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
Alignment with VAC Narratives:
- The VAC RFC team plans to become a repository for RFCs regarding all IFT projects.
- By promoting the RFC culture, we hope to incentivize projects to submit their RFCs to the rfc-editors team.
- We aim to have the broader web3 community use our RFCs in their projects, similar to IETF.
Task List
Cryptarchia v1 Protocol Specification
- fully qualified name:
vac:rfc:nomos:2025q4-rfc-iteration:cryptarchia-v1-protocol-specification - owner: cofson
- status: not started
- 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
- PRs/Issues/Docs/Reports
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: not started
- 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: not started
- 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