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Blockchain By Example
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Blockchain By Example

by Bellaj Badr, Richard Horrocks, Xun (Brian) Wu, Karthikeyan Sukumaran
November 2018
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
13h 21m
English
Packt Publishing
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Privacy in Hyperledger

Hyperledger is a permissioned blockchain, meaning all participants and components in the network have identities which are assigned to a certificate such as x.509. The main element behind this schema, is the MSP which ensures the privacy of all members in the network. It has the ability to identify each participant's roles within the organization they represent, and set access privileges for the context of a network and channel. There are three types of MSPs:

  • Network MSP: Defines members in the network
  • Channel MSP: Defines who can participate in certain actions on a given channel according to channel policies
  • Peer/Orderer MSP: Defined as the local MSP for a single peer or orderer, for identifying members of the same ...
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ISBN: 9781788475686