01/08 New Year Edition

Announcements

Code & Projects

Hyperledger Besu

• Besu 20.10.3 is now available. Improvements include:
  • eth/65 is now enabled by default 
  • We’ve fixed some edge cases with our tracing APIs not aligning with Parity’s
  • Block Validation errors are now are at the INFO log level
  • Added memory as an option to --key-value-storage. This ephemeral storage is intended for sync testing and debugging.

Noteworthy Pull Requests

Hyperledger Aries Cloud Agent

• [Multitenancy] fix: public dids could not be used for implicit invitations

Hyperledger Besu

• Update worldstate storage and location for Bonsai trie

Hyperledger Cactus

• docs(whitepaper): updates on architecture diagram and terminology

Articles, Training & Tutorials

Events

Open Source Licensing, with Steve Winslow, Director of Strategic Programs, The Linux Foundation.
13 JAN
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Open source licenses are the engine that enables collaboration across boundaries and among community participants on transparent terms. In this webinar, Steve will review the role that licenses play in open source development and will describe best practices for managing and expressing license information in open source code.

An hour with ConsenSys – What is Ethereum for the Hyperledger Community

27 JAN

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Ethereum leaders provide a brief introduction of Ethereum, answer your questions about Ethereum, explain how it is already in use in Hyperledger. What to expect if you participate in this session: – Highly collaborative and interactive sessions with leaders in Ethereum and Hyperledger communities – Learn best practices and technical insights into Hyperledger’s Ethereum projects. This is not yet another webinar: participants will be encouraged to take part, come with prepared questions and opinions. Expect live demos and tutorials, stories from the battle field and hopefully some heated discussions. 

Upcoming Project Maintainer Calls

• 09-JAN
  • Cello
• 11-JAN
  • Cactus
• 12-JAN
  • Indy DID spec
  • Private Chaincode Lab
• 13-JAN
  • Fabric samples
  • Aries WG A
  • Caliper
  • Marketing - Devrel
  • Aries WG B
• 14-JAN
  • Cactus
  • Indy WG Implementers
• 15-JAN
  • Fabric Documentation East
  • Avalon
  • Aries Javascript
  • Iroha
  • Fabric Documentation West

You can find more Hyperledger calls and other events listed on the community calendar. 

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