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Project Plan - Integrate new BFT protocol with Fabric

Project Plan - Integrate new BFT protocol with Fabric

Feb 07, 2024

Abstract

This project aims to integrate a new BFT consensus protocol into the Hyperledger Fabric's orderer service and understand the orderer node's implementation, run the Fabric network using a sample chain code, and collect performance data to accomplish the program goal successfully. We will use BDLS protocol, an innovative BFT consensus algorithm that features safety and liveness by presenting a mathematically proven secure BFT protocol that is resilient in open networks.

Mentor and Mentee

 Ahmed Al Salih - mentor

Mentees

Mentees

Aditya Singh

Deeptonabho Dutta

Styvane Soukossi

Santosh Vysyaraju

Tony Mathen

 

 

Deliverables

Import BDLS library in Fabric.
Incorporate Bdls in the orderer main func.
Implement concenter interface.
Implement chain interface.
Bdls messages communication gRPC./ generate metadata proto file for Bdls.
Creating Bdls profile.
Generate/Validate the blocks.
Running Fabric network on BDLS consensus protocol.
Performance assessment, competitor analysis.
Documentation, mentee evaluation.

Timeline and Deliverables

Time

Deliverables

Time

Deliverables

July 18-25

Mentees intro with mentor, Understanding the Orderer service, and understanding the deliverables.
Set the developer environment.
Import the Bdls library and boilerplate the interface implementation.

July 25-31 

Understanding the gRPC. ProtoBuff (Fabric Metadata, message), BDLS theory.
Define the scope.

August 01-06

Include the protocol to the orderer's main function.

August 07-25

Implement Orderer interfaces.

Q-1 Evaluation  [Aug-11-2023, Aug-14-2023]

Aditya Singh
Deeptonabho Dutta
Santosh Vysyaraju
Tony Mathen

August 28-31

Build Fabric binary/images and debug the orderer data flow. Pushed to SEP-18

September 01-15

Generate/validate blocks. 

  • Midterm Evaluation

September 15-17

Midterm Evaluation
Aditya Singh
Deeptonabho Dutta 
Styvane Soukossi
Santosh Vysyaraju
Tony Mathen

September 18-30

catch-up on missing progress. + configtx refactoring / Build Fabric images.

September 18-22

Planning stable infrastructure and performance testing methods.

October 02-27

Collecting data and analysis, including competitor analysis.

Caliper integration or other benchmark.

Q-3 Evaluation  [October -30-2023]

Aditya Singh
Deeptonabho Dutta
Santosh Vysyaraju
Tony Mathen

November 24

Documentation, Unit tests, planning future direction.

Final Evaluation
December 21

Final presentation. Final mentee evaluation.
Aditya Singh
Deeptonabho Dutta
Styvane Soukossi
Santosh Vysyaraju
Tony Mathen

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