawtooth.
These
are
two
different
ways
of
building
distributed:
Ledger's
they're
kind
of
different.
In
the
same
way
that
say
my
sequel
and
Cassandra
are
different
for
the
developers
out
there.
A
These
are
just
two
different
tools
in
the
toolbox
to
a
project
like
hyper
ledger
in
d,
which
is
focused
on
doing
identity
networks
in
a
very
decentralized
way.
It's
a
you
know
instead
of
log
in
with
Facebook
log
in
with
Twitter.
This
is
about
reinventing
how
identity
works
online,
to
be
much
more
personal
and
much
more
about
a
wallet
that
you
have
as
an
interface
to
a
world
of
digital
assets
to
other
technology
projects
like
hyper
ledger
borough,
which
is
an
implementation.
A
The
etherium
smart
contract
engine,
which
is
a
way
for
us
to
be
able
to
build
a
bridge
with
that
community
and
say,
take
your
solidity.
Smart
contracts
and
run
them
on
a
private
network
and
get
a
lot
of
the
same
advantages.
A
lot.
A
lot
of
the
same
flexibility,
even
in
a
world
where
you're
dealing
with
real
assets
and
with
real
enterprise
needs,
so
lots
of
different
things.
It's
kind
of
like
a
green
house
is
the
metaphor
that
we
use
lots
of
different
flowers
blooming
in
different
places,
and
our
job
is
to
help
cultivate.
A
So
the
vision
for
blockchain
technology,
that
I
and
many
others
in
the
hyper
laser
community
share
is
one
of
many
different
chains.
Many
different
Ledger's
working
together
around
the
world
you'll
have
some
Ledger's
that
are
very
public
facing
like
the
crypto
currency,
Ledger's.
Others,
though
that
are
very
private.
A
The
same
reason
that
the
Linux
operating
system
has
served
as
this
common
underlying
framework
for
everything,
from
Android
phones
to
supercomputers,
to
software,
in
cars
and
behind
the
web
and
so
working
together.
If
we
can
build
this
common
plumbing,
this
common
infrastructure
for
blockchain
technology
I
think
will
help
the
whole
sector
of
the
whole
industry,
move
together
further
and
faster.