Filecoin Core Devs Meeting #29 - Agenda

[kaitlin-beegle]

Filecoin Core Devs Meeting 29 Agenda

• Meeting Date & Time: Thursday, October 21 @ 16:00 UTC
• Meeting will be recorded.

Agenda

• Discussing updates, hurdles, questions, and challenges from Filecoin implementations:
  • Lotus
  • Forest
  • Fuhon
  • Venus
• Updates from Filecoin Foundation
• Q&A

[arajasek]

I'd like to go over all the v14 items, and make sure all impls have incorporated them.

[kaitlin-beegle]

Filecoin Core Devs Meeting #29 - 2021-10-21

Meeting Date/Time: Thursday, October 21th 2021, 16:00 UTC
Meeting Recording: See README
Attendance: Forest (Chainsafe), Fuhon (Soramitsu), Lotus (PL), Venus (IPFSForce), Filecoin Foundation, and Community representatives

Updates for the week

Lotus:

• Currently running 1.13 release train.
• During testing, a bug (Lotus incorrectly fetching drand) was found and fixed.
• 'Chocolate' Network upgrade on-track for the end of October.

Forest:

• The Forest client launched on Monday, October 18!

Fuhon:

• The team continues to work on improving the stability of the Fuhon node and improving the confidence of the miner client.
• TPMs from Filecoin Foundation and Protocol Labs will meet with the Fuhon team on Wednesday, October 27 to dive deeper into Fuhon delivery milestones and product schedules.

Venus:

• Version 1.1.1 is available; fully synced with Lotus Chocolate and includes additional modules for market and storage provider modules.
• The incubation program is currently recruiting engineers to run and test the network; in the next stage ('Venus Masters Program') these engineers will likewise begin recruiting and training small network storage providers who are looking to come onto the network.

Filecoin Foundation:

• Confirmed that all implementations had synced on the six recently passed FIPs.
• No outstanding security questions or concerns.