Project Title	Support Decentralized Governance for Smart Contracts in Fabric Python SDK
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Description

With the introduction of Fabric v2.x, a more decentralized way of chaincode management is implemented. There are several improvements over the previous lifecycle and it requires several changes on the sdk. This project aims to support decentralized governance for smart contracts in fabric python sdk and add features such as private data sharing/verifying and external chaincode launcher. The projects will provide a user-friendly and easy-to-use tool for fabric developers and operators.

Additional Information

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

Fabric Python SDK Documentation: https://fabric-sdk-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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
Writing good documentations

Expected Outcome

Update on the chaincode lifecycle management
- Multiple organizations must agree to the parameters of a chaincode
- Deliberate chaincode upgrade process
- Simpler endorsement policy and private data collection updates
- Inspectable chaincode packages
- Start multiple chaincodes on a channel using one package
- Chaincode packages do not need to be identical across channel members
Add private data sharing & verifying features
(Optional) Add features for writing smart contracts in python

Relation to Hyperledger

This project's major codebase change is related to Hyperledger Fabric SDK v2.x which operates the Hyperledger cluster.

Education Level

Undergraduate or graduated student with developing experience preferred.

Skills

Python 3.6+
Basic DLT/Blockchain knowledge
- Basic understanding of Hyperledger Fabric
- Basic understanding of smart contracts/chaincode

Future plans

This project will give developers more choices for developing Hyperledger Fabric and help to bridge the Python community.

Preferred Hours and Length of Internship

Part-time (20 hours a week for 24 weeks starting in summer and ending in winter)

Mentor(s) Names and Contact Info

Dixing Xu , dixingxu@gmail.com, rocketchat: dexhunter
Baohua Yang , yangbaohua@gmail.com, rocketchat: baohua
Guillaume Cisco , guillaumecisco@gmail.com, rocketchat: GuillaumeCisco
Wang Dong , xdragon007@gmail.com, rocketchat: wangdong

Mentee

Kiv (Qiwen) Chen, University of Liverpool, sdckivenchen@gmail.com

Project Results

Updated Fabric Python SDK documentations: https://fabric-sdk-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Relevant Repository: https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric-sdk-py