Permissioned Systems
Required Readings:
‘Public vs Private Blockchains for the Enterprise’ Harry Papacharissiou, Medium (July 13, 2019)
‘Technical difference between Ethereum, Hyperledger fabric and R3 Corda’ Nandi, Medium (March
16, 2018)
‘A Blockchain Platform for the Enterprise, Introduction’ Hyperledger Fabric (accessed August 2019)
‘What is Corda?’ Newton, Medium (June 5, 2018)
Optional Readings:
‘Blockchains & Distributed Ledger Technologies’ Shermin Voshmgir (2019)
Study Questions/Issues to Prepare:
1) What is permissioned or private distributed ledger technology? How does it differ from
permissionless or open blockchain applications?
2) What are the key blockchain inspired features of Corda and Hyperledger Fabric?
3) What are the business tradeoffs of utilizing a permissioned vs. a permissionless application?
What are the tradeoffs for consumers?