The transaction life cycle in Hyperledger Fabric

There are several steps that are involved in a transaction flow in Hyperledger Fabric. These steps are shown in the following diagram below

A quick summary of the process can be visualized in the following diagram:

The transaction life cycle

The steps are described below in detail:

  1. Transaction proposal by clients. This is the first step where a transaction is proposed by the clients and sent to endorsing peers on the distributed ledger network. All clients need to be enrolled via membership services before they can propose transactions.
  2. The transaction is simulated by endorsers which generates ...

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