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# Atala Prism Mediator (DIDCOMM v2)

A DIDCOMM v2 mediator
A DID Comm v2 mediator
A service that receives messages for many agents at a single endpoint and stores them with privacy.
A cloud-based agent that forwards messages to mobile devices.

```mermaid
graph LR
A((Sender)) -- forward --> M((Mediator))
M--pickup-->D((Reciever))
graph LR
A((Sender)) -- forward --> M((Mediator))
M--pickup-->D((Reciever))
```

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**More documentation:**
- [LICENSE](LICENSE) - Apache License, Version 2.0

## Description

DID Comm v2 (Decentralized Identifiers Communication Version 2) is a protocol engineered for secure, private, and decentralized communications between various entities utilizing decentralized identifiers (DIDs). A DID Comm v2 Mediator functions as an intermediary in the communication process, streamlining the exchange of messages among the involved parties.


- Establishing Logical Connections - The Mediator empowers entities, which could be individuals or organizations, to forge secure connections amongst themselves. Each entity possesses a unique DID that acts as its identifier within the decentralized network.
- DID resolution - When an entity seeks to communicate with another, it resolves the recipient's DID to procure the information necessary to establish a connection. This resolution procedure entails retrieving the recipient's public key and correlated metadata from decentralized identity infrastructure, which could be a blockchain or distributed ledger.
- Message encryption - The sender employs a double encryption technique for the message: initially for the ultimate receiver, and subsequently encapsulates the encrypted message within another encryption layer for the Mediator. This is achieved using the public keys of both the Mediator and the recipient obtained through the DID resolution process. The dual encryption ensures that only the intended recipient has the capacity to decrypt and access the message.

```mermaid
graph LR
subgraph Encryted message to Mediator
subgraph Encryted message to Reciever
id1[[The planetext message]]
end
end
```

- Message routing - The sender transmits an encrypted message to the Mediator, which serves as a routing agent. In this role, the Mediator receives messages from the sender, decrypts one layer, and forwards them to the appropriate recipient based on the recipient's DID.
- Mediation process- The Mediator verifies the authenticity and integrity of the incoming message by checking the digital signature attached to it. This signature ensures that the message was indeed sent by the claimed sender and that it hasn't been tampered with during transmission.

- Message decryption - After verifying the message's authenticity, the Mediator decrypted one layer of the message using the mediator's private key, which is securely held by the mediator. Once decrypted, the next message becomes readable (the final planetext intended for the final user it's still encrypted).
- Optional processing - The Mediator may perform additional processing on the message based on predefined rules or business logic. This could include applying filters, applying policies, or invoking external services.
- Message forwarding - If necessary, the Mediator can further forward the decrypted message to additional entities in the communication flow. This enables multi-party communication scenarios.

By acting as an intermediary, the DID Comm v2 Mediator helps facilitate secure and private communication between entities while leveraging the decentralized nature of DIDs and cryptographic techniques to ensure authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality of the messages exchanged.

The mediator is especially useful when the edge entities are not always online, like mobile paradigm. Usually, we can assume that the mediator is always online.

## Protocols
- [DONE] `BasicMessage 2.0` - https://didcomm.org/basicmessage/2.0
- [WIP] `MediatorCoordination 2.0` - https://didcomm.org/mediator-coordination/2.0
- [DONE] `MediatorCoordination 2.0` - https://didcomm.org/mediator-coordination/2.0
- [TODO] `MediatorCoordination 3.0` - https://didcomm.org/mediator-coordination/3.0
- [DONE] `Pickup 3` - https://didcomm.org/pickup/3.0
- [DONE] `TrustPing 2.0` - https://didcomm.org/trust-ping/2.0/

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**Compile** - sbt> `webapp / Compile / fastOptJS / webpack`

**Open the webpage for develop** - open> `file:///.../webapp/index-fastopt.html`

## Run

This DIDComm Mediator is composed of two elements, a backend service and a the database.
The backend service is a JVM application and the database used is MongoDB.
The backend service is also a web service that have a single page application that will give the final user a invitation page.

### Run localy

Everything can be run with a single command with Docker compose `docker-compose.yml`

First build to docker image with `NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider sbt docker:publishLocal`.
The latest stable image version can also downloaded from the IOHK repositories.

### MongoBD

Docker compose would do that for you but if you are running separately or on the cloud like MongoDB Atlas.
You will need to create the table and indexs before start the backend service. See the file `initdb.js`.

### Deploy

You can easy deploy the image everywhere. We recommend a minimum of 250 mb ram to run the mediator backend service.

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