2020-02-05 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting

Summary:

Planned Topics:

  • ACA-Py 0.4.1 released, 0.4.2 pending
  • AIP 1.0 Accepted by community - what it means
  • Progress on OSMA - Android Mobile Agent with ACA-Py Mediator
  • Update on an ACA-Py based mediator agent
  • Demo: indy-vdr - a new interface to Indy Ledgers
  • Demo: OSMA Android Agent

Note: The recording from the meeting is here.

Date

(11AM Los Angeles, 2PM New York, Thursday at 6AM Sydney)

Introduction Stephen Curran

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Attendees

  • Name (Organization) <email>
  • Sam Curren (Sovrin Foundation) <sam@sovrin.org>
  • Daniel Bluhm (Sovrin Foundation) <daniel.bluhm@sovrin.org>
  • Alexis Falqueir (Spaceman ID) <alexis@spaceman.id>

Welcome / Introductions

Announcements

  • Recording - Hyperledger Victoria Meetup: The (High School Level) Math Behind ZKPs
  • ACA-Py Release 0.4.1 available, 0.4.2 pending
  • Hyperledger Global Forum - Phoenix, AZ, March 3-6, 2020 - Register

Deployments and Work Updates

  • BC Gov Team
    • Aries-VCR/OrgBook BC Deployment
    • Identity Kit - VCs for OIDC Issuer Service
    • indy-vdr progress
  • Medici Ventures - revocation anoncreds 1.0
  • Akiff Manji/Petri Dish Development - aries-acapy-controllers repo - three example controllers/three different stacks
    • Time to push into Hyperledger?
  • Sovrin - Aries Toolbox, other demos, test suite and production implementations
    • PRs to help with the test suite / backchannel - automated testing support
  • Cloud Compass - Linux Foundation edX Course - Intro (released), Aries Developer (coming soon)
  • John Callahan - building aries-framework-ruby, and would like the same Administration API.
    • Would like some help with getting started with the API.  Has used Swagger, but baby steps (smile), perhaps using Postman.

Agenda

  • ACA-Py 0.4.1 and 0.4.2 (Soon)
    • Compatibility release with Streetcred (synchronous deployments) and LibVCX
  • AIP 1.0 - what it means, why it matters
  • Hot Topics on ACA-Py Rocketchat - mediators, trusting proof sources, getting a connection marked "Active", ACA-Py on AWS
  • OSMA Updates - being done by Sukalpo Mitra
  • Demo: Andrew Whitehead and indy-vdr - an alternative to indy-sdk for accessing an indy-ledger
  • Demo (if there is time): OSMA Android Mobile Agent

Next Week

Future Topics - Nominations Open

  • Documentation needs
  • Using other DLTs?  Fabric ledger vs. Indy for ledger storage, keep Anoncreds for verifiable creds
  • Breaking up the Indy SDK
  • FAQ materials

Action items