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Hyperledger Fabric Python SDK

Hyperledger Fabric Python SDK

Mar 22, 2019

Title

Latest support for hyperledger fabric-sdk-py

Status

Unselected

Difficulty

medium   

Description 

This project aims to provide a python SDK for the latest fabric(1.4 and 2.0+). The functions since fabric 1.0 have been supported, including create/join channel, chaincode install/instantiation/invoke, etc.) and more functionalities are under implementation. The intern is expected to read issues on jira and help completing the tasks, including refining APIs, enhancing test, creating sample applications and so on. Besides, performance improvement such as asynchronous transaction sending/receiving methods are also considered. Furthermore, chaincode in python could also be supported.

Additional Information

The wiki is Hyperledger Fabric SDK Py and rocketchat https://chat.hyperledger.org/channel/fabric-sdk-py

Learning Objectives

  • Contributing and collaborating in an open-source project

  • Advanced understanding for DLT(distributed ledger technology)

  • Understand the basic workflow of fabric

  • Being able to implement features for SDK

Expected Outcome

  • Complete the functionalities of sdk for latest fabric(1.4 and 2.0+)

  • Refined documentation/test/API

  • Other open objects that align with the existing roadmap

Relation to Hyperledger 

Hyperledger Fabric

Education Level

Undergraduate or graduate

Skills

  • Required: Pythonista with good learning skills;

  • Bonus: Blockchain knowledge (Hyperledger Fabric experience), grpc/protobuf, asynchronous programming.

Future plans

You can continue contributing the project by adding customized tools or functionalities such as sign transaction offline, etc.

Preferred Hours and Length of Internship

Part-time (20 hours a week for 24 weeks)

Mentor(s) Names and Contact Info