Blockchain for Enterprise comparison & reviews

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Pros
  • + Modular Focus (customized transaction rules, consensus algorithms, permissioning)
  • + Part of the Hyperledger Ecosystem
  • + Harnesses IoT technology to provide additional data
  • + Large development community
  • + Quick to develop applications on
  • + Wide array of use cases
  • + Clear Use Case
  • + Wide Adoption in Finance
  • + Focused service offering that makes it easy to use
Cons
  • - Open source codebase
  • - Very young in development
  • - Still requires many bug fixes
  • - Public blockchain creates security concerns
  • - Uses cryptocurrency as fuel for transactions
  • - Forks can cause complications
  • - Speculators can have impact on the cryptocurrency side of the project
  • - Recent controversy with SEC (link in popup)
  • - Early ledger entries are missing
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Overview
Modular Blockchain Platform, released by Hyperledger and championed by Intel.

Generic, open-source,  blockchain based distributed computing platform for applications to be built upon.
One of the first commercially viable Finance focused blockchain solutions. Uses 3 core products (xCurrent, xRapid, xVia) in order to facilitate cross border transactions, liquitiy, and payment processing
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  Crypto Assets  
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Cryptocurrency
None
Ether (ETH)
Ripple (XRP)
  Logic  
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Smart Contract Functionality
Yes
Yes
No
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% Providers with experience
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0.93
0.33
  Community  
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Size of Developer Team
Moderate
Large
Moderate
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Support Team / Community
Moderate. Some developer resources on Wiki and GitHub.
Large
Moderate
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Partnerships / Alliances / Size
Moderate
EEA - 150+ companies
Large
  Updates  
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Frequency of Updates
High
High
Quarterly
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Future Planned Work
Bug Fixes
v3.5
Cobalt Algorithm
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  General  
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Maturity
Sawtooth 1.0 released in Nov 2017
Live first in July 2015 (first public blockchain)

First stable release March 2016
Initially released in 2012. Whitepaper released in 2017 with commercial applications
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Governance
Linux Foundation - Hyperledger Project

On-chain Governance
Ethereum Developers
Ripple Labs
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Enterprise Focus
Strong Focus
Moderate Focus. Through forks, Quorum and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Strong focus, as their core product offerings cater to global banking solutions.
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Production Ready
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Website
Link
Link
Website link
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Security model
SGX / PoET

All transactions are signed by known identities.
No data encryption or channel partition and is public.

Merkle Patricia Trie Data structure
Transactions are confirmed and validated through validator nodes.
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Permissions
Permissioned, Permissionless depending on application
Permissionless
Permissioned
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Privacy
Configrable permissions for any node cluster within the network
Limited (zk-SNARKs, Ring signatures)
Transaction information on the ledger is public, but payment information is not.
  Algorithms  
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Consensus
PoET
Dynamic, Pluggable Consensus Algorithms
PoW & PoS
Ripple Protocol Consensus Algorithm

70+ validators
  Efficiency  
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Transaction Time
Fast
Moderate
Fast
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Block Confirmation Time
Varies
~12 blocks
TBD
  Development  
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Proprietary Codebase
Open Source
Open Source
Open source with proprietary applications
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Blockchain / DLT type
Federated / Consortium, Permissioned Network
Public with Private Forks
Permissioned Network, Public Architecture
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Modularity
Modular Architecture. Incorporates IoT Sensors that can broaden the use case.
Generic, with DApp and Smart Contract support for wider applications
Yes
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Scalability
1000 TPS. Built to be scalable in the way that consensus algorithms can be changed, applications are separate from the core system, and transactions can occur in parallel.
limited by PoW

currently supports a maximum of 15 TPS
1500 TPS with potential of tens of thousands through Ripple Payment Channels
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Storage Capacity
Varies
Varies
Large
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  Utilities  
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Energy Consumption
Low
Low
Low
  Change Management  
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Ease of Integration in Legacy Systems
Varies
Hard
Easy
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Difficulty to Use
Easy
Moderate
Easy
  Maintenance  
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Required ongoing Support
Yes
Yes
Low
  Pricing  
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Cost to Use
Low-Moderate
Low
Varies
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  Licensing  
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Licensing
Apache 2.0
Varous licenses for different parts of code
ISC
  industry focus  
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Industry
Cross-industry
Cross-industry
Financial Services
  Developers  
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Development Environment (Languages/SDKs)
Python, JavaScript, Go, C++, Java
Golang, C++, Rust, Python, Solidity
C/C++, Java, node.js , Go
  Third Party Support  
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API Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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  Engagements  
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% share of engagements
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0.52
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  Uses  
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Number of Use Cases / Implementations
Moderate
Large
Large
  Industry Focus  
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Retail
Yes
No
No
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Finance
Yes
No
Yes
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Logistics
Yes
No
No
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Health Care
Yes
No
No
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Government
Yes
No
Yes
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Agriculture
Yes
No
No
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Entertainment
No
Yes
No
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Automotive
Yes
No
No

Matrix Score

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  • Ethereum Foundation
  • Ripple
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