05, January 2021 — 11:00 PT, 14:00 ET, 19:00 UTC, 20:00 CET
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Time | Item | Who | Notes |
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1 min | Welcome | A. Kudra | |
2 mins | Antitrust Policy Notice | A. Kudra | |
5 mins | New Introductions | A. Kudra |
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2 mins | Review / Approve minutes from last meeting(s) (08-Dec-2020) | A. Kudra |
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10 mins | Announcements | A. Kudra | |
20 mins | Utility Project Status Updates | Utility Representatives | |
5 mins | Task Force SOS | M. Glaude | |
10 mins | Decision Points | A. Kudra | |
10 mins | Discussion Topics | A. Kudra | |
10 mins | Review Action and Open Items | A. Kudra | |
10 mins | Q&A | A. Kudra |
Announcement Details
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- Bedrock
- Officially launched LF project focused on membership onboarding campaign to get to 40 members.
- IDunion
- Work is in progress under SSI for Germany (SSI4DE) project, presumably funding of German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs for SSI4DE will continue in 2021 and beyond.
- Plans underway to create the legal entity via a EU cooperative model, also independently from SSI4DE if needed.
- Sovrin
- Network and Foundation stability now exists for 2021.
- Indicio
- Network Indicio TestNet has been expanded to 6 7 nodes based on user feedback. Formal announcement forthcomingMainNet is at 6 Nodes and when the 7th is added they will make a formal announcement.
- Indicio is now a public benefits corporation from a legal entity perspective.
- Contributing nodes will be updated in the associated story once formal announcement is made.
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- Meeting of APAC group is on Thursday, Jan-7 2021, 8 am CET
- Vinod Panicker confirmed in prep meeting that KOB is planning a Utility, KOB seeking ways to govern Utility without legal entity
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TF Name | Mission | Members | Status |
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UFWG deliverables | Define and communicate to our UFWG deliverables and process. | Drafted presentation available here
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Best Practices Task Force | Analyze Project Interviews, establish list of Best Practices and submit each BP using ToIP Deliverables Process. |
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Decentralization Task Force | Submit a BP deliverable and a design principle for what it means to be Decentralized. | Jessica Townsend (lead) |
Lead decided in Oct-27 meeting, added in Nov-10 meeting |
Glossary Task Force | Generate a UFWG Glossary in collaboration with the CTWG. | RJ Reiser (lead) | Lead added in Oct-27 meeting |
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- Utility Project List
- 08-Dec-2020 Decision
- Updated Listing criteria and basic questions
- KOB and CanaCred utilities will be unlisted until criteria is resolved. Representation in UFWG requested.
- Pull Request #24
- Dan Gisolfiheld discussion with Vinod Panicker; PR needs to be updated as it will be rejected in current form.
- Decision: Merge rejected; Pending updates.
- Pull Request #29
- CanaCred story in current form does not answer basic questions
- Only 1 convener and no listed sponsors
- Is the Utility at Convene Phase?
- Who are the Conveners and/or Sponsors?
- Why do we need a Utility?
- What is unique about the desired Utility?
- Who will participate?
- What are the common stakeholder motivators?
- What are the common stakeholder requirements?
- Decision: Merge approved as it is not for a listing but the first step in getting the story in place.
- CanaCred story in current form does not answer basic questions
- 08-Dec-2020 Decision
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- Andre Kudra will check with German UFWG community if they can entertain a German ToIP meeting
- Horizontal Interop
- Establish a list of applicable use cases that would justify research
- Draft a working definition to be submitted as Issues to the Concepts and Terminology WG Repo
- UFWG Sandbox Utility
- The members of the UFWG need to gain experience before writing guidelines and best practices.
- Challenge: Create a Sample Utility comprised of 3-5 nodes for testing purposes using the Blockchain Automation Framework (BAF)
- Goal: Leverage this research exercise as a way to create BAF artifacts for Hyperledger Indy
- Tools: Bootstrapping Node Hosting - Learn BAF
- Education Topics
- Trustbloc - no immediate need, can be re-raised if interest comes up
- KochiOrgBook
- David LuchukConnect with Vinod Panicker to arrange meeting