ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration
Iteration commitments generally comprise: through discussion and curation, support the process of auditing raw, draft, mature selected Blockchain RFCs.
Description
This commitment supports the process of the writing raw RFCs, from the existing documentation and specifications in Blockchain team Notion. We will also include specification validation - editorial work through previous and future RFCs to improve them (identify edge cases for example) as well as making sure that the relevant document has enough information in order to ease the developer experience for coming developers.
The specifications in pipeline:
- Mantle
- Bedrock Genesis Block
- Bedrock Service Declaration Protocol
- Service Reward Distribution Protocol
- Anonymous Leaders Reward Protocol
- Wallet Technical Standard
- Block Construction, Validation and Execution
- Bedrock Architecture Overview
- Proof of Leadership
- Payload Formatting
- DA Encoding
- DA Rewarding
Task List
Mantle
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:mantle - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/01/16
- end-date: 2026/01/27
Description
Create the RFC for Mantle based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- vacp2p/rfc-index#245 Add Mantle v1.1 specification for Bedrock execution layer
Proof of Leadership
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:proof-of-leadership - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/01/16
- end-date: 2026/01/31
Description
Create the RFC for the Proof of Leadership based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- Add Cryptarchia Proof of Leadership Specification - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/231
Bedrock Genesis Block
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:bedrock-genesis-block - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/02/01
- end-date: 2026/01/27
Description
Create the RFC for the Bedrock Genesis Block based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- vacp2p/rfc-index#248 Add Bedrock Genesis Block specification
Bedrock Service Declaration Protocol
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:bedrock-service-declaration-protocol - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/02/01
- end-date: 2026/02/15
Description
Create the RFC for the Bedrock Service Declaration Protocol based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- Add Bedrock Service Reward Distribution specification - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/249
Bedrock Architecture Overview
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:bedrock-architecture-overview - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/02/01
- end-date: 2026/02/15
Description
Create the RFC for the Bedrock Architecture Overview based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- Nomos/raw/bedrock architecture overview raw - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/257
DA Encoding
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:da-encoding - owner: Filip
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/01/01
- end-date: 2026/03/31
Description
Draft RFC for data availability encoding based on the raw spec.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- Replace nomosda-encoding with da-cryptographic-protocol - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/264
DA Rewarding
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:da-rewarding - owner: Filip
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/01/01
- end-date: 2026/03/31
Description
Draft RFC for data availability rewarding based on the raw spec.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- Add NomosDA Rewarding specification - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/269
Service Reward Distribution Protocol
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:service-reward-distribution-protocol - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/02/16
- end-date: 2026/01/27
Description
Create the RFC for the Service Reward Distribution Protocol based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- vacp2p/rfc-index#249 Add Bedrock Service Reward Distribution specification
Anonymous Leaders Reward Protocol
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:anonymous-leaders-reward-protocol - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/03/01
- end-date: 2026/01/27
Description
Create the RFC for the Anonymous Leaders Reward Protocol based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- vacp2p/rfc-index#251 Add Bedrock Anonymous Leaders Reward specification
Wallet Technical Standard
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:wallet-technical-standard - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/03/16
- end-date: 2026/02/17
Description
Create the RFC for the Anonymous Leaders Reward Protocol based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- vacp2p/rfc-index#292 Wallet Technical Standard RFC
Payload Formatting
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:payload-formatting - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/03/16
- end-date: 2026/03/31
Description
Create the RFC for the Payload Formatting based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- Add Nomos Payload Formatting Specification - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/226
Block Construction, Validation and Execution
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:block-construction-validation-and-execution - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/03/16
- end-date: 2026/01/27
Description
Create the RFC for the Block Construction, Validation and Execution based on the Blockchain raw spec that applies 1/COSS.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
- vacp2p/rfc-index#246 Add Bedrock v1.1 Block Construction specification
Merge Open PRs
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:merge-open-prs - owner: cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/01/01
- end-date: 2026/03/31
Description
This task revolves around merging the existing open PRs, so that the process of merging PRs is as brief as possible.
Current pipeline:
- Message Formatting: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/219
- Message Encapsulation: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/218
- Proof of Quota: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/217
- Key Types and Generation: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/216
- Blend Protocol: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/213
- Digital Signature: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/167
Deliverables
- Merged PRs
LIPs mdBook site deployment
- fully qualified name:
ift-ts:rfc:blockchain:2026q1-rfc-iteration:lips-mdbook-site - owner: fbarbu15
- status: done
- start-date: 2026/01/01
- end-date: 2026/01/27
Description
Deploy mdBook-based site for Logos Improvement Proposals (LIPs).