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Organization

An organization within a blockchain network represents a distinct entity, such as a company or institution, actively participating in the consortium. Each organization manages its own set of peers, users, and administrators, crucial for network governance, transaction validation, ledger maintenance, and consensus mechanisms.

Key attributes of an organization include:

• Peers: Nodes hosting ledgers and smart contracts (chaincode) for the organization.
• Orderers: Nodes responsible for transaction ordering and block creation.
• CA: Certificate Authority managing identities and certificates for users and peers.
• Chaincode API: Interface for invoking smart contracts.

Business Group

A business group is a collective of organizations collaborating within the blockchain network under a shared governance model. Business groups enable inter-organizational processes, resource sharing, and maintain control over member organizations.

Key aspects of business groups include:

• Member Organizations: Contributing entities sharing resources within the group.
• Channels: Private communication channels for secure data exchange.
• Chaincode: Smart contracts defining business logic and transaction rules.
• Proposals: Requests for network configuration changes such as adding new members, deploying chaincode, or updating policies.