The remaining steps to get to did:indy

[swcurran]

The following outlines the steps to get to did:indy, the elimination of unqualified and did:sov public DIDs, and their use throughout the community.

did-indy-networks

Unblocked - goal is to do this the week of March 13, 2023

• Create the did-indy-networks repo and populate it with genesis files from all known Indy Networks. This repository is the "discovery" mechanism for Indy networks that support did:indy.

Indy VDR

Blocked by getting release pipeline producing multi-architecture containers (in progress -- Real Soon Now)

• Release Indy VDR with support for did:indy -- Indy VDR PR 165

AnonCreds -- anoncreds-rs

• Complete anoncreds-rs code, build process and publish release artifact.

ACA-Py

Partially blocked by Indy VDR and AnonCreds work

• Update ACA-Py to Indy VDR version with did:indy support.
• Update ACA-Py to use anoncreds-rs, including using did:indy AnonCreds method support (CWU in progress)
• Rework the ACA-Py multi-ledger support to use did:indy where possible (initialization, resolver, registrar)
• Update DID registration process and resolver to use diddocContent in ACA-Py
  • Could do now using ATTRIB or blocked on Indy VDR with did:indy support.
• Transition deployments of ACA-Py use Aries Askar with did:indy support.

Aries Framework JavaScript

Partially blocked by Indy VDR and AnonCreds work

• Update AFJ to Indy VDR version with did:indy support.
• Update AFJ to use anoncreds-rs, including did:indy AnonCreds method support (CWU in progress)
• Rework the AFJ multi-ledger support to use did:indy where possible (initialization, resolver, registrar)
• Update DID registration process and resolver to use diddocContent in AFJ
  • Could do now using ATTRIB or blocked on Indy VDR with did:indy support.
• Update Bifold to use updated AFJ
• Transition deployment of Bifold to use Aries Askar with did:indy support.

Indy Network Deployments

Unblocked

• Deploy Indy networks to support Ubuntu 20.04 and did:indy
  • CANDY
  • BCovrin
• Others update Indy Networks:
  • Sovrin