2023 Q2 Hyperledger Cacti

Project Health

• The first code merge of Cactus and Weaver to “Cacti” repository was completed and we released Cacti v1.2.0 in the end of March.
• The maintainers are also discussing the new architecture of Cacti toward Cacti-V2 in order to combine the strengths of the original Cactus and Weaver systems to provide a more flexible interoperablity tool with several feature selection options given to network administrators. The Cacti v2-alpha, v2-beta and v2.0 release will be redesigned according to the new architecture.

Questions/Issues for the TOC

• None at the moment.

Releases

• v1.2.0 => https://github.com/hyperledger/cacti/tree/v1.2.0
  • including the features: merging Weaver into Cacti

Overall Activity in the Past Quarter

1. Major update as merged pull-requests
   • merging from Cactus and Weaver:
     • [new_feature] Merge Weaver to Cacti
       • https://github.com/hyperledger/cacti/commit/4ac560a3222733a2ecf465f80f42b2007ddcb6be
       • https://github.com/hyperledger/cacti/commit/4171eebd83aba627a155509e13bd95fb50f6ae73
   • support tools:
     • [new_feature (WIP)] Cacti GUI app
       • https://github.com/hyperledger/cacti/pull/2265
2. Created a new architecture diagram toward realizing Cacti as a more flexible interoperability toolkit
   • The architecture has been brushed-up among weekly maintainer calls. We will use this architecture as the main point of reference starting with the next release (Cacti V2-beta on Q2)
   • https://github.com/hyperledger/cacti/blob/main/ROADMAP.md#cacti-v2
   • https://github.com/hyperledger/cacti/blob/main/images/cacti-architecture-v1-merge.png
3. Submitted several proposals for the 2023 Hyperledger Mentorship Program, of which four got selected:
   • Cacti - Polkadot connector
   • Cacti: Implement Standardized Secure Asset Transfer Protocol
   • Cacti: Ledger Data Sharing with Proof in Besu and Ethereum
   • Cacti: Decentralized Identity Management for Trusted Interoperation

Current Plans

1. Release plan:
   • Cacti V2-alpha (Q2): The first prototype version of Cacti combining the legacy Cactus and Weaver code bases
   • Cacti V2-beta (Q2): The first version of Cacti based on the new architecture (combining the strengths of both Cactus and Weaver)
2. Interview candidates for the Mentorship program

Maintainer Diversity

• As is required, you can find our current maintainer list here: https://github.com/hyperledger/cacti/blob/main/MAINTAINERS.md.

• Our existing maintainers are:

  • Jagpreet Singh Sasan (Accenture)
  • Jonathan Hamilton (Accenture)
  • Peter Somogyvari (Accenture)
  • Izuru Sato (Fujitsu)
  • Takuma Takeuchi (Fujitsu)
  • Sandeep Nishad (IBM)
  • Venkatraman Ramakrishna (IBM)

Contributor Diversity

• https://lfanalytics.io/projects/hyperledger%2Fcactus/dashboard
• Our contributor strength has increased in this quarter compared to the previous quarter, which is great news!

Additional Information

• N/A