Hyperledger's new project Iroha helps it enter the blockchain mobile application market

A blockchain project developed by Japanese IT giant Hitachi and startups such as Soramitsu has now been incorporated into Hyperledger's blockchain initiative.

The project is called Iroha and was jointly developed and launched by multiple Hyperledger project members. Last month, Iroha made its first public appearance at the Hyperledger Technical Guidance Meeting. It is reported that the project is expected to become a Hyperledger foundation project and a supplement to IBM Fabric and Intel Sawtooth Lake.

In addition, Soramitsu believes that Iroha will help the development of mobile applications in the Hyperledger community.

Makoto Takemiya, co-founder of Soramitsu, said:

Once the Hyperledger community has a suitable C++, mobile, and web development environment, more and more developers will join the project, not only writing code for Iroha, but also contributing to other projects such as Fabric and Sawtooth Lake.

Although Iroha was initiated by Soramitsu, the research and development work was done by multiple Hyperledger members, including Hitachi, NTT Data and blockchain startup Colu. According to Takemiya, his team has also established partnerships with the University of Aizu, Sompo Holdings and Rakuten Securities. Currently, Soramitsu also plans to launch more research projects based on Iroha.

Brian Behlendorf, executive director of the Hyperledger project, said that with Iroha, their project resource library is about to become even more powerful.

Iroha makes the interaction between developers and Hyperledger stronger. From now on, it will be much easier for developers to launch basic projects and applications of distributed ledger technology.

Since its launch, its participants have contributed many projects to Hyperledger, including Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan's distributed ledger platform Juno and Intel's Sawtooth Lake project, a fantasy sports game based on a blockchain digital asset trading platform.