The article is about Chain, a blockchain company that partners with banks and financial firms to integrate blockchain technology into financial services. In 2016, Chain released a version of its software on open source for all developers to access. Chain hopes that giving people access to its software will allow faster innovation of financial uses for blockchain.
On the one hand, this is a good move because it brings Chain back to the roots of blockchain’s origin. BitCoin started as an open source project that found great success. Opening up software allows for more collaboration and progress. On the other hand, not everyone understands the needs of the financial services industry. If Chain wants to use blockchain for banks and financial firms, it needs to be designed with that in mind. Random developers will bring new tweaks to the software, but not all of these changes will be useful for Chain’s goals. Time will tell if Chain gains enough innovation from realesing the software for it to be worthwhile.
http://fortune.com/2016/10/24/visas-blockchain-chain-open-source/