2023-06-13 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting

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Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99220079317?pwd=OHk0U05ITnBkSmZ0aXlIQzFDYWg3UT09

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

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@Stephen Curran (BC Gov/Cloud Compass Computing Inc.) <swcurran@cloudcompass.ca>
@Daniel Bluhm (Indicio PBC) <daniel@indicio.tech>
@Emiliano Suñé (BC Gov/Quartech) <emiliano.sune@quartech.com>
@Alexandra Walker (Indicio PBC) <alex.walker@indicio.tech>
@Frostyfrog (Indicio PBC) <colton@indicio.tech>

ACA-Py documentation: https://aca-py.org
2023.05.15 (this Thursday): Presentation: ZKPs – the High School Math Edition - @Stephen Curran at the Identity SIG Meeting

Update on BC Gov CWU – anoncreds-rs library in ACA-Py - Indicio
- https://hackmd.io/@dbluhm/anoncreds-project-update
- MVP Revocation completed
- Significant refactors
- Feedback to anoncreds-rs
- What's next?
  - Automated registry setup
  - Genericize revocation registry recovery?
  - Adapt original Indy anoncreds interface?
  - Test updates
  - Cleaning up
Finalizing the 0.8.2 Release contents (or will it be 0.9.0?)
The "Can We Merge This?" Game
- ACA-Py PRs – let's take a look!
ACA-Py Plugins – Update on progress/plans
- HackMD on Plugins:
- Add a plugins folder in ACA-Py or a separate repo for all of the ones shared by the community
  - Standardize the structure and conventions in using Plugins - aries-acapy-plugins
  - Current plugins:
    - Traction
    - Redis/Caching
    - Kafka
    - Admin Protocol plugins
    - Moving things out of ACA-Py into plugins
      - Clean up the core of ACA-Py in the process
      - E.g., Mediator capabilities
  - Concern – a balance, not just everything is a plugin – important things need to be 'always there'
    - Example: Universal resolver plugin – not used until it moved from being a plugin to the core
Adding a Maintainer - @Jason Sherman
Adding a Dev Container to ACA-Py to help developers get started
Creating a scalable mediator – a community effort
- Start a session next week at the Aries WG Meeting – Wednesday at 7:00 Pacific / 16:00 Central Europe – Aries Working Group
Other Topics/Open Discussion

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
Does anyone use/see a use case for Web Sockets and Return Route beyond ACA-Py as a mobile agent mediator?