Blockchain for Enterprise comparison & reviews

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Pros
  • + Large development community
  • + Quick to develop applications on
  • + Wide array of use cases
  • + Can support effective private networks
  • + Built for enterprise implementations
  • + Applies the hyperledger fabric to its business focused application
  • + Highest number of existing Enterprise use cases than other platforms
  • + Supports IoT and hardware to expand solution set
  • + Significant high profile support
Cons
  • - Public blockchain creates security concerns
  • - Uses cryptocurrency as fuel for transactions
  • - Forks can cause complications
  • - Only centralized aspect is the Certificate Authority (CA) who issues certificates to eligible parties
  • - Support dependent on IBM’s help centre
  • - Still relatively young in development
  • - Codebase was just released open-source
  • - Still risky as main net is just releasing
  • - Two coin ecosystem and consensus algorithm still a risk as it is untested long-term.
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Overview
Generic, open-source,  blockchain based distributed computing platform for applications to be built upon.
Modular Blockchain Environment using Hyperledger Fabric, delivered via IBM Cloud
VeChains vision is to build a trust-free and distributed business ecosystem that enables transparent information flow, high speed value transfer and efficient collaboration.
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  Crypto Assets  
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Cryptocurrency
Ether (ETH)
None
VeChain Token (VET) and VeThor Tokens (VTHO)
  Logic  
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Smart Contract Functionality
Yes
Yes
Yes
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  Providers  
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% Providers with experience
0.93
93% (Hyperledger)
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  Community  
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Size of Developer Team
Large
Large
Large
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Support Team / Community
Large
Large. IBM has a direct support line.
Large
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Partnerships / Alliances / Size
EEA - 150+ companies
Large. Latest: Veridium Labs, Stellar - Generating and Tracking Carbon Credits on the Blockchain
Large
  Updates  
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Frequency of Updates
High
Frequent
Frequent
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Future Planned Work
v3.5
Scale into multiple industries
Main Net Rollout
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  General  
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Maturity
Live first in July 2015 (first public blockchain)

First stable release March 2016
IBM unveiled its “Blockchain as a Service” offering in March 2017.
Token First Available: 2015
First IoT PoC: 2016
Mainnet: June 30 2018
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Governance
Ethereum Developers
IBM Proprietary BaaS Platform

Linux Foundation
VeChain Foundation. Multi tiered involving a Steering Board, Advisory Board and a number of committes comprised by the public, and investors in the network.
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Enterprise Focus
Moderate Focus. Through forks, Quorum and Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Strong Focus. Major contributor to the Hyperledger Fabric project.
Core Focus
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Production Ready
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Website
Link
Link
Link
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Security model
No data encryption or channel partition and is public.

Merkle Patricia Trie Data structure
Similar security models to Hyperledger Fabric, but also incorporates the IBM Cloud Services as an added security layer when using the platform.
"Block Security Protocol" (BSP)
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Permissions
Permissionless
Permissioned
Permissioned Aspects
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Privacy
Limited (zk-SNARKs, Ring signatures)
Private channels
Yes
  Algorithms  
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Consensus
PoW & PoS
Plugable consensus (PBFT)
Proof of Authority
  Efficiency  
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Transaction Time
Moderate
Varies
No data
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Block Confirmation Time
~12 blocks
Varies
Fast
  Development  
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Proprietary Codebase
Open Source
Hyperledger Fabric is open source. IBM Blockchain is a proprietary layer that sits on top of Hyperledger as a simple to use platform accessing the blockchain
Open source with proprietary applications
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Blockchain / DLT type
Public with Private Forks
Federated / Consortium, Permissioned Network
Public
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Modularity
Generic, with DApp and Smart Contract support for wider applications
Plug + Play Architecture

Easy to operate software platform to build out use case, test, and implement
Yes
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Scalability
limited by PoW

currently supports a maximum of 15 TPS
Supports 1000 TPS. Designed for high throughput business applications. Scales relative to Hyperledger Fabric new developments.
50 - 10,000 TPS
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Storage Capacity
Varies
500 transactions per block
Depends on implementation
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  Utilities  
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Energy Consumption
Low
Low
Medium
  Change Management  
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Ease of Integration in Legacy Systems
Hard
Easy
Easy
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Difficulty to Use
Moderate
Low
Easy
  Maintenance  
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Required ongoing Support
Yes
Yes
Low
  Pricing  
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Cost to Use
Low
Free starter version, then $1000/month + $1000/month for each peer deployed
Varies
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  Licensing  
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Licensing
Varous licenses for different parts of code
Apache 2.0
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0
  industry focus  
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Industry
Cross-industry
Cross-industry
  Developers  
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Development Environment (Languages/SDKs)
Golang, C++, Rust, Python, Solidity
Execution Runtimes (four are currently supported)
JavaScript SDK
Command Line Interface
REST Server
LoopBack Connector
Playground Web User Interface
Yeoman code generator
VSCode and Atom editor plugins
GoLang, C, Solidity, JavaScript, Java, TypeScript
  Third Party Support  
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API Support
Yes
Yes
Yes
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  Engagements  
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% share of engagements
0.52
12% (Hyperledger)
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  Uses  
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Number of Use Cases / Implementations
Large
Large
Large
  Industry Focus  
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Retail
No
Yes
Yes
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Finance
No
Yes
Yes
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Logistics
No
Yes
Yes
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Health Care
No
Yes
Yes
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Government
No
Yes
Yes
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Agriculture
No
Yes
Yes
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Entertainment
Yes
Yes
Yes
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Automotive
No
Yes
Yes

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