Hyperledger is the umbrella body for ten open source blockchain projects, all of which are cross-industry. So far, that is. Ledger Insights spoke to Hyperledger Executive Director, Brian Behlendorf, and explored the likelihood of industry-specific open source blockchains. Open source could significantly impact the governance of industry consortia and increase the pace of innovation.
For the health sector, there’s potential for an open source Electronic Health Record project. For supply chain it could be a provenance ledger for diamonds or luxury goods. Or a blockchain for bills of lading. In the case of insurance perhaps a policy ledger.
Behlendorf says his read is there’s an appetite for open-source industry blockchains and he’s playing “the role of a weatherman.” He’s not the decision maker, nor is his boss at the parent Linux Foundation. Hyperledger is community driven. It has 700 contributors who nominate an eleven-person technical steering committee that makes these kinds of decisions.
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