Announcements

• Hyperledger Global Forum 2021 will take place virtually on June 8-10. This public event offers the opportunity for users and contributors of Hyperledger projects from across the globe to connect, network and collaborate. Registration is now open!
  • Call for proposals due Friday, March 12 
• 2021 Hyperledger mentorship program
  • Submit your mentorship project proposal to become a mentor by Wednesday, March 10.
• HYPERHACK 2021
  • Hackathon will be inaugurated on March 6th, 2021.
  • Refer to HYPERHACK 2021 for all the required information.
  • Reach out to https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/community-india-chapter for any questions.

Code & Projects

Hyperledger Fabric 

• Fabric v1.4.11 is now available, fixes include
  • FAB-18413: peer - Node.js chaincode image build may fail
  • peer and orderer - Fix s390x builds
  • FAB-18427: orderer - Orderer cluster stream termination reports incorrect reason

Hyperledger Aries

• aries-cloudagent-python, a significant release with several new features including:
  • Changes to the internal architecture in order to set the groundwork for using the new shared component libraries: indy-vdr, indy-credx, and aries-askar
  • Mediator support, Multi-Tenancy support, New connection protocol(s), Issue-Credential v2, Notable changes for administrators and plugin writers

Hyperledger Indy

• indy-sdk, updates include:
  • Performance improvements when ssearching wallets with large number of DIDs
  • Update Rust version to 1.46.0
  • Other added support and features

Noteworthy Pull Requests

Hyperledger Burrow

• Teach Vent to speak Ethereum

Hyperledger Explorer

• BE-820 fixes and version upgrades

Hyperledger Grid

• Purchase Order RFC

Hyperledger Aries

• Zero to hero demo using the basis of this framework

Hyperledger Labs

• Add k8s-based demo fabric-private-chaincode network
• Add k8s support in minifabric

Articles, Training & Tutorials

• Translating Hyperledger Fabric Documentation into Multiple Languages
• New Hyperledger Media & Entertainment SIG Launches
• New Case Study: Avenza 

Events

• Linux Foundation Spring Member Meeting Virtual Open House join a special Linux Foundation Member Meeting is taking place virtually to share timely information and announcements with members on new project launches, exciting project updates and the latest on what’s happening at The Linux Foundation. (LF Membership event)
  • March 9, (Hyperledger member companies may contact membership@hyperledger.org for tickets)
• Hyperledger In-Depth: An Hour with ConsenSys – How to use Ethereum for the Hyperledger Community Technical AMA Join this highly collaborative technical design thinking session to see how to use projects, Hyperledger Besu and Hyperledger Cactus. This session will be led by Ethereum experts who work in the field everyday and build some of the leading Ethereum projects in Hyperledger.
  • March 17, @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT

Upcoming Project Maintainer Calls

• 06-MAR
  • Cello
• 08-MAR
  • Cactus Pair Programming (repeats every day of week)
  • Cactus Maintainers
• 09-MAR
  • Drafting the Indy DID spec
  • Private Chaincode Lab
• 10-MAR
  • Technical WG China Meeting 双周会议
  • Aries WG A
  • Caliper Contributors
  • Market DEVREL sync
  • Aries Bifold User Group
  • Aries WG B
• 11-MAR
  • Cactus Contributors Eastern Hemisphere
  • BAF lab demo
  • Avalon Developers Forum
• 12-MAR
  • Aries JavaScript
  • Iroha
  • Fabric Documentation Workgroup call - Western hemisphere

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