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Noelle Acheson is a 10-year veteran of company analysis, corporate finance and fund management, and a member of CoinDesk's product team.The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday, exclusively to our subscribers.In a match reminiscent of the recent final of the Australian Open, in which two of the oldest top tennis players on the circuit competed for the title, two other old-timers are showing younger competitors that experience matters.I’m talking about IBM and Microsoft, and the race to build a business-friendly blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) platform.In the business world, unlike tennis, there can be more than one winner.And it may be rash to assume that the old market leaders will stay ahead of the pack, especially in a field so new.However, recent moves by the two companies to shore up their cloud offering with enterprise blockchain applications underline their market clout and privileged access to big clients.

IBM recently unveiled the first commercial application of IBM Blockchain, a suite of cloud services to help clients create and manage blockchain networks.Meanwhile, Microsoft has been adding BaaS modules to Azure, its cloud-computing platform, since 2015, making them available to all users last year.
view litecoin walletBoth systems seem similar on the surface: modular, in the cloud, based on open-source code, with massive ecosystems.
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Most of its recent partnership announcements are with startups that use ethereum as their base, and Microsoft is a founding member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, recently set up to explore business adaptations of the public blockchain.IBM, on the other hand, has so far largely stayed away from public blockchains.
bitcoin mining ekran kart?Its BaaS service is based on Hyperledger’s Fabric codebase, of which IBM wrote a large part.
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Ethereum is developed by the Ethereum Foundation, of which Microsoft is not a member.This is a risk factor in that the Foundation could decide to change the underlying code, without Microsoft’s input.(The EEA does not influence the ethereum codebase.)Hyperledger's codebases are governed by a steering committee, of which IBM is a member, and an important one.(Microsoft is not a member of the Hyperledger consortium.)The committee could decide to make changes to Fabric, but not without IBM’s consent and contribution.The level of interaction with the public of the two open-source alternatives is also different, and an added risk factor.A bug in ethereum is a public event.While there is no doubt that it would be quickly fixed, a failure could shake confidence in firms running on an ethereum-based system.On the other hand, if Fabric were to encounter a problem, it would also be rapidly solved.But there’s a chance we would never know.That said, the compelling arguments for development on a public blockchain include the broad developer base and the potential for interoperability.

Many have argued that public blockchain adaptations will win for these reasons.As in a tense tennis tournament, the game is gripping, with each side playing professionally.Unlike a simple match, however, the winner will not be determined any time soon, if ever.IBM and Microsoft have coexisted as IT leaders and competitors for decades, constantly adapting to new strategies and opportunities.In a fluid field based on a new technology, agility is important.But so is size and access to the target market.In blockchain terms, the game has just begun.The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk strives to offer an open platform for dialogue and discussion on all things blockchain by encouraging contributed articles.For more details on how you can submit an opinion or analysis article, view our Editorial Collaboration Guide or email [email protected]/*

It is a global collaboration, hosted by The Linux Foundation, including leaders in finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chain, manufacturing and technology.These 130+ members and 8 ongoing projects, including Hyperledger Fabric and Hyperledger Composer, work in concert to create an open, standardized and enterprise-grade distributed ledger framework and code base. Join the Hyperledger Rocket.chat community See Hyperledger community projects Introducing Hyperledger Fabric What is Hyperledger Fabric?Hyperledger Fabric is a business blockchain framework hosted on Hyperledger intended as a foundation for developing blockchain applications or solutions with a modular architecture.Hyperledger Fabric allows components such as consensus and membership services to be plug-and-play.While leveraging open source best practices, Hyperledger Fabric enables confidentiality and scalability in business environments.Hyperledger Fabric establishes trust, transparency, and accountability Permissioned network Provides collectively defined membership and access rights within your business network Confidential transactions Gives businesses the flexibility and security to make transactions visible to select parties with the correct encryption keys No cryptocurrency Does not require mining and expensive computations to assure transactions Programmable Leverage the embedded logic in smart contracts to automate business processes across your network How is Hyperledger Fabric different from other blockchain implementations?

Bitcoin Ethereum Hyperledger Cryptocurrency required bitcoin ether, user-created cryptocurrencies none Network public public or permissioned permissioned Transactions anonymous anonymous or private public or confidential Consensus proof of work proof of work PBFT Smart contracts (business logic) none yes (Solidity, Serpent, LLL) yes (chaincode) Language C++ Golang, C++, Python Golang, Java See how it works Many companies are working together to build an open blockchain fabric that can support production business networks – testing interactions between applications and secure blockchain networks for use cases including supply chain, capital markets, manufacturing and healthcare.Develop with Hyperledger Fabric Ready to get started developing with Hyperledger Fabric?View quick-start guide for blockchain developers See code for Hyperledger Fabric on Github View Hyperledger Fabric documentation Access Hyperledger Fabric protocol specs on Github Try Hyperledger Fabric on IBM Blockchain Build with an IBM-signed and tested image from Docker Hub Set up and run a blockchain network with IBM-supplied Docker Compose script and images.