What is new blockchain project Corda ?

Corda is an open source blockchain project, designed for business from the start. Only Corda allows you to build interoperable blockchain networks that transact in strict privacy. Corda's smart contract technology allows businesses to transact directly. 

Some features of Corda :-

• Smart contracts that can be written in Java.
• Flow framework to manage communication and negotiation between participants of the network.
• Peer-to-peer network of nodes.
• "Notary" infrastructure to validate uniqueness.
• Sequencing of transactions without global broadcast.
• Enables the development and deployment of distributed apps called CorDapps.

What makes Corda different?

Other distributed ledger technology (DLT) platforms use global broadcast to propagate data. Corda uses point to point messaging. It means a node knows only about connection when it has some transaction with other node. The isolation of one nodes from one nother is possible.