2024-10-14 Vac weekly

Vac 2024/10/14 §

vac:p2p: §

• nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport
  • SCTP https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/pull/11
    • Add Stream managements (for DataChannel)
  • DataChannel https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/pull/12
    • Close DataChannelStream and DataChannelConnection
    • Address TODO’s
    • Ready to Review
  • Libp2p https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/960
    • Start working on making it reviewable
• nimlibp2p:vac:quic
  • Fix a linking issue with ARM64 for QUIC (on MbedTLS) https://github.com/status-im/nim-mbedtls/pull/5
• nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance
  • Reviewing PRs
  • chore(ci): add arm64 for macOS
• nimlibp2p:vac:quic
  • feat(tls-certificate): generate and parse libp2p tls certificate
• gossipsub:vac:gossipsub-perf-improvements
  • Analysed results from large message performance simulations. Had to run many more simulations.
    • Created a VAC form post on IWANT message behavior
    • Created a VAC form post on latency anamoly for large message counts
  • Finalized results for the last message handling article

vac:tke: §

• vac:tke:codex:v1-supply-tokenomics:validator
  • introduced a basic model for the validator (and watcher) role
• vac:tke:codex:v1-supply-tokenomics:litepaper
  • started reviewing the mainnet litepaper
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:tx-fees
  • finalized reading about the EIP-1559 for Nomos tx fee market
  • understood the possibility of implementing it on Nomos
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:mixnet
  • rewrote part of the previous work on the economics of Mixnets
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:da-fee
  • researched the Tokenomics of the Data Availability Layer
• vac:tke:status:aura-incentives:xp-program
  • expanding the analysis on L2 economics
  • monitoring progress of the two branches of staking contract development
• vac:tke:waku:incentivized-rln-mainnet:rln-economy
  • review and feedback to Francks RLN onchain analysis
  • following Sergei’s progress
• vac:tke:ift:catsfishing-mvp:minimal-economy
  • sync with Juan on cats fishing modeling, reviewing his work
  • Prepared and gave presentation on this end
  • Finished writeups on token econnomics canvas, monetary policy, token flow.
  • Reviewed sims by Martin and dashboard by Frederico
• vac:tke:ift:based:write-up
  • Started working towards based deployment strategy writeup
• vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:ve3
  • researched EIP1559 & beyond for blogpost
• vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:ve3
  • researching ve(3,3) for the potential blog post

vac:dst: §

• waku:waku-scaling:test-store-protocol-at-scale
  • Discovered issue where sometimes 412 is returned when querying for store messages
  • Check Tanya results for store testing
• vac:libp2p-evaluation:regression-testing
  • Found Kubernetes workers that have problems
    • Probably out of sync?
    • Bandwidth increased not dependant on version
    • Notion notes
    • Discord thread
• admin/misc:
  • NCT writing and reviewing, major efforts
    • Getting NCT defined, timelined, accurate
    • Rewrites, meetings, 1:1s
    • PR reviews and edits
• codex:codex-comparison:matrices-deployments
  • Codex support and discussions
    • Find out how best to continue supporting Codex, and support better
    • Agree on division of BitTorrent work
  • Codex meetings
    • BitTorrent meeting
    • DSN comparison meeting

vac:qa: §

• waku:status-go-functional-testing-2024q4:migrate-to-status-backend
  • Reviewed QA framework move to status-backend PR from Anton
  • Reviewed Pablos’s PRs on mvds
  • Handover status-cli to status-backend migration to Sam.
• vac:qa:ift:projects-qa-strategy-2024q4:waku
  • Creating Waku QA Strategy documentation for js-waku, nwaku and go-waku. Started with js-waku
• nomos:da-testing-2024q4:basic-functionality-tests
  • Test run1 for Nomos/Da - in progress
  • chore: Da behavior membership tests PR 819 - in progress
  • KZG10 library & Nomos KZG review (by Ramses):
    • In progress doc
    • change to domain initialization proposed to devs
• vac:nim-libp2p-testing-2024q4:gossipsub
  • Gossipsub. Begin working on the more difficult cases
  • Worked on remaining Test cases on Block 6 from Gossipsub test plan with Mesh Logic.
  • Got old PR Review changes done for PR 1 and PR 2
  • Raised Issue wrt nim-libp2p Test design class leading to recurssion in writing test in single file.
  • Follow up on PR #1204 and test without IDontWant message according to dev’s comment
  • Analyze why some parameters[ping-pong] aren’t encoded & decoded from RPC message
• waku:interop-testing-2024q4:edge-cases
  • download & setup env for nwaku
  • understand what is needed and go through APIs to find the corner cases
  • go through old test cases for better understanding
  • writing initial draft test cases
• admin/misc
  • Adjustments to QA NCT tasks and commitments
  • Team alligments
  • Reorganized the notion QA Page
  • OOO 2 days (Roman)
  • OOO 2 days (Alex)

vac:acz: §

• ift:de-mls-testnet:de-mls-rfc
  • Improvement and Solidityfication of the authentication phase. Link to Notion. (Ramses)
  • Inclusion of custom authenatication phase in the RFC. (Ramses)
  • Forum post regarding comparison (TBD). (Ramses)
• ift:de-mls-testnet:presentation
  • Preparation of presentation on deMLS for IFT research call. (Ramses)
• consulting:codex:proxy-re-encryption
  • Final Notion document regarding code review. It closes collaboration with Nomos.(Ramses)
• ift:libp2p-mix-poc:libp2p-integration
  • Implement client-side functionality for creation and transmission of Sphinx packets [WiP]. (Akshaya)
  • Develop comprehensive test suite for mix protocol. (Akshaya)
  • Meet with Alex to discuss Waku integration. (Akshaya)
• ift:de-mls-testnet:ef-application
  • Started to refine the EF grants application doc in notion (Ugur)
• vac:acz:ift:think-tank:zk-consulting-codex-1
  • Post notes on FrePAK (Marvin)
• vac:acz:ift:think-tank:zk-consulting-codex-2
  • Finish row updates (Marvin)
  • Begin the setup for benchmarks on commitments and row update proofs. (Marvin)
• vac:acz:ift:acz-research-destination:zk-think-tank
  • Create a forum post answering November’s zk question. (Marvin)
• admin/misc
  • 1 cc is ooo for whole week between 14th - 20th October (Ekaterina)
  • 1 cc is ooo for Monday 14th October (Akshaya)

vac:sc: §

• vac:sc:status:staking-protocol-v1:testing
  • PR#48 test(RewardsStreamerMP): ensure bonusMP and maxMP are decreased
  • Issue #43 initialMP (bonusMP) should be considered in calculations
  • Issue #52 Staking too low balance can cause MP to be zero.
  • Add test to ensure bonusMP and maxMP are decreased proportionally at unstake
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/48
• vac:sc:status:staking-protocol-v1:merging-existing-solutions
  • Staking Reward Streamer
    • [PR#39 feat: add StakeVault and implements StakeManager interface into RewardsStreamerMP](https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/39)
  • Stake Manager
    • Issue #147 bug(StakeManeger): unstake does not reconsider changes in expiredMP for estimation
    • Issue #148 feat(StakeManager): add function to owner enable emergency exit
    • PR#150 refactor(StakeManager): extract interfaces and rename variables to merge functionalty with StakingRewardStreamer
• vac:sc:status:staking-protocol-v1:formal-verification
  • Added invariant that sumOfBalancesIsTotalStaked
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/42
  • Refactoed potentialMP to maxMP as needed to proof that accountMPLessEqualAccountMaxMP invariant
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/45
  • Added invariant that accountMPGreateEqualAccountStakedBalance
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/47
• vac:sc:status:staking-protocol-v1:upgradeability
  • Research on Upgradability
• vac:sc:status:xp-token-v1:token-implementation
  • implemented base XP ERC20 token https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/10
  • updated XP Token to use Ownable2Step https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/51
• vac:sc:status:xp-nft-v1:token-implementation
  • worked on based implementation of XP NFT Token https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/12
    • added tests
    • added a base metadata generator
    • implemented SVG generator
    • implemented URL generator
• codex::contracts-formal-verification
  • finalized PR “verify slots transitions and that a slot can be paid only once” https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-contracts-eth/pull/188

vac:nim: §

• tooling:vac:lsp
  • adds extension/tasks which returns all nimble tasks for the current project #256 (https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/256)
• tooling:vac:compiler
  • Bumps nimble to v0.16.2 #24283 (https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/24283)
• tooling:vac:nimble
  • [Discarded] install also does setup. setup is now a deprecated alias for install #1270 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1270
  • enable sat by default #1273 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1273
  • Nimble Release https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/releases

vac:rfc: §

• ift:rfc:vac:rfc-index-maintenance-2024q4
  • Update waku links based on broken links on rfc.vac.dev, synced with comms -https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc.vac.dev/pull/7#pullrequestreview-2362913183 - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/104 (Jimmy)
• ift:rfc:waku:updates-of-mature-waku-rfcs-2024q4:34/WAKU2-PEER-EXCHANGE
  • Continued work on peer-exchange move to draft, should be ready for feedback next week - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/7 (Jimmy)
• ift:rfc:vac:rfc-culture-establishment-2024q4
  • Updating the RFC roadmap with relevant commitments and details (what is left is to fix the dates, update the format into markdown and a few minor details). (Filip)
  • Added a draft page some ideas for homepage and other things in Notion to promote the RFC Culture. (Filip)
• ift:rfc:nomos:data-availability-raw-rfc-2024q4
  • Started reading and testing the DA specification in preparation of a raw RFC, since the DA protocol has reached a later implementation phase. (Filip)

vac:nes: §

• state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-poc:key-protocol
  • Work of key protocol specification.
  • Summary of keys to be used in NSSA.
  • Work then create a proposal doc on on the key protocol.
  • Worked on private state keys, private state addresses and viewing keys. Created an initial draft.
• state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-poc:memory
  • Mempool and merkle trees PR reviews.
  • Storage hashing and additional functionality work.
  • Simple mempool crate
  • Merkle Tree implementation for public transactions
• vm-foundations
  • SP1 issue and communication