Difference between hyperledger fabric and sawtooth

Question

Hyperledger fabric and Sawtooth are platforms for building distributed ledger applications, supporting pluggable consensus and chaincodes. What are the main differences between the two of them?

Answer 1

Source: https://www.hyperledger.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hyperledger_Arch_WG_Paper_1_Consensus.pdf

Answer 2

The key difference is that hyperledger sawtooth supports both permissioned and permissionless blockchain networks whereas Hyperledger Fabric support only permissioned blockchain networks. On the basis of that, there are other differences based on parameters like consensus, the type of network, security, privacy etc.

Answer 3

Hyperledger Sawtooth supports both permissioned and permissionless blockchain implementation whereas Hyperledger Fabric support only permissioned blockchain implementation.

Answer 4

Thanks for bringing up this discussion!

In my opinion, Hyperledger Sawtooth supports both permissioned and permissionless blockchain implementation whereas Hyperledger Fabric support only permissioned blockchain implementation.

Hyperledger Fabric is a distributed ledger platform that delivers resiliency, scalability, flexibility and confidentiality. Hyperledger Fabric enrolls members via a trusted membership service provider. Hyperledger Sawtooth can be configured to operate as a public network.

Here is the article I came across which explains every detail about hyperledger. Click here to learn more.

Hyperledger Sawtooth Architecture 

Hyperledger Fabric Architecture 

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