2024-02-19 Vac weekly

Vac 2024/02/19 §

vac:p2p: §

• nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport
  • https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/960
  • Testing made it clear that the WebRtcMuxer wasn’t finished
    • Fix an oversight regarding datachannel incoming streams
    • Get the streamId from SCTP to WebRtcTransport (missing a SCTP flag)
    • Fix a bug with binary-serialization (missing a compilation flag)
    • Fix a possible infinite loop that could occur while closing a stream
    • Fix WebRtcMuxer.new() (missing the connection field)
• nimlibp2p:vac:gossipsub-stagger-send
  • More improvements, now merged - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/1015 (feat: message prioritization with immediate peer-published dispatch and queuing for other msgs)
  • Making it ready to be merged - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/1017 (feat: drop msgs to be relayed waiting for too long in the queue)
  • Writing https://www.notion.so/Gossipsub-latency-improvements-9748092d135643ffb092939d9460fed0
  • Planning on how to check the IDONTWANT info before relaying a msg

vac:tke: §

• nomos:cryptarchia-wealth-concentration-estimated-stake
  • implemented one more metric about wealth concentration (@Frederico)
  • prepared the Figures that go into the report about Nomos wealth concentration (@Frederico)
  • review Frederico’s work on wealth concentration (Martin)
• codex:cdx
  • designed a diagram with Codex interactions (@Frederico)
  • created a copy of the original Codex litepaper on GitHub (@Frederico)
  • catch up on latest developments to prepare for the call on Fr. (@Martin)
• waku:economic-analysis
  • catch up on Sergei’s ongoing work (@Martin)
  • analyze the proposed store v3 protocol from a token economics perspective (@Martin)
  • proceed with defining RLN pricing properties and suggest suitable mechanisms (@Martin)
• status:SNT-staking
  • reviewing Ricardo’s new implementation of the staking contract (resolving the accounting issue) (@Martin)

vac:dst: §

• eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test
  • Using framework to get Thanos metrics
    • First draft PR (https://github.com/vacp2p/10ksim/pull/3)
  • Started plotting module aswell (https://github.com/vacp2p/10ksim/tree/plotter)
• eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test
  • Spun up a new test tracking page
  • Ran a few (~3-4) simulations trying to test new metric scale
  • Fixed a major issue with a node which improved our bandwidth by ~1/3rd
    • This also dropped packet loss to under 100 pps even under massive loads
  • Brought distributed storage (CubeFS) properly online
  • Re-ran simulations with Nwaku - stable swarms up to about 2000 peers, we were unable to see connections above that
  • VLAN migrations continue

vac:qa: §

• waku:test-automation-js-waku
  • Refactor and handle mocha hooks timeouts gracefully(@Florin)
  • Adjust tests regarding latest failures on nwaku latest(@Florin)
    • Issues reported:
      • https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1845
      • https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1835
      • https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1848
• waku:interop-testing
  • Adjust tests regarding latest failures(@Florin)
    • Issues reported:
      • https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/1034
      • https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2436
      • https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2437
  • RLN support and tests added(@Roman)
    • Issues reported:
      • message not delivered during interop test
      • health check endpoint needed
• waku:test-automation-go-waku
  • Improve unit test coverage for peermanager(@Roman)
• waku:test-automation-nwaku
  • Finish investigating peer exchange and extend negative cases(@Alex)
• admin/misc - Yamux PR(@Alex)

vac:acz: §

• rlnp2p:waku:rln-relay-v2
  • serde tests for rln-v2 in nwaku: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2421
  • solved previously known issue of waku-rln-relay continuing to run when the tree is in a bad state. now, whenever the node detects something wrong with the eth rpc endpoint, it disconnects and crashes: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2429
• rlnp2p:waku:rln-relay-enhancements
  • improved node setup with TWN config is set: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2423
  • deprecate wss/ws support from nwaku for eth rpc endpoint: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2442 & follow up: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2444
  • updated waku.test fleet config with http url instead of ws: https://github.com/status-im/infra-waku/pull/11
• rlnp2p:waku:rln-doc-and-outreach
  • updated docs for rln-relay in nwaku-compose: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku-compose/pull/52
• secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat
  • Completed a first draft of the following sections of the paper: Introduction; Related work; MLS and SIWE.
  • Finished the doc about comparion of the security mechanisms of Tor Messenger, Briar and update the existing doc in notion.
  • Study about the stealth addresses for anonymous secure chat.
• zerokit:vac:maintenance
  • started working on a serde implementation of issue https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/issues/21

vac:sc:: §

• status:community-contracts-maintemance
  • fix certora specs in github PRs (upgrade certoraRun)
  • add rule for setMaxSupply
  • clean up spec
  • import config from r4bbit’s PR
• status:community-contracts-token-import
  • started working on (Allow for community vaults to keep track of deposited tokens) https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/issues/31
• status:staking-contracts-v1
  • Multiplier points estimation issue
    • https://github.com/logos-co/staking/issues/48
  • Refactor MP logic and fix bugs https://github.com/logos-co/staking/issues/51
    • https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/52
  • Updated existing tasks based on latest discussions
  • Added new tasks to plan milestone
• status:community-contracts-multitoken
  • Created new milestone and tasks for upcoming effort to implement a new token contract for the desktop team
    • https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/milestone/4
• vac:maintainance/misc
  • Add deployment address to sticker market repo
    • https://github.com/status-im/sticker-market/pull/15
  • Added project board automation to relevant repos
    • https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/pull/37
    • https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/pull/39
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/foundry-template/pull/15
    • https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/50

vac:rfc: §

• rfc-process-restructuring
  • Worked on Waku specs, should be ready for first merge - https://github.com/waku-org/specs/pull/1
  • Started updating COSS, not ready for feedback - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/tree/1-COSS
  • Worked on Vac RFC Index, updated some files and updated readme - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/2
• waku:core-rfc-updates
  • Worked on updating 10/Waku2 based on feedback - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/661

vac:dr: §

• valpriv:vac:val-priv-net
  • added new design ideas (https://docs.google.com/document/d/15X4vJTK_Hr3g3K01XF77R3KCqLI8LIm3/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=109850114495777070500&rtpof=true&sd=true)
• valpriv:vac:tor-push-poc
  • merging torpush changes in the latest nimbus-eth2 stable release
• valpriv:vac:tor-push-paper
  • revised last comments about structure
• gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-simulation
  • Created a PR to minimize the relay peers set based on idontwant/receieved messages. https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/1027
    • showing small bandwidth and latency improvement with the increasing message sizes (still to test on very large messages)
• zk:codex:storage-proofs-open-problems-review
  • Provide feedback on Range Proof example

vac:nes: §

• state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc
  • Researched the Privacy Directed Acyclic Graph (PDAG) framework for privacy guarantees (Moudy)
  • Made progress on the integration of Cryptographic primitives in SE and DE (Ugur + Moudy)
  • Made progress on adress hiding and signature verification focusing on RingCT (Marvin)
  • Finished the report about SE and DE kernel circuits in notion. (Ugur)
  • Studied about a problem about nullifying randomization of notes (Ugur)
• proofsystems:vac:benchmarks
  • Finished updating Arecibo document (Moudy)
  • Finished updating halo2 document (Moudy)
  • Updated the main Benchmarks document (Moudy)
  • Begin theoretical complexities for various proof systems (Rostyslav + Moudy + Marvin)