hyperledger/fabric
Fabric
Hyperledger Fabric is a permissioned blockchain framework and enterprise blockchain platform designed for maintaining shared, immutable records of transactions across a network of authorized participants. It provides the infrastructure to build and manage private distributed ledgers that prioritize data confidentiality and scalability.
The platform is distinguished by a modular architecture and a pluggable consensus engine. This design allows internal system implementations to be swapped with custom modules to adapt the ledger's behavior and consensus mechanisms to specific technical or industry requirements.
The system covers high-level capabilities including distributed consensus implementation for sequencing messages, database-indexed block storage for persisting history, and permissioned access control to restrict data visibility. It utilizes container-based deployment to ensure consistent execution of network components across diverse environments.
Development is supported through tools for building project binaries, generating serialization artifacts, and provisioning standardized environments for testing and deployment.
Features
- Consensus Orderers - Provides a pluggable consensus engine to sequence distributed messages and broadcast identical batches.
- Permissioned Blockchain Frameworks - Provides a complete framework for developing private, permissioned blockchain solutions tailored for enterprise requirements.
- Block Storage - Utilizes block-level storage patterns to persist blockchain history on a file system for efficient retrieval.
- Blockchain - Implements a database-indexed block storage system to persist blockchain history on the file system.
- Ledger State Management - Manages the global state and persistence of a private distributed ledger to ensure data integrity.
- Distributed Ledger Nodes - Provides the core infrastructure for building private, scalable, and confidential distributed ledger solutions.
- Distributed Consensus Algorithms - Implements distributed consensus algorithms to sequence messages and ensure all network participants agree on the ledger state.
- Blockchain Platforms - Acts as a comprehensive blockchain platform providing the infrastructure for running private ledgers and smart contracts.
- Consensus Engines - Ships a pluggable consensus engine for sequencing distributed messages and broadcasting batches to network nodes.
- Ledger Models - Provides ledger models to track transaction history across a permissioned network of authorized participants.
- Message Ordering Guarantees - Ensures distributed messages are ordered into a consistent sequence and broadcast to all clients.
- Identity-Based Access Control - Restricts network participation and data visibility to authenticated identities using identity-based access control.
- Modular Extension Architectures - Features a modular architecture that allows swapping internal components to adapt the ledger's behavior to specific requirements.
- Modular Software Design - Employs a modular architecture that allows swapping internal system implementations with custom pluggable modules.
- Protobuf Serialization - Uses protocol buffers to generate source code for consistent data communication and serialization between nodes.
- Container Deployment - Provides container-based deployment of network components to ensure consistent execution across diverse environments.
- Container Images - Creates and publishes container images for network components to facilitate consistent deployment.
- Enterprise Deployment Solutions - Supports enterprise-grade deployment using containerized environments to ensure scalability and resilience across organizations.
- Private Ledger Infrastructure - Provides a decentralized environment for persisting block history using database-indexed storage.
- Modular Extension Systems - Implements a modular extension system that allows internal implementations to be swapped via pluggable modules.
- Blockchain - Enterprise-grade platform for building permissioned blockchains.
- Blockchain and Finance - Blockchain framework.
