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Description
Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of the Hyperledger Project
A
B
Hyper
ledger
is
a
blockchain
technology
project.
It's
all
about
open
source
software.
It's
hosted
at
the
Linux
Foundation,
which
is
a
15
year
old
industry
consortium
based
in
the
States,
but
globally,
operating
with
over
a
thousand
different
companies
involved
in
the
Linux,
Foundation
and
hyper
ledger
has
about
250
different
companies
involved,
all
working
together
on
underlying
technologies
for
distributed
Ledger's
and
smart
contract
systems.
B
Based
on
this
notion
that
you
know,
there's
gonna
be
a
lot
of
different
block
chains
out
there,
not
just
one,
not
just
a
single
cryptocurrency
right
that
there'll
be
Ledger's
for
all
of
these
different
applications
and
what
you
want,
underneath
that
is
common
software,
so
they're
easy
to
stand
up,
they're
easy
to
do
things
with,
and
you
can
have
different
governance
models.
Some
of
them
might
be
currencies
some
of
the
might
just
before
supply
chains.
A
B
Obviously,
the
way
open-source
software
works
right
is
you
get
volunteer
developers
getting
together,
not
out
of
charity,
but
because
their
companies
often
depend
upon
using
this
code
right,
and
so
we
act
as
kind
of
air
traffic
control.
You
know
giving
them
a
kind
of
a
virtual
place
to
kind
of
coordinate
their
efforts.
B
Some
degree
of
process
as
well
when
it
comes
to
testing
when
it
comes
to
looking
for
security
bugs
when
it
comes
to
doing
the
kinds
of
things
that
enterprises
need
to
be
able
to
trust
software
right
and
to
help
hopefully
do
for
this
space.
What
Linux
did
for
the
operating
system
space,
which
is
helped
consolidate,
helped
you
know,
take
a
lot
of
different
operating
systems
out
there
and
replace
it
with
one
common
operating
system
and
be
everywhere
from
phones
to
supercomputers
that
sort
of
thing.
B
So
the
kinds
of
partnerships
we
Forge
well,
first
off
anybody's
free
to
use
our
software.
They
don't
have
to
ask
us
for
permission.
They
don't
need
to
buy
a
token.
They
don't
need
to
do
anything.
They
can
go
off
and
set
up
all
these
different
networks.
Our
hope
is
that,
as
they
start
using
this
they're
gonna
work
with
us
to
improve
it,
to
fix
bugs
to
add
features
that
kind
of
thing
and
that's
exactly
what
over
100
different
companies
have
done
it.
B
Some
of
them
invest
a
lot
like
IBM,
which
is
now
using
this
as
their
core
blockchain
infrastructure.
Others
are
startups
all
over
the
world
in
the
u.s.
here
in
Europe
in
China,
who
are
tackling
things
in
I
mentioned
supply
chain,
global
finance,
digital
identity,
I
mean
in
every
sector.
You
can
see
a
different
use
case,
we're
coming
up
with
a
common
system
of
record.
A
common
ledger
between
participants
in
that
market
is
really
important,
and
so
we
see
people
using
our
stuff
in
education
in
environment,
environmental
monitoring
in
government
applications,
and
that's
what
I
mean.
B
B
Right
it's
about
it's
about
a
collective
self-interest.
You
know
and
or
you
could
even
say,
enlightened
self-interest
right.
These
companies
realize
that
yeah,
but
they're
creating
other
people
will
be
able
to
use
for
free,
but
enough
people
will
contribute
back
that
you
get
this
virtuous
cycle
going
right
and
that's
and
that's
the
kind
of
point
yeah.
A
B
At
hyper
literature
there's
a
one
of
the
ten
technology
code
bases
we
have
something
called
hyper
ledger
indie
and
it's
a
technology
for
building
a
distributed.
Digital
identity
network
and
it's
in
production
use
today
by
a
nonprofit
called
the
sovereign
foundation,
which
is
setting
up
kind
of
an
overlay
network.
That
allows
you
to
connect
identities
on
one
ledger
with
identities
on
another
and
do
that
in
a
way
where
you
can
share
information
about
yourself
on
one
ledger
to
another
and
keep
a
history
of
who
you
shared
that
with
and
who
you
grant
permission
to
for.
B
Say
on
one
blockchain,
you
have
a
government
issuing
a
passport
or
a
birth
certificate,
and
you
have
another
ledger
that
is
about
buying
and
selling
things,
and
part
of
that
is
alcohol
right.
Well,
you
want
to
be
able
to
show
that
you're
over
the
age
of
18
or
21,
whatever
it
is
and
in
this
country,
is
it
16?
Well
so,
instead
of
showing
your
complete
passport
or
your
complete
birth
certificate,
you'd
really
only
want
to
show
something.
B
You
to
you
know,
look
at
this
claim
that
I
really
am
over
the
age
of
21
and
verify
the
integrity
of
that
right,
and
so
so.
This
is
a
really
different
approach
to
digital
identity.
It's
something
what's
being
called
self
sovereign
identity
and
it's
a
concept,
that's
spanning
a
lot
of
different
companies
and
and
standards
and
technologies,
and
so
we're
happy
just
to
be
playing
a
supportive
role
in
that.
A
B
Know,
there's
been
technology
waves
before
right,
you
know,
and,
and
one
thing
that's
constant
in
Silicon
Valley
has
changed
so
I'm,
not
too
worried
about
them.
I
think
the
they
certainly
have
enough
cash
to
be
able
to
figure
out
business
models,
and
no
one
is
saying
that
consumers
shouldn't
be
able
to
willingly
give
them
their
data
I.
Think
what's
changing.
Is
this
default
assumption
that
many
of
the
companies
have
not
just
in
Silicon
Valley,
but
everywhere?
You
know,
Meem
of
data
is
the
new
oil.
B
You
know
the
second,
the
subtext
to
that
that
everybody
heard
was
therefore
I
must
hoard
it
right,
and
we
have
to
get
out
of
this,
like
addiction
to
data
I,
think
we
have
to
get
out
of
this
addiction
to
other
people's
data
that
we
get
without
their
consent.
If
we
get
their
consent,
no
problem
right
and
so
and
that's
already
the
standard
in
healthcare.
For
example,
you
have
to
get
people's
consent
and
healthcare.
B
B
Sectors,
well,
it
won't
really
be
a
sectoral
change.
I,
don't
think
we
live
in
an
era
of
declining
trust
right
people
trust
their
government
less
now
than
they
did
20
years
ago.
I
mean
survey
after
survey
shows
us,
but
they
also
trust
doctors
less
than
they
did
20
years
ago.
They
trust
lawyers
less
than
they
did.
They
trust
brands
less
than
they
did
20
years
ago,
and
we
as
a
society.
B
If
we
lose
too
much
trust,
we
lose
our
ability
to
function
as
a
society
like
things
work
really
well,
when
we
know
that
the
food
that
we
eat
at
a
restaurant,
we
don't
have
to
worry,
might
be
tainted
right
or
you
know
all
these
kinds
of
systems,
and
if
we're
seeing
this
straight
line
decline,
trend,
trust,
we're
gonna,
need
digital
systems
that
help
us
re-establish
some
of
that
trust
by
making
it
harder
to
be
fraudulent,
making
it
harder
to
post
up
a
fake.
You
know
health
safety
kind
of,
like
validation,
check
on
your.
B
You
know
like
if
the
restaurant
here
said
Oh
a
hundred
percent.
You
know
health
care
check
right.
Well,
how
do
you
know
that?
That's
true
or
not
right
or
are
they
posted
to
Yelp?
Well,
how
does
we
help
even
know
so
blockchain
technology
is
gives
us
an
opportunity,
I
think
to
build
systems
that
allow
us
to
verify
the
integrity
of
claims
that
are
made
about
the
world
right,
whether
it's
did
this
pass
healthcare
specs
or
is
there
water
quality
clean
or
when
this
company
is
raising
money
like
what
it's
the
background
of
their
founders
right?
B
A
B
It's
hard
to
draw
a
straight
line:
comparisons
because
in
some
ways
it's
the
investment
climate
of
1999,
where
it
felt
like
Las
Vegas.
You
know
everybody
making
a
ton
of
money
and
like
a
lot
of
big
fear
of
missing
out
and,
like
you
know,
I
throw
in
and
hotel
hotel
Hodel
right
I
where,
as
foreign
to
me,
it
feels
more
like
Chicago,
where
it's
like
Chicago's,
not
flashy.
Chicago,
like
people
worry
about
supply
chains,
they
were
about
insurance.
B
They
worry
about
like
the
the
the
part
of
the
economy
that
actually
creates
the
substance
that
then
we
all
get
to
go
party
about
in
Vegas,
right
and
so
I
in
that
respect,
it's
still
earlier,
but
we're
already
seeing
production
deployments
of
hyper
ledger
technologies
and
a
lot
of
different
sectors,
and
so
I'm
really
encouraged
by
that.
It
feels
like
it's
that
that
Krawczyk
crossing
the
chasm
from
experiment-
and
is
there
value
here
to
people
actually
now
having
things
that
we'll
be
able
to
say
this
created
real
value.