2024-11 Vac monthly

Vac Monthly Report 2024/11 §

Tokenomics (public version) §

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• Economic modeling of a Based platform
• Writing up Cats Fishing tokenomics whitepaper
• Simulation of Codex token dynamics
• Simulation of different transaction fee models
• Assisting staking contract development

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• vac:tke:ift:based
  • Overview:
    • economic modeling of a token launchpad platform (similar to pump.fun)
  • Completed tasks:
    • vac:tke:ift:based:v3-optimization
    • vac:tke:ift:based:uniswap-modeling
    • vac:tke:ift:based:fees-simulation
    • vac:tke:ift:based:fees
• vac:tke:ift:catsfishing-mvp
  • Overview:
    • Writing up a whitepaper
  • Completed tasks:
    • vac:tke:ift:catsfishing-mvp:write-up
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy
  • Overview:
    • Simulation of different transaction fee models
• vac:tke:codex:v1-supply-tokenomics
  • Overview:
    • simulation of the CDX token dynamics
• vac:tke:status:aura-incentives
  • Overview:
    • monitoring progress of the two branches of staking contract development
• vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum
  • Overview:
    • research and draft of blogpost on ve(3,3)

QA §

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• Increased projects knowledge base by creating QA Strategy Docs for Nomos and Status
• Increased Nomos testing capabilites by adding basic functionality, dispersal and storage tests
• Increased Waku interop testing coverage by adding e2e scenarios, tests for known issues and enhancing CI capabilities
• Colaborating with Status QA team in building and extending the status-go functional testing framework

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• vac:qa:ift:projects-qa-strategy-2024q4

  • Overwiew:
    • Finished Nomos testing Strategy Report.
    • Did similar investigation for Status ecosystem.
  • Delivered Deliverables:
    • Nomos QA Strategy Document
    • Status QA Strategy Document
  • Completed tasks:
    • vac:qa:ift:projects-qa-strategy-2024q4:nomos
    • vac:qa:ift:projects-qa-strategy-2024q4:status

• vac:qa:nomos:da-testing-2024q4

  • Overview:
    • Expanded Nomos DA test coverage by adding new integration tests.
    • Added integration tests focusing on the dispersal and storage interface.
  • Delivered Deliverables:
    • PRs:
      • Da behavior membership tests
      • Data dispersal storage tests
      • Apply Nomos library code review recommendation
    • Issues Found:
      • Executor behaviour connects to other executor behaviour for dispersal
      • Dispersal messages have not reached the validator on self-hosted runner
      • Unwrap on non-existent blob_col_idx
  • Completed tasks:
    • vac:qa:nomos:da-testing-2024q4:basic-functionality-tests

• vac:qa:waku:interop-testing-2024q4

  • Overview:
    • Expanded Waku interop coverage by adding new tests related to e2e scenarios and known issues.
    • Explored libwaku python and golang bindings and gathered requirements for future work on this side.
    • Started to improve CI by adding more powerfull runners that run tests faster.
    • Started to create a smoke suite and enable it to be run as part of the nwaku CI.
  • Delivered Deliverables:
    • PRs:
      • New e2e tests part 1
      • New e2e tests part 2
      • Ignore unsupported go-waku test
      • Adjust edge case for CI run
      • Metric updates
      • Known issues tests
      • fix go waku lightprotocol tests
    • Issues Found:
      • go-waku invalid shard count error
      • Store not wkroking when store node=go-waku
      • Light push works only when client & service node lightpush=true
      • Filter request ID isn’t unique
      • Fliter Requests Can’t exceed 50
  • Completed tasks: - vac:qa:waku:interop-testing-2024q4:e2e-scenarios - vac:qa:waku:interop-testing-2024q4:known-issues

• vac:qa:waku:status-go-functional-testing-2024q4

  • Overview:
    • Took over of tasks from IC that left the project
    • Created PR to migrate a big part of the functionality from status-cli to status-go framework
    • Discussions and allignments with status QA team to:
      • Split the big PR into multiple smaller PRs
      • Adjust the tests to work with the jenkins CI ecosystem
      • Update the status-backend framework to allow testing multiple status nodes
    • Created smaller PR for one-to-one messages

DST §

highlights §

• Discovered and reported possible Waku connectivity issue

report §

• vac:dst:waku:waku-evaluation
  • Overview:
    • Help Waku team to analyze store sync logs
    • Investigated why some physical machines worked differently
    • Waku perf simulations
  • Deliverables:
    • Repo Branch
    • Issue to track different logging
    • Issue Waku’s connection behavior
• vac:dst:vac:libp2p-evaluation
  • Overview:
    • Repeat nimlibp2p 1.6.0 simulations after fix has been done in workers with wrong sync
    • Run simulations for version 1.7.0
    • Run simulations for version 1.7.1
  • Deliverables:
    • Nimlibp2p 1.6.0 report
    • Nimlibp2p 1.7.0 report
    • Nimlibp2p 1.7.1 report

SC §

highlights §

• Devcon and collab with TKE
• Staking system is now upgradeable
• Getting close to deploying a test version on testnet

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• vac:sc:status:staking-protocol-v1
  • Implementation of emergency mode and ability to leave system in case of untrusted upgrade
  • Implementation of UUPSUpgradeable stake manager contract
  • Ability to stream rewards and making them “visible” via XP in the dedicated token contract
  • Formal mathematical spec of multiplier points system
  • Relevant links
    • NCT commitment status on GitHub
    • NCT tasks on GitHub
  • Completed tasks
    • vac:sc:status:staking-protocol-v1:merging-existing-solutions
    • vac:sc:status:staking-protocol-v1:upgradeability
  • Deliverables
    • Upgradeable StakeManager contract
    • Math spec

ACZ §

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RFC §

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• New RFC homepage draft (as part of the RFC Culture committment)
• Delivered fully 34/WAKU2-PEER-EXCHANGE and 19/WAKU2-LIGHTPUSH
• Status RFC migration (deprecated RFCs) to rfc-index 1st round of reviews and fixes complete.

report §

• ift:rfc:codex:marketplace-and-client-2024q4
  • Overview:
    • The Codex team will take over writing the RFCs. Our team will do the editorial work, handover already done.
• ift:rfc:waku:updates-of-mature-waku-rfcs-2024q4
  • Overview:
    • Progressing according to plan, several RFCs in progress, several completed, several in progress (15/WAKU-BRIDGE, 14/WAKU2-MESSAGE)
  • Deliverables:
    • 34/WAKU2-PEER-EXCHANGE completed: PR - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/7
    • 19/WAKU2-LIGHTPUSH - awaiting review: PR - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/112
• ift:rfc:nomos:data-availability-raw-rfc-2024q4
  • Overview:
    • Followed up on offsite, updates underway.
• ift:rfc:vac:rfc-culture-establishment-2024q4
  • Overview:
    • Continued as planned, new ideas, new Notion homepage, communicating with team leads
  • Deliverables:
    • New notion homepage draft: https://www.notion.so/A-new-RFC-Homepage-proposal-11c8f96fb65c804aad61f3fbad236863?d=1278f96fb65c800994e2001cd066039f#11c8f96fb65c80a2b64df9ace2bad149
    • New ideas to discuss (implementing new parts of the process): https://www.notion.so/Improve-RFC-Culture-Ideas-5abfd49d7b604e9594bdf534408472ca
• ift:rfc:status:status-specs-to-rfc-index-migration
  • Overview:
    • 1st round of reviews complete, fixes implemented
  • Deliverables:
    • The PR with relevant fixes: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/109

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Nescience §

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• Continued implementing the sandboxed testnet as a PoC for NSSA.
• Updated execution types and circuits for NSSA.
• Researched and defined UTXOS specification for NSSA.
• Researched and refined cryptography module for NSSA.

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• vac:nes:state-separation-architecture-poc
  • Overview:
    • Implemented virtual machines crates for the sandbox testnet, including R0 interface, (shielded, deshielded, and private trasactions), vm implementation, as well as testing R0 and VM interactions.
    • Implemented the sequencer core structures, including transaction submitting and checking pipeline, rpc methods with basic sequencer functionality and runner main loop with block generation.
    • Updated execution type and circuit documentation by adding details into vm and zkvm interaction part as well as into SE and DE kernel circuits.
    • Defined UTXOS specifications including UTXO components, UTXO role in NSSA, and storage and bandwith considerations.
    • Defined cryptography module for NSSA, including hash functions, signature schemes, tree structures, constants, and encryption and decryption schemes.
  • List of deliverables (ordered as in task management):
    • Implementation of R0 interface.
    • VM Implementation + interactions testing.
    • Definition of UTXOs specifications for NSSA.
    • Sequencer core structures implementation.
    • Sequencer transaction submitting workflow and rpc implementation
    • Definition of hash functions in cryptography module.
    • Definition of signature schemes in cryptography module.
    • Definition of enc/dec schemes in cryptography module.
    • Definition of tree structures and constants in cryptography module.
  • Completed tasks:
    • vac:nes:state-separation-architecture-poc:vm
    • vac:nes:state-separation-architecture-poc:utxo-specs
    • vac:nes:state-separation-architecture-poc:sequencer
    • vac:nes:state-separation-architecture-poc:crypto-module