One of the components of Hyperledger Fabric that makes it an interesting choice for business is the use of channels. Channels are a partitioning mechanism to limit access to and visibility of data (including transactions) only to authorized members.
A channel is created to represent a group of member organizations, called as a consortium, for the purpose of conducting private and confidential transactions. Each participating member assigns one or more of their peers who maintain a separate shared ledger specific for that channel—a "submit" of communication within a blockchain. Each transaction is executed on a channel where the ordering service treats transactions on different channels independently. ...
