2023-12-12 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting

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Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/98856745538?pwd=VkJROWRxeW43d3hOdnJLemwrS0JKUT09

Call Time: 8:00 Pacific / 17:00 Central Europe

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BC Gov Code With Us – AnonCreds in W3C Format – Application Period open until October 20, 2023.
- AnonCreds Rust Updates – Awarded to DSR Corporation – https://github.com/hyperledger/anoncreds-rs
- AnonCreds Rust Changes Deployed in ACA-Py – Awarded to What's Cookin' Inc.
- AnonCreds Rust Changes Deployed in Aries Framework JavaScript and Aries Bifold – Animo Solutions
Adding DIDComm to the VC Playground issuer exchange services - considering using ACA-Py
Enabling CHAPI initiated credential exchange to be stored in an Aries agent (considering aca-py, afj or vcx)

Stephen Curran (BC Gov/Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
Patrick St-Louis (IDLab/Open Security and Identity inc.) <patrick.st-louis@idlab.org>
Daniel Bluhm (Indicio PBC) <daniel@indicio.tech>

Status: Moving AnonCreds RS Branch into Main Ian Costanzo
A new plugin for ACA-Py: OpenID4VCI - Daniel Bluhm
Update on eliminating unqualified DIDs, did:peer, and AFJ Interop – where we are Daniel Bluhm
Status: Indy VDR Pool Management – updates
Status: Load Generator – ready!? - Kim Ebert @alex
Status: AnonCreds in W3C VC Format
Other PRs Ready for Review and Issues to Discuss

Discussion Topics:
- Update on ACA-Py Container Scanning
- Multi-architecture containers
  - Issue with BBS+ package – doesn't support ARM containers – need an update to their CI
  - Solution: A third container published that includes BBS+ package, but is single architecture
  - Others are Askar
The DSR team has started looking into supporting the "please-ack" protocol. A draft PoA will likely be ready for review on the next call, 17 Oct 2023