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2025-09 Vac monthly

Oct 02, 2025, 8 min read

P2P

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Tokenomics

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  • Worked on market strategy, simulations, and pro-forma for CatsFishing
  • Reviewed Karma issuance with live TVL data and maintained the staking demo app.
  • Proposed models for dynamic stake for SDP participants, with constant interaction with Nomos team, and developed the first phase of Nomos PoS simulation tool, that encapsulates all Nomos markets.
  • Grantico was updated and presented internally. We also made significant improvements over Optimal Control manuscript.
  • Further TKE R&D work.

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  • vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc

    • Overview:
      • Created simulations on market expectations for the game, as well as creating a pro-forma of it.
      • Did thorough market/user research scraping github and darcaster
    • Completed tasks:
      • vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc:reddit-scrapper
      • vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc::fc-scrapper
      • vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:ad-hoc:pro-forma

  • vac:tke:status:karma-incentives

    • Overview:
      • Initial research into Cyp’s proposed Karma issuance, with the dashboard presenting the model with real TVL data
      • Maintenance and minor bug fixes of the staking demo app
    • Completed tasks:
      • vac:tke:status:karma-incentives:staking-dashboard
      • vac:tke:status:karma-incentives:staking-demo-support

  • vac:tke:nomos:stress-test

    • Overview:
      • Preliminary research of dynamic stake for SDP participants
      • First phase of the development of a comprehensive PoS simulation tool for Nomos
    • Completed tasks:
      • vac:tke:nomos:stress-test:dyn-stake-estimation
      • vac:tke:nomos:stress-test:review-pos-sims

  • vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum

    • Overview:
      • Updated Grantico and presented it internally, gathered feedback
      • Significant improvements over Optimal Control paper
    • Completed tasks:
      • vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:grantico

QA

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  • Expanded Status-go functional testing: accounts, connector service, backup/restore, IP change, and RPC service refactoring.
  • Improved Status-go test framework: API client, RPC parsing, service refactor, and bug investigations.
  • Extended Waku RLN contract tests: edge cases, reentrancy, fuzz/property-based testing.
  • Advanced Waku interop testing: Lite protocol stress tests, maintenance fixes, REST/admin APIs, Grafana monitoring, and retro bug handling.
  • Completed Nim-libp2p Rendezvous testing with TTL, registration limits, error cases, and discovery manager refactor.
  • Progressed Nim-libp2p Gossipsub performance tests with QUIC scenarios and visualization improvements.
  • Validated Status Desktop releases (2.35, 2.36), Qt upgrades, Windows CI readiness, new backup-user-data feature, and bug fixes.
  • Expanded Status Mobile testing with Appium: framework hooks, recovery/seed phrase flows, and ported multiple tests to e2e_appium.
  • Conducted hiring, Q3 retro, and Q4 commitments preparation/merge.

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  • status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:accounts
    • Overview:
      • Implemented service tests (P3–P4), fixed flaky restore, validated account endpoints, logged bug for watch account capacity.
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  • status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:connector-service
    • Overview:
      • Added connector service functional tests.
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  • status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:framework-improvements
    • Overview:
      • Refactored API client, improved RPC handling, fixed IP change tests, replaced request validators with service methods, investigated bugs.
    • Delivered Deliverables:
  • waku:2025q3-interop-testing:maintenance
    • Overview:
      • Fixed metrics, debugged nightly failures, invalid JSON bug found and logged, retro script fixes merged.
    • Delivered Deliverables:
  • waku:2025q3-interop-testing:liteprotocoltester
    • Overview:
      • Stress testing with filter/store scripts, Grafana monitoring, Sonda debugging, retro fixes, merged old scripts.
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  • waku:2025q3-rln-smart-contract-testing:edge-cases
    • Overview:
      • Expanded edge cases, added reentrancy checks, opened fuzz/property-based test expansion.
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  • vac:2025q3-nim-libp2p-testing:rendezvous
    • Overview:
      • Implemented TTL/limit fixes, added error cases, completed discovery manager refactor, merged final tests.
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  • vac:2025q3-nim-libp2p-testing:gossipsub-performance
    • Overview:
      • QUIC scenario added, metrics visualizations ongoing.
    • Delivered Deliverables:
  • status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:maintenance
    • Overview:
      • Fixed multiple test failures, added Windows CI support, Squish lib tweaks, toggle interaction fixes, backlog clean-up.
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  • status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:release-testing
    • Overview:
      • Validated releases 2.35/2.36, debugged sync and toast issues, Windows CI validation, Qt upgrades, nightly reviews, bug triage.
    • Delivered Deliverables:
  • status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:backup-user-data
    • Overview:
      • Started new tests and adjustments for backup-user-data feature.
  • status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:framework-adjustments
    • Overview:
      • Built Appium framework hooks, CI integration, fixed Android build, reviewed workflows.
    • Delivered Deliverables:
  • status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:port-tests
    • Overview:
      • Ported tests to e2e_appium, added recovery flow, wallet account flows, merged multiple PRs.
    • Delivered Deliverables:
  • admin/misc
    • Overview:
      • Conducted interviews, managed OOO schedules, prepared/merged Q4 commitments, ran Q3 retro, handled weekly/monthly reports.
      • OOO: 26 CC Days

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SC

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  • Overhaul of Status Network contracts deployment scripts
  • Many new features and capabilities in Karma token

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  • ift:2025q3-fv-tools-research
    • Researched FV tool alternatives
    • Concluded that we’ll go with OS Certora and use the free plan for CI tasks
    • Completed tasks
      • ift:2025q3-fv-tools-research
    • Deliverables
      • Document summarizing the research
  • vac:sc:status-l2:2025q3-new-karma-requirements
    • Implemented voting capabilities in karma
    • Added whitelisting for transfers
    • Virtual to actual karma conversion
    • Implemented custom airdrop contract for app teams
    • Completed tasks
      • status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:whitelist-transferability
      • status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:design-native-app-distribution-system
      • status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:implement-native-app-distribution-system
      • status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:documentation
      • status:2025q3-new-karma-requirements:voting-capabilities
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RFC

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  • Nomos specs have been merged into the rfc-index.
  • Codex roadmap live, confirmed by the Codex team and work is underway.
  • Qaku awaiting review.

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Nim

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Security

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