Seventeen new organizations have joined Hyperledger Project, to help create an open standard for distributed ledgers for a new generation of transactional applications. With this, the project has surpassed 80 members.

“There’s been a tremendous response to our vision for creating an open community for blockchain technology and we’re proud to be celebrating this member milestone,” said Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of Hyperledger Project. “At a growth rate of nearly two new members joining per week - there’s no telling where we’ll be at by the end of the year -  I look forward to working with this growing community to further our open blockchain development efforts."

Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Project is working to enable organizations to build and run robust, industry-specific applications, platforms and hardware systems to support their individual business transactions by creating an enterprise grade, open source distributed ledger framework and code base. The new members come from across Europe, Asia and the U.S. and join a rapidly growing and diverse group across finance, banking, Internet of Things, supply chains, manufacturing and other technologies.

The latest members include: Cloud Security Alliance, Energy Blockchain Laboratory, Global Peersafe Technology Corp., Inuit Foundation - University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Intuit, Investrata Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (IFSE), iRootech Technology Co., Ltd, MIRACL UK Limited, Netki, Nxt Foundation, Orange Magic Cube (GoX Tech), Samsung SDS, Sany Heavy Group Co., Ltd,  Tai Cloud Corp., Union Mobile Pay E-Commerce Co., Ltd., Wutongtree and  Yunphant Blockchain.

"Blockchain is without doubt a disruptive technology that will have significant impacts on numerous business areas," said Won-Pyo Hong, President of Samsung SDS' Solution Business. "We are proud to be a member of the Hyperledger community and look forward to contributing and sharing our expertise with its members."