2024-04-29 Vac weekly

Vac 2024/04/29 §

vac:p2p: §

• nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport
  • Yet another rework on Stun protocol: https://github.com/status-im/nim-webrtc/pull/9
    • Better error management
    • Implement a Lite (and server sided) version of the ICE protocol.
    • rewrite tests & stunMessageHandler
    • Implement BindingRequest
• nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance
  • debug ping interop test - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1086
  • opened issue about potential js-libp2p bug - https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/issues/2505
  • libp2p dev process

vac:tke: §

• admin/misc
  • prepared an onboarding doc for new hire (Frederico)
  • updated TKE landing page (Frederico)
• codex:cdx
  • updated the TKE litepaper with offsite discussion and whitepaper (Frederico)
  • Reviewing Codex offsite outcomes and reading the whitepaper (Martin)
• nomos:mixnet-incentives
  • read the new mixing gadget proposal (Frederico)
  • adapted the Mixnet incentivization work with new proposal (Frederico)
• status:L2-deployment
  • joined discussions with Cyp (Frederico)
• waku:general-incentives
  • Reviewing protocol design decisions and changes made in Athens, mapping out implications for the incentive design (Martin)
• waku:rln-membership:
  • Reviewing the RLN decisions and changes made in Athens, mapping out implications for the RLN design (Martin)
• status:SNT-staking
  • Research into swap feature in cooperation with the SC team (Martin)
• status:L2-deployment
  • Starting work on L2 profiling and attempting to narrow down key narratives/features (Martin)

vac:dst: §

• admin/misc
  • Deployed 250TB(x2) volume for Codex, created VacLab + Kubernetes access for Codex staff
• eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test
  • First version of message tracking + data dumping done
  • Ran various simulations - fixed issues blocking sims, fixed issue with new bootstrap sim
    • Found weird Yamux behaviour still exists
    • No bootstrap bias found
  • Kubernetes cleanup, instability fixes, performance fixes
  • Deployed iBGP between all Kubernetes hosts and migrated LoadBalancers into MetalLB BGP

vac:qa: §

• waku:interop-testing
  • Refactoring PR that adds common steps and removes flakyness(@Florin)
  • Reviewed and commented on Roman’s PR(@Florin)
  • Reopened: contentTopic naming not consistent in the store response bug(@Florin)
• waku:maintenance-js-waku
  • use nwaku:v0.27.0 and adjust tests for it(@Florin)
  • unskip fixed test(@Florin)
• nomos:test-automation-cryptarchia
  • Meeting with Nomos devs(@Florin)
  • Read more of Nomos specs and start working at a test plan(@Florin)
• waku:test-automation-sharding
  • Sharding tests update(@Roman)
  • Reviewed PR(@Alex)
  • Store Issue(@Alex)
• waku:test-automation-nwaku
  • Peer & Connection Management Reviewed PR(@Alex)
• waku:test-automation-rln
  • RLN relay tests in progress(@Roman)
  • bug: RLN in on-chain dynamic mode not working closed(@Roman)
  • Begin implementing tests. Draft PR(@Alex)
• admin/misc
  • Interviewing and reviewing code challenges for QA candidates(@Florin and @Roman)

vac:acz: §

• rlnp2p:waku:rln-relay-enhancements
  • improved ci for rln-relay enabled images
  • discussed with nwaku team and increased recovery time for rln-relay failure to 1 minute
  • improved error handling/exception raising
  • LazyIMT approach partially downstreamed to waku-rln-contract and deployed on cardona zkevm-testnet
  • enhanced rln-db-inspector capabilities by detecting empty leaves
  • resultify rln-relay 1/n reviews addressed and merged
• rlnp2p:waku:rln-doc-and-outreach
  • presented rln: zero to hero to nwaku+chatsdk team @ status all hands, explained all versions of rln and their trade-offs
  • updates to blog post/RFC on Light RLN verifiers
• secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat
  • Updated the DCGKA’s Notion with aspects concerning privacy
  • Updated flow diagrams for MLS
  • Start working on flow diagrams for the DCGKA.
  • Research on the best approach to UPKE.
• admin/misc
  • Daniel + Aaryamann @ status all hands: agenda
  • presented stealth address scheme over Waku to waku + status team
  • reduced availability for a few CCs

vac:sc:: §

• vac:maintainance/misc
  • Swap Aggregator Research
    • Researched CoW Protocol and Cow Swap
      • Notes (WIP): https://notes.status.im/5q0HiAKORf6V1fQgong31Q?both
    • Researched Metamask Swap
      • Notes on the Metamask Swap research https://notes.status.im/5yw7WvqRQqaREdJ0hbyWoQ?view
  • Zodiac Modules
    • Reviewed code of SAFE and zodiac modules to get a better understanding of the system
      • https://github.com/gnosisguild/zodiac-modifier-roles/tree/main

vac:rfc: §

• misc
  • Created an open issue to use rfc-website repo, but some problems are still being worked on. - https://github.com/status-im/infra-misc/issues/271
  • Read Nomos docs on Notion, suggesting a raw rfc for Block format for base layer. Opened disussion if good for first rfc.
  • Read codex docs in codex-research repo. Started Codex Marketplace raw rfc, not complete, should be able to complete a draft next week and try to get feedback from Codex - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/codex-marketplace/codex/marketplace.md

vac:dr: §

• gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-simulation
  • Completed staggered message sending mechanism, for large messages (making some fixes: getting LPStreamClosedError in some runs)
  • Worked on resetting the build environment for shadow. chronos/chronicles upgrade was causing some compilation errors
• zk:codex:storage-proofs-open-problems-review
  • Began reading WARPfold, Beyond Circuit
• vac:dr:anon:vac:waku-anonymity-analysis
  • Continued working on Waku Anonymity Analysis - WiP.
  • Read about libp2p and GossipSub and started documenting - WiP
  • Looked into options that could lower the latency for Tor Push
    • Other anonymity networks and mixnet options such as I2P, Loopix, etc.
    • Some P2P options as well (but they are not as widely used as Tor)
    • looking into Dandellion++ and its Comparison to Tor Push.

vac:nes: §

• admin/misc
  • Ugur ooo from 15 to 23 April
• state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc
  • Conducted some research on what is needed to have all the essential components of the state separation (transaction types, cryptography behind it, trees, filters, etc) (Moudy)
  • Worked on monitoring document (Marvin)
  • Started to work on trees in state-separation (Ugur)
  • Crated a doc about privacy in executions note (Ugur)
• proofsystems:vac:benchmarks
  • Decided to rewrite the benchmarks paper as a detailed blogpost (need to conduct and update some pieces of research) (Moudy)
  • Investigate Halo2 high iterations bug (Rostyslav)
  • Prepared paragraph on Halo2 bug (Rostyslav)
• virtual-machine-creation:vac:vm-foundations
  • Had a high level look at existing ZkVms (Moudy)
• proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems
  • Started reading about Greco zk proofs (Rostyslav)
  • Check out Jolt implementation (Rostyslav)