vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration
Iteration commitments generally comprise: through discussion and curation, support the process of auditing raw, draft, mature selected Nomos RFCs.
Description
This commitment supports the process of the writing raw RFCs, from the existing documentation and specifications in Nomos 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:
- Cryptarchia v1 Protocol Specification
- Cryptarchia v1 Bootstrapping & Synchronization
- Cryptarchia Fork Choice Rule
- Total Stake Inference
- Proof of Leadership Specification
Task List
Payload formatting
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:payload-formatting - owner: Cofson
- status: in progress (90%)
- start-date: 2025/11/01
- end-date: 2025/12/15
Description
Define payload formatting guidelines and supporting specs for Nomos to align upcoming RFCs and implementations.
Deliverables
Block exchange
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:block-exchange - owner: Cofson
- status: done
- start-date: 2025/10/01
- end-date: 2025/11/15
Description
Specify block exchange flows and data structures to support Nomos syncing and validation.
Deliverables
Cryptarchia v1 Protocol Specification
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:cryptarchia-v1-protocol-specification - owner: cofson
- status: in progress (90%)
- start-date: 2025/11/01
- end-date: 2025/11/15
Description
Create the RFC for the Cryptarchia v1 protocol covering validators, messages, and consensus flow.
Deliverables
Cryptarchia v1 Bootstrapping & Synchronization
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:cryptarchia-v1-bootstrapping-and-synchronization - owner: cofson
- status: not started
- start-date: 2025/11/01
- end-date: 2025/11/15
Description
Create the RFC for Cryptarchia bootstrapping and synchronization procedures.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
Cryptarchia Fork Choice Rule
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:cryptarchia-fork-choice-rule - owner: cofson
- status: not started
- start-date: 2025/12/01
- end-date: 2025/12/15
Description
Create the RFC for the Cryptarchia fork choice rule logic and safety guarantees.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
Total Stake Inference
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:total-stake-inference - owner: cofson
- status: in progress (90%)
- start-date: 2025/12/01
- end-date: 2025/12/15
Description
Create the RFC for total stake inference and state tracking within Cryptarchia.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
Proof of Leadership Specification
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:proof-of-leadership-specification - owner: cofson
- status: in progress (90%)
- start-date: 2025/12/20
- end-date: 2025/12/31
Description
Create the RFC for the proof of leadership mechanism, including leader election and validation criteria.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
Blend Network
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:blend-network - owner: cofson
- status: in progress (50%)
- start-date: 2025/11/17
- end-date: 2025/12/15
Description
Produce the Blend Network specification capturing protocol goals, component interactions, and open questions gathered from the latest internal specs review.
Deliverables
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports