Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), two of the world’s largest blockchain consortia, have announced a cross-community collaboration to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology for business. The two have formally become associate members within each other’s organization, Hyperledger and the EEA announced[1] on Monday.
“This is a time of great opportunity,” said Ron Resnick, the EEA’s executive director. “Collaborating through mutual associate membership provides more opportunities for both organizations to work more closely together.”
The cross-community collaboration means that the leadership of both organizations will be able to collaborate across Special Internet Groups, Working Groups, meetups and conferences globally.
The EEA sponsors the development of specifications and standards for enterprise blockchain networks with a focus on those aligned with the broader Ethereum ecosystem. Hyperledger, a Linux Foundation open source collaborative effort, fosters the development of open source software for establishing, managing and connecting enterprise blockchain networks.
The new partnership seeks to encourage Ethereum developers to submit their enterprise projects to Hyperledger, and Hyperledger project maintainers to take de-facto interfaces appropriate for standardization to the appropriate EEA working groups.
Brian Behlendorf, executive director of Hyperledger, said the collaboration was “a nature alliance for both organizations.”
“Great open standards depend upon great open source code. Standards, specifications and certification all help enterprise blockchain customers commit to implementations with confidence since they have better assurances of interoperability as well as multiple vendors of choice.”
Industry participants welcomed the move which, according to Nick Cowan, CEO at Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), represents “a significant milestone for the wider blockchain ecosystem.”
“The real winners are the prospective blockchain projects that previously would have had interoperability concerns when deciding to pursue blockchain innovation using Ethereum or Hyperledger,” Cowan said.
“This joint effort between two of the largest
