Every summer car makers roll out their new models. There's a new sedan, a new SUV, a new truck, and a new sports car to name a few. In other words, if you're in the market for a new vehicle, there's something new out there for you. Similarly, Hyperledger is rolling out new private blockchain frameworks. There's a foundation model, an identity model, a mobile model, a scalable model, and a smart contract model. One framework is live, while the others are still in incubation stage. In this post we'll review the different frameworks, identify their focus, and flesh out why they are important. Fabric: As of this writing Fabric is the only live Hyperledger framework. This is because, as the Linux Foundation itself notes , it is "intended as a foundation for developing applications or solutions with a modular architecture." In other words, Fabric is Hyperledger's flagship, touch all the bases, private permissioned blockchain. Here is the video tha...