Internet Heavyweight Joins Open-Source Blockchain Consortium
- Brian Behlendorf helped develop the Apache web-server software
- Hyperledger Project wants to overhaul business transactions
This article is for subscribers only.
The Hyperledger Project, the developer of blockchain software that’s backed by IBM, Wells Fargo & Co. and other titans of technology and finance, has a new leader.
The group has hired Brian Behlendorf, 43, as executive director, according to a statement Thursday. He was a key developer of Apache, the software that powers much of the web, and also worked for the World Economic Forum and President Barack Obama’s administration.