Hyperledger reference architecture
Hyperledger has published a white paper that presents a reference architecture model that can serve as a guideline to build permissioned distributed ledgers. The reference architecture consists of various components that form a business blockchain.
Hyperledger's white paper is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z4M_qwILLRehPbVRUsJ3OF8Iir-gqS-ZYe7W-LE9gnE/edit#heading=h.m6iml6hqrnm2
These high-level components are shown in the reference architecture diagram here, which has been drawn from the aforementioned white paper:
Figure 17.2: Reference architecture
In the preceding diagram, starting from the left, we see that we have five top-level components that provide various services. The first is identity, which provides authorization, identification, and authentication services under membership services. Then, we have the policy component, which provides policy services.
After this, we see blockchain...
