9/04

Announcements

Need help figuring out which Hyperledger project is right for you? Check out our newly launched Project Matrix, a tool designed to help you navigate Hyperledger distributed ledger technologies. Project Matrix allows you to easily understand the distinctions between our distributed ledgers, libraries and tools and determine how they can best serve your requirements.

Code & Projects

Hyperledger Fabric

The Hyperledger Fabric v3.0.0-preview is now available. The v3.0.0-preview release is an early preview of Fabric v3.0, specifically to demonstrate and get feedback on the new Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) ordering service feature based on the SmartBFT consensus library. You can explore this exciting preview release and provide feedback. To learn more about BFT in Fabric, join us on Tuesday, October 3 at 9:00 PDT for the Understanding Byzantine Fault Tolerance in Hyperledger Fabric meetup.

Blockchain Explorer Lab

The Blockchain Explorer Release 2.0.0 was published on September 5 and includes support for Hyperledger Fabric 2.5 and contains new features and enhancements.  Thanks to contributors from Infosys, Walmart and KPMG for contributing to this release.  Check out the release notes for more details and check out the Blockchain Explorer GitHub repo to learn more about the lab.

Noteworthy Pull Requests

Articles, Training & Tutorials

Events

On Thursday, September 14 at 9AM Pacific the Financial Markets Special Interest group is hosting a presentation that will talk about how blockchain is reshaping the mortgage landscape.  Pavan Agarwal, CEO of Sun West Mortgage Company, and James Hendrick, a blockchain expert, will be speaking.

You can find more Hyperledger calls and other events listed on the community calendar.

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