Hyperledger Sawtooth https://sawtooth.hyperledger.org/

We released our 1.1 release last month. New features included in this release:

• PBFT Consensus - https://github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-pbft
• Raft Consensus - https://github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-raft
• Getting RUSTY: Continuing porting internal components from python→rust
• Smart Permissions for Sabre: https://github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-sabre
• Support and documentation for running in Kubernetes
• Extensive documentation updates
• The SDK (besides Python and Rust) have been split out into their own repos

Blog content:

• Safety, Performance and Innovation: Rust in Hyperledger Sawtooth
• Floating the Sawtooth Raft: Implementing a Consensus Algorithm in Rust
• Making Dynamic Consensus More Dynamic
• Hyperledger Sawtooth Blockchain Security (Part Three)
• Announcing Hyperledger Sawtooth 1.1

Additionally, added a FAQ to the Sawtooth Website: https://sawtooth.hyperledger.org/faq/

Prior Issues

• Disconnection between TSC and projects. Continuing to improve.
• Maintainer access to project page managed by LF. Inconclusive.
• Increase in PR backlog given increased submissions. No change.

New Issues

• Sawtooth Next Directory feels like a separate project. It does not conform to the community norms.

• 1.1 Dec 2018

• Chat activity continues to increase
• Developer chat has continued to move to rocket chat from private channels
• listserv traffic remains light.

See community calendar https://wiki.hyperledger.org/community/calendar-public-meetings for occurrences of our

• Tech Forum

Continuing development on:

• The Python and Rust SDKs are being split into their own repos
• Devmode Consensus engine is being moved to its own repo
• Rewrite of remaining Python components in Sawtooth Core in Rust
• Mobile SDK development: client SDK’s for both iOS and Android
• PBFT Release
• Sabre 1.0 as well as adding functionality around “Smart Permissions”

Maintainers are roughly evenly distributed across Bitwise.io, Cargill, Intel, with T-Mobile on Next Directory.

• Commits from 2018-10-1 to 2018-12-31: 420
• Committers from 2018-10-1 to 2018-12-31: 28
• Domains from 2018-10-1 to 2018-12-31: 6