2023-11-28 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>
@Daniel Bluhm (Indicio PBC) <daniel@indicio.tech>
@Frostyfrog (Indicio PBC) <colton@indicio.tech>
@Warren Gallagher (AffinitiQuest) <warren@affinitiquest.io>
@Tim Bloomfield (OPS) <tim.bloomfield@ontario.ca>
@Wade Barnes (BC Gov / Neoteric Technologies Inc.) <wade@neoterictech.ca>
@Jamie Popkin (Little Earth) <popkinj@littleearth.ca>
@Emiliano Suñé (BC Gov / Quartech) <emiliano.sune@quartech.com>
@Kim Ebert (Indicio PBC) <kim@indicio.tech>

Release 0.10.5 – flaw in the JSON-LD Presentation verification code.
Release 0.11.0 – available now!
Status: Moving AnonCreds RS Branch into Main
- New endpoints are merged - /anoncreds
- Issue and present proof being merged in – no revocation, that will be added.
Update on did:peer and AFJ Interop – where we are
- Two PRs (might end up combined?):
  https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python/pull/2611
  https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-cloudagent-python/pull/2578
- Issue resolved by PR 2611: did:peer:1 not accepted in ACA-Py DID Exchange
- Next issue: AFJ doesn't accept unqualified DIDs in DID Exchange but should accept a did:peer:2 (PR 2578)
- Anticipated issue: did_rotate~attach support in AFJ
- Hacky test environment: https://github.com/dbluhm/acapy-afj-interop
Status: Load Generator – moving along – migrating to Askar for the load agent
- Askar work on hold - issues with it. Receiving different events.
- Working in on modules for issuer and verifier – add it to list of modules.
Status: AnonCreds in W3C VC Format
If time permits: Indy VDR Pool Management – what we have learned
If time permits: Using the Timing Decorator for Investigating Multi-Party Issues
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, Oct 17, 2023