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The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched Drunix, an enterprise-grade Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) platform to support large-scale deployment of blockchain-based applications, digital assets, and tokenization ecosystems.

What is Drunix?

Drunix is an enterprise-grade private blockchain framework developed by NPCI to enable organizations to build, deploy, and scale tokenization platforms, digital asset ecosystems, and multi-organization blockchain networks.

Built as a high-performance enhanced fork of Hyperledger Fabric, Drunix is designed to deliver high scalability, low latency, and optimized performance, making it suitable for enterprise applications as well as public digital infrastructure. The platform aims to facilitate secure, interoperable, and large-scale blockchain adoption across sectors.

Key Features

Drunix has been developed with a focus on enterprise deployment and offers:

• High scalability for large-volume transactions and enterprise networks.
• Support for tokenization of digital and real-world assets.
• Creation of multi-organization blockchain ecosystems with secure data sharing.
• Optimized performance for public infrastructure and financial applications.
• Enterprise-grade security and interoperability.
• Built on an enhanced version of Hyperledger Fabric, an open-source blockchain framework developed under the Linux Foundation.

What is Blockchain Technology?

Blockchain, also known as Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), is a decentralized digital ledger that records transactions across multiple computers, ensuring transparency, security, and tamper resistance without relying on a central authority.

Instead of maintaining a single centralized database, every participating node maintains a synchronized copy of the ledger, making records highly secure and verifiable.

Key Features of Blockchain

• Distributed Ledger: Data is stored simultaneously across multiple nodes in a peer-to-peer network.
• Immutability: Once recorded, data cannot be altered easily due to cryptographic hashing.
• Security: Transactions are protected using cryptography, hashing, and digital signatures.
• Consensus Mechanism: Transactions are validated only after agreement among participating nodes.
• Decentralization: No single entity exercises complete control over the network.