Hyperledger Burrow
Hyperledger Burrow is a re-implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) and blockchain technology, but with a few key changes. First, instead of using the proof-of-work consensus algorithm used by the public Ethereum chain, Burrow is designed around the Tendermint consensus algorithm (See Chapter 7, Achieving Consensus). This means there are no miners and no mining to be done on Burrow-based projects.
Second, Hyperledger Burrow is permissioned—the computers allowed to participate in a Hyperledger Burrow network are known and granted access, and the computers signing blocks (called validators, as in Tendermint) are all known. This is very different than Ethereum, where anyone can anonymously download the Ethereum ...
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