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Published inApr 2020
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Alessandro Parisi
Alessandro Parisi
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Alessandro Parisi

Alessandro Parisi has been an IT professional for over 20 years, acquiring significant experience as a Security Data Scientist, and as an Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity and Blockchain specialist. He has experience of operating within organizational and decisional contexts characterized by high complexity. Over the years, he has helped companies to adopt Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain DLT technologies as strategic tools in protecting sensitive corporate assets. He holds a Master Degree in Economics and Statistics.
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Getting to know Hyperledger Fabric

Hyperledger Fabric is a permissioned blockchain managed by a consortium of companies. The project has been hosted and promoted by the Linux Foundation since December 2015, since the Linux Foundation together with 30 sponsoring companies (including IBM) decided to create an enterprise-class open source blockchain. Other major companies of the caliber of Intel, Accenture, and Huawei have subsequently joined the project, and their number currently exceeds 250 members.

Hyperledger Fabric is designed to provide high flexibility and extensibility, both at an architectural and application level. The modular architecture extends to the consensus mechanism, thus allowing specific consensus algorithms to be adopted on the basis of the different use cases, simply by choosing the most suitable component to implement the consensus mechanism of choice. The...

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Alessandro Parisi

Alessandro Parisi has been an IT professional for over 20 years, acquiring significant experience as a Security Data Scientist, and as an Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity and Blockchain specialist. He has experience of operating within organizational and decisional contexts characterized by high complexity. Over the years, he has helped companies to adopt Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain DLT technologies as strategic tools in protecting sensitive corporate assets. He holds a Master Degree in Economics and Statistics.
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