Blockchain Development with Hyperledger

Designing a network

The first step in determining a Hyperledger Fabric network structure for one's application is listing the participating organizations. Logically, an organization is a security domain and a unit of identity and credentials. It governs one or more network peers, and depends on a membership service provider (MSP) to issue identities and certificates for the peers as well as clients for smart contract access privileges. The ordering service, which is the cornerstone of a Fabric network, is typically assigned its own organization. The following diagram illustrates a typical peer network structure with clients, MSPs, and logical organization groupings.

The criterion for the approval of a transaction (or invocation) is an endorsement ...