Hyperledger (Hyperledger Foundation)

By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020

Hyperledger is an open source collaborative effort to create blockchain technologies hosted by The Linux Foundation since 2016. It is a software development in building blockchain frameworks and platforms, including in finance, banking and Internet of Things.

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Emission

The speed/rate at which new coins are minted and released as dictated by the protocols written.

Consensus

Consensus is achieved in a blockchain system when all participants agree on the content of the next block that will be added onto the blockchain.

Hashrate

Total processing power of a blockchain or what is the same, are the amount of hash values that can be made in a period of time.

Protocol

The set of rules in a network in which participating members comply to allow proper communication.

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