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Podcast: Epicenter - Learn about Crypto, Blockchain, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Distributed Technologies
Episode: Brian Behlendorf: Hyperledger – From Blockchain Hype to Production Networks
Description: Most observers of the ecosystem will probably agree that 2015-2017 were the years of the enterprise blockchain. It was during that time that many startups catering to enterprise were founded and funded, including Monax and Stratumn (where Brian and Sebastien previously worked). For the permissioned blockchain camp, adoption would come in the form of enterprise use cases, arguing that public networks carried too much risk, and lacked needed features like privacy. While much of the hype has subsided, large companies in every sector are forming consortia and leveraging blockchain to provide better process traceability and transparency, and reduce their...