History of Hyperledger
The Hyperledger project was founded in 2015, when the Linux Foundation announced the creation of the Hyperledger project. It was founded in conjunction with a number of enterprise players, including IBM, Intel, Fujitsu, and JP Morgan. The goal was to improve and create industry collaboration around blockchain technology so that it would be usable for complex enterprise use cases in the key industries most suitable to blockchain disruption: technology, finance, and supply chain.
The project gained substance in 2016, when the first technology donations were made. IBM donated what was to become known as Hyperledger Fabric, and Intel donated the code base that became Hyperledger Sawtooth.
Unlike most projects in the blockchain ...
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