diff --git a/indy-besu/README.md b/indy-besu/README.md index ea03d4a25..81f47a82a 100644 --- a/indy-besu/README.md +++ b/indy-besu/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,21 @@ -# Indy ledger - +**This is not an official Indy Ledger code yet, but an experimental proof of concept (PoC). The goal is to prove a possibility to use Indy Besu as a foundation for Indy Ledger and show how it can be done. +The code and PoC may be moved to a separate Indy repository later for further development.** + +# Indy Besu ledger + +## Plan for making this code official +Proposed by @TelegramSam in #1826 +>- Work is created in new repositories +> - I understand a previous conversation decided to put the work in indy-node. I think this decision should be changed. +> - This will help the work move faster with less community bottlenecks. +>- Related work should be clearly labeled as experimental or research +> - This includes a did method definition, for example +>- Advance the project so that we are able to test the properties of the project, including speed, scale, bandwidth, processor load, and energy use. +>- Delay commitment to the new approach until we reach sufficient confirmation of approach validity. + ## Goals and ideas -* Provide a replacement for [Hyperledger Indy](https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/hyperledger-indy) ecosystem that provides support for verifiable credentials: +* Prove a possibility of replacement for [Hyperledger Indy](https://www.hyperledger.org/projects/hyperledger-indy) ecosystem that provides support for verifiable credentials: * Components to replace: * Distributed ledger: [Indy Node](https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node) and [Indy Plenum](https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-plenum) * Client library: [Indy SDK](https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-sdk/tree/main)