2023-10-23 Vac weekly

vac:p2p: §

• admin
  • restructure
• nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance
  • Find a fix for https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2140
  • PR: Test: Remove workflow for Nim Devel from "Daily" https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/968
    • nim devel test will still be run daily, but in a separate CI workflow
• nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport
  • Successfully compile the full stack and start debugging.
• nimlibp2p:vac:gossipsub-ddos-mitigation
  • https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/965
• nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance
  • Add arm64 support when running HP tests locally
  • https://github.com/libp2p/test-plans/pull/311 and https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/4687. (This is a blocker for: Add Hole Punching to libp2p test-plans - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues)

vac:tke: §

• vac:tke::codex:economic-analysis
  • Updating Codex “growth model” and migrating litepaper to notion w/ Codex feedback (@Matty)
  • Providing fundraise (Matt Nemer) w/ high level summary of financials and token design (@Matty)
• vac:tke::status:SNT-staking
  • Helping John with final preparation for website launch, setting up Snapshot space (@Martin)
  • Ongoing w/ SC team for staking contract implementation (@Martin)
  • Discussed “growth model” (economic projections) w/ John, Chandler, and finance, aligning w/ Chandlers model (@Matty)
• vac:tke::nomos:economic-analysis
  • Finished drafting high level proposals on Private Addressing research, reviewing w/ Marcin (@Frederico)
  • Returning to native delegated staking research, based on recent developments in ETH and Lido (@Fredico)
• vac:tke::waku:economic-analysis
  • Joining Waku Reseach Sync calls going forward to stay up to date on progress w/ Sergei (@Martin)
  • Reviewing Sergei’s notes so far on waku-org/research, and completing followup requests from Aaryaman and Sergei

vac:dst: §

• wakurtosis:vac:rlog
  • Pushed changes with new results (https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/commit/c67ea09ac17a6049529983ef325ae4d9c6c24e2d)
• analysis-shadow:waku:shadow-waku-relay-analysis
  • Investigating best approach for large scale (new wakunode2 with traffic vs external RPC calls)
• eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test
  • Fix problem in multicloud-cluster:
    • https://github.com/status-im/infra-misc/issues/184
    • https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/discussions/8657
  • Check Prometheus metrics
• software-testing:waku:test-automation-js-waku
  • New tests:
    • Relay - awaiting review
  • Improvements:
    • Test report dashboard. PR and deployment - awaiting review
  • Issues found:
    • Nwaku regression around store cursor
    • JS-waku possible issue around duplicate messages
• software-testing:waku:test-automation-nwaku
  • Issues
    • Resubscription SEGFAULT
      • Reinvestigated and found it was a test case error, a futures issue.
      • Closed Ticket
    • Publishing multiple messages in a row triggers the same SEGFAULT as when refreshing a subscription.
      • Same as above
    • Max message sizes don’t match RFC
      • Reinvesitgated because some sizes weren’t correct.
      • Opened Ticket
    • After stopping and restarting a relay node, it can’t reconnect with connectRelay.
      • Reinvestigated because a comment by Aaryamann.
      • Opened Ticket
  • Began implementing Store tests.
  • Got a working GDB for NIM with VSCode integration. Not great, but it’s something.
  • Cleaned up Filter and Relay tests, and added missing payload size tests.
    • [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2138
• software-testing:waku:test-automation-go-waku
  • Wrote five tests - were added to the branch https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/tree/chore(filterV2)-test-updates
  • Reported issue “Subscription with empty contentTopic should fail” https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/810
  • Retested issues #804 and #810 - learned a lot from Prem Prathi

vac:acz: §

• rlnp2p:waku:rln-doc-and-outreach
  • continued work on rlog, improvements
  • progcrypto sync with pse, presentation work - https://hackmd.io/wS2MAfSvSK-tnxzcriah9A
• admin/misc
  • supporting DST, working on waku relay segfault, resolved
• secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat
  • Include some considerations on the extension to group chat revolving around asynchronous ratcheting trees.
  • Start writing the raw version of the RFC.
  • https://www.notion.so/WiP-Secure-Ethereum-Chat-f69ff155456c4fdeb719aba96fd7a
• zerokit:vac:maintenance
  • prepared refactoring PR (https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/219)

vac:sc:: §

• status:community-curation-contracts
  • Adjusted deploy script to mint mock SNT token on local node (this was needed for testing purposes)
    • PR: https://github.com/status-im/community-dapp/pull/80
  • Fixed deployment script to ensure directory contracts are set in voting contracts
    • https://github.com/status-im/community-dapp/pull/81
  • Fixed deployment that ensures Multicall2 is available on local nodes as well as references for production networks
    • PR: https://github.com/status-im/community-dapp/pull/82
• vac:sc::status:snt-staking-contract_02
  • Implement missing checks for staking lockup period
    • PR: https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/39

vac:nescience: §

• state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc
  • Researching techniques for state separation and how to integrate different models.
  • Researched and posted a document on Verkle tree.
  • Began research on ring signatures (DualRing and DualDory) (doc pending)
• proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems
  • Published a new document about Proof Creation and Verification
• proofsystems:vac:benchmarks
  • Started a draft for an article (overleaf)
  • applied feedback for the Nova-Scotia PR
  • Wrote the halo2 aggregation circuit (issues with testing, need more CPU power, will use DST server)

vac:dr: §

• valpriv:vac:tor-push-poc
  • Scaled up execution of TEN multiple simultanesous torpush-validators with near zero attestation misses
  • Gathering measurements from other fleet nodes (blocked at)
• valpriv:vac:tor-push-paper
  • Added more graphs, completed abstract, comparisons in the paper.
  • Still reviewing new paper to incorporate https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/on-the-anonymity-guarantees-of-anonymous-proof-of-stake-protocols
• gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-simulation
  • Modified large message handling mechanism (outlined below) for GossipSub.
    • Now we send large message to randomly selected (dlow-1) peers.
    • Remaining peers get idontwant message
  • Missed out nodes use iwant message to pull the missing large message
  • Approximately 20-25% overall message reduction achieved and 1/2 RTT latency increased for approximately 5% nodes
• gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey
  • Started following discussions for current gossipsub improvement direcetions
• Writing the pseudocode and addressed comments from Nomos team (https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-specs/blob/Carnot-vote-aggregation/carnot/carnot-vote-aggregation.py).
  • Responded to questions raised in the high level protocol document (https://www.notion.so/High-Level-Algorithm-6535ac0363df4629ad2c40dff4bc62cd) by the nomos team.

vac:rfc: §

• status:port-status-specs
  • waku usage rfc - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/627