2023 ILF Community Calls

00:00 == Welcome & Intro ==

01:01 == ILF Updates ==
– Bringing in more people into the Communication space, Development space, and Program Management
– Fully onboarded the breakpoint team - working on the Testnet - rough Architecture - designing interfaces
– Longer shareout on Testnet next month
– Active year for the Programs Team - New Grant Opportunities, Next steps with our current cohort of FinServ Grantees - phase 2, 
– Social media #techtuesdays - technology updates from the ILF ecosystem; If you would like to share any of the milestones or technology updates that would be of value to the broader community, let the ILF staff know. 

04:05 == Testnet ==
– Longer presentation next month
– finished hiring - 5 people team
– test playground for Rafiki with play money, developing a wallet for everyday users, a bank wallet - interface for bank usage, an e-commerce site, with a focus on the wallet.

06:20 == Rafiki ==
– Open Payments SDK
– Resolving open issues - B1 release end of this month
– TigerBeetle - a little bit longer
– Admin UI - coming together great
– Milestone: https://github.com/interledger/rafiki/milestone/7 
– Sunsetting the Rafiki.money (disabled)

09:29 == Coil ==
– Coil Developer website to Coil Open Source Website
– will be featuring Interledger related projects
– DM Uchi on slack if you want to get your Interledger-related project featured.

12:20 == Community Project share | Malcolm Kastiro ==

ILF Community Call - 11 January 2023

Below is a recap of our 8th February 2023 Interledger Community Call with meeting minutes.

For those new to our community, ILF stands for Interledger Foundation.  We are a community of technologists, digital creatives, researchers, entrepreneurs, and educators working to build new pathways to financial inclusion and equity through digital transactions.

00:00 == Welcome & Intro ==

00:25 == Community calls:  ==
-- Chris is joining Vineel, facilitating community calls 
-- Contact Vineel at interledger dot org or Chris at interledger dot org or via Slack with content/features you’d like to see.

02:10 == ILF update ==
-- ILF is independent and always has been. 
-- Coil was built on an Interledger Protocol open standard which means as a community, we can build on it going forward. 
-- Share ideas, thoughts, and feedback in the community space, where updates will be posted. 
-- Town Hall event 9th Feb: https://community.interledger.org/interledger/changes-to-the-web-monetization-ecosystem-discussion-post-1emc 

04:24 == Web Monetization standard ==
-- Intense work has happened on the stack.
-- The Google team is happy with the latest changes.
-- The specification is part of the standardization process at the W3C. Here's the preview of the recent changes: https://webmonetization-preview.netlify.app/specification.html

06:45 == Fynbos ==
-- ILF and Fynbos are excited to finalize a deal to subsidize early scale-up and user adoption rates. 
-- In the early stages, the Fynbos wallet will be free to sign up, withdraw and send payments.
-- Full compliance audits across all US states and sign-up emails are being sent to the waiting list. 
-- Conversations happening with multiple jurisdictions with the UK and Europe as a priority.
-- Fynbos is already working on a web monetization feature through business account creation and has a flow of funds vetted already. 
-- Watch out for the blog post with full details of the ILF & Fynbos partnership coming soon. 

19:53 == Rafiki == 
-- Working on an interim alternate for Tigerbeetle as Tigerbeetle won’t be production ready for approx 6 months. 
-- Capabilities are being added to Rafiki for accounting in the meantime.
-- Rafiki infrastructure and knowledge transfer are in the process of being transferred to ILF. 

21: 38 == Testnet : Rafiki playground ==
-- It will be easier for people to develop with Rafiki and test integrations through a publicly available test network. 
-- Open payment APIs allow developers to build applications on top of it. 
-- Rafiki users can connect, peer, and send play money transactions to develop and integrate simultaneously.
-- Auto-peering will be available. If required, manual peering can be done while this is in development. 
-- The User interface is being designed by Madalina. 
-- MVP beta test net ready approx March
-- https://github.com/interledger/testnet 
-- View the full presentation deck here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mbsXg951rHfKnYQ4crrtr_A_2aVlyivM/view?usp=share_link 

 44:50 == Grants == 
-- Grant opportunities coming out through the year 
-- Grant CFP coming in a couple of weeks 
-- More grants in ’23 than in ’22 
-- Watch out for updates on the latest grants in the community space (https://community.interledger.org/)

ILF Community Call - 8th February 2023

Here is a recap of our March 8th, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes.

For those new to our community, ILF stands for Interledger Foundation.  We are a community of technologists, digital creatives, researchers, entrepreneurs, and educators working to build new pathways to financial inclusion and equity through digital transactions.

Welcome and kick-off (Chris)
-- Public agenda & notes document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#heading=h.5h7n1qc54soc
-- We have slots for more regular or deeper updates on projects that build on the Interledger protocol, so please feel free to reach out to Vineel or me if you would like to be a future Deep Dive and see the section below to add any quick updates you would like the community to know.

00:00 == Interledger Foundation (ILF) updates by Chris == 
* Rwanda ~ Mojaloop
-- Chris is at The Mojaloop PI-21 OSS Community Meeting in Rwanda along with grantees ThistaWorks and the People’s Clearinghouse 
* ILF started working with Mojaloop and People Clearinghouse Mexico to make a payment from the Rafiki instance to Mojaloop hub.
* The first step, the one-way payment, will be demoed in Rwanda this week.

* Igalia
-- We’re starting our engagement with Igalia to put Web Monetization into Chromium this month.

00:56 * ILF is going to be in South Africa this month
-- Briana is speaking at Blockchain Africa
-- ILF Developer Meetup in Cape Town
-- Briana, Adrian, Karl, and Senisha Moonsamy (Head of Department, TIA) are participating in a panel discussion. 
-- Sabine Schaller is unveiling Rafiki v1 Alpha on stage for the first time.

01: 26 * New ILF Ambassador Syrus Scofield  
-- He is CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and will focus on building resources, new

02:07 * New opportunities for the ecosystem
-- Our first Arts & Culture grant Future/Money is live. Details here: https://community.interledger.org/interledger/the-futuremoney-grant-application-is-now-live-2k28
-- Sneak peek: We are preparing new opportunities for ILF Community

02: 56 * -- CTA to the community: We’re seeking help changing the extension. If anyone is interested - reach out to Alex. alex@interledger.org

03:12 == Rafiki (Max) == 
-- Completed development work. All APIs are working and able to be called via the (updated) Postman collection
-- Currently pushing forward with documentation and publishing helper packages to npm before the final v1 stamp
-- Final stretches of making Rafiki production ready for adoption by wallets
-- Opportunities to run tests of Rafiki locally with the Postman collection, review and assist documentation as necessary 
-- Contact Max or Sabine if you want help experimenting with the APIs

04:45 == Fynbos (Adrian) ==
-- Beta testing complete. Great feedback and some significant updates as a follow-up.
-- Some issues with our FI partner, so working with a licensed MSB to switch how we access card and ACH rails before we do more testing and onboarding.
-- Evaluating multiple partners to enable us to launch in EEA (EU and UK) soon
-- Will start reaching out to beta testers in EEA soon (next month or two)

10:00 == Deep-dive: Open Payments client/library (Max) == 
-- Max Kurapov from the ILF team will give a deep dive presentation on the Open Payments client/library.
-- Key Link: Open Payments - ILF Community Call (https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/d/10F3Nxe4H2B8j3g9vuvRe6lXoQJhVYVzPDfTWqnVj8rQ/edit)

Interledger Community Call - 8 March 2023

Here is a recap of our April 12th, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings.

**Recording and Podcast**
- [Watch Meeting recording on Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KPTHcsHCmM&t=135s).
- Listen to the Podcast for free on SoundCloud here.

For those new to our community, ILF stands for Interledger Foundation.  We are a community of technologists, digital creatives, researchers, entrepreneurs, and educators working to build new pathways to financial inclusion and equity through digital transactions.

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**Interledger Foundation (ILF) updates** 
= Future | Money Grant (Lawil )=
- 96 submissions
- Judges have started the processes 

**Open Payments Huddle - 27th April **
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interledger-foundation-presents-open-payments-huddle-tickets-608736817207

**ILF hosting two sessions at the upcoming Global Digital Development Forum** 
- https://www.digitaldevforum.com/

** ILF in Cape Town, South Africa **
- Briana talked at Blockchain Africa about Financial Inclusion
- Sabine did a lecture at a local university
- ILP Developer Meetup with Snake Nation - 65+ attendees (Awareness and gathering feedback from local communities, local wallets)
- Soft launch of Rafiki v1 Alpha launch

**Rafiki (Sabine and Max**): 
- 1.1 alpha release with admin API frontend - https://github.com/interledger/rafiki/releases/tag/v1.1.1-alpha
- New docs to the repository
- Populating Rafiki.dev, a one-stop place for account servicing entities
- Testnet ~ Breakpoint work week in Romania
- Demo on Testnet soon; Get an account, add the mock amount, and send and request money on the networking. 

**Welcome Sabine and Catherine to Interledger Foundation (ILF)**
- ILF growing
- Catherine Fukushima focuses on fundraising, philanthropy, and partnerships.  

**Deep-dive: SumAssembly**

**WebMonetization**
- Web extension developers - talk to us!
- We need help with WebMonetization extensions
-- - Ping us on Interldger Slack - https://communityinviter.com/apps/interledger/interledger-working-groups-slack
- Paid / Grants/ Contracts/ Vountarily, all options are open. 
- A few things we're looking at: 
1. A mock version of Web Monetization. Web Monetization work with Open Payments. 
2. Change Web Monetization models streaming and tipping initially. Future Example: pay-per-view; the tally of money spent over a time; rate of streaming.
- Email - alex at interledger dot org or Say hi to Alex on Slack.

ILF Community Call - 12 April 2023

Here is a recap of our May 10th, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#

ILF Community Call - 10 May 2023

Here is a recap of our June 21st, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#

ILF Community Call - 21 June 2023

Here is a recap of our 12 July, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#

ILF Community Call - 12 July 2023

Here is a recap of our 9 August, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#

ILF Community Call - 9 August 2023

Here is a recap of our 13 September, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#

ILF Community Call - 13 September 2023

Here is a recap of our 11 October, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#

ILF Community Call - 11 October 2023

Here is a recap of our 13 December, 2023, Interledger Community Call with Meeting Notes and links to recordings: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_Q_eRZtL8GluJR9rVADd7fvkB8mPluMk-d96LM4vlg/edit#

00:00 - Welcome
00:30 - Fynbos
03:58 - Rafiki
07:28 - Testnet
14:55 - Interledger Summit
21:52 - Future | Money Open Studio
32:52 - Interledger Hackathon
39:27 - Interledger Summit guest share out by Nicolo
47:30 - Chimoney

ILF Community Call - 13 December 2023

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