Hyperledger Fabric
Enterprise Blockchain Framework
What is Hyperledger Fabric?
Hyperledger Fabric is an open-source, enterprise-grade permissioned distributed ledger framework hosted by the Linux Foundation under the Hyperledger umbrella project. Unlike public blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum), Fabric is specifically engineered for business-to-business (B2B) scenarios where participants are known, authenticated, and trusted.
It provides a foundation for developing applications or solutions with a modular architecture. This means components such as consensus mechanisms, membership services, and ledger storage are all pluggable — you can swap them out depending on your use case without rebuilding the entire network stack.
Not a cryptocurrency platform
Fabric has no native token like Bitcoin or Ether. It focuses purely on business logic and data sharing.
Consortium / private network
A known set of organizations runs the network, unlike anonymous public chains.
Designed for regulated industries
Healthcare, finance, government — sectors that need auditable but confidential data trails.
Quick Reference
Hyperledger Fabric (HLF)
Linux Foundation — Hyperledger Project
2016 (v0.6), Production-ready v1.0 in July 2017
Go (Golang) — network stack, chaincode support
Permissioned / Private / Enterprise
Apache License 2.0 (open-source)
Hyperledger Fabric v3.x (2024)