2024-12-16 Vac weekly

Vac 2024/12/16 §

vac:p2p: §

• ift:gossipsub-perf-improvements
  • Finalized staggered message sending article. The article is ready for review.
  • Worked on 2nd large message handling article (IWANT optimization + IMReceiving)
• ift:nimlibp2p-maintenance
  • Use nim 2.x in CI
  • PR to use latest NimPNG and nico
• vac:libp2p-mix-consulting
  • Assist in coding issues

vac:tke: §

• admin
  • prepared for the quartely retrospective
  • prepared TKE Commitments for Q1/2025
• vac:tke:codex:v1-supply-tokenomics:token-dynamics
  • replaced the Uniswap V2 amm with the V3 model, and ran simulations
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:tx-fees
  • wrote down report with comparisons
  • moved all hardcoded parameters of the simulation into a parameters class
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:da-fee
  • reviewed the modeling of the NomosDA market
• vac:tke:status:aura-incentives:xp-program
  • following up with connections and intros from the Emergence conference
  • updates and discussion with the SN team after 2 weeks
  • looking into L2 governance models/solutions (based on the discussion with the Tally founder)
  • Revisited this work
  • attended meeting for updates and discussion with the SN team after 2 weeks
• vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:ve3
  • revisiting and polishing the ve(3,3) blogpost - adding some formulas and analyzing some dynamics of the system
• vac:tke:ift:catsfishing-mvp:whitepaper
  • Met with Ned to discuss whitepaper
  • Met with legal team and smarts contracts team to discuss constraints, limitations etc
  • worked towards simulations and parameters
  • reviewing Juan’s work on the whitepaper
• vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:points
  • Going back to the points blog post

vac:dst: §

• admin/misc
  • 1 CC OOO whole week
• vac:dst:ift:visualiser-tool:debug-visualiser
  • Changed Jupyter Notebook for Dash
  • Finished: Closed PR
  • Closed tracking issue
• waku:waku-evaluation:regression-testing
  • Created new Notion Report
  • Blocking issue is not dependant on waku sharing virtual machine or physical host
  • Planned next simulations with lower available CPU

vac:qa: §

• waku:2024q4-interop-testing:maintenace
  • Fix flaky tests
  • fix: comment out on chain RLN tests. PR 95 - merged
  • bug: node won’t start with RLN in on-chain dynamic mode 2. Issue 3208 - open - confirmed with Infura and Alchemy RPC
• waku:2024q4-status-go-functional-testing:migrate-to-status-backend
  • Meeting with status team to discuss priorities and blockers
  • Fixed comments and merged contact-requests PR
  • Add python linters and formatters PR
  • Started working at private groups messages
• nomos:2024q4-da-testing:outline-distributed-test-framework
  • chore: Small scale cluster tests PR 936 - closed
  • New repo nomos-e2e-tests created with basic sctructure
  • Built Nomos docker image localy (x86)
• waku:2024q4-interop-testing:faster-runners
  • Work on shards (managed to reduce time to <25 mins) PR 88
  • Fix issues occured with shards
  • Fix rln tests failing issues
• waku:2024q4-interop-testing:ci-integration
  • Use tag “SMOKE_TESTS” Instead of checkout on master based on review comments
  • Create branch PR 90
• admin-misc
  • Q4 Retro
  • 2025 Q1 commitments
  • OOO 1 Day

vac:acz: §

vac:sc: §

vac:nim: §

• ift:nim_ide_tooling_2024q4
  • Review community PRs
  • Uses setup-nimble-action in CI #268 https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/268
• ift:nimble_2024q4
  • Adds latest https://github.com/nim-lang/setup-nimble-action/pull/2
  • nimble install nimble works again in posix. Adds SAT test https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1299
  • Makes nimble compile with nim 1.6 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1300
  • Bumps 0.16.4 by @jmgomez in https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1304
  • When in local tagged cache is local as well https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1305
  • Fixes pkgcache in https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1306
  • Automatically attach binaries to a release in https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1308
  • Allows to continue if tag fetching fails Fixes #1309 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1311
  • Fixes nimble hanging when there is a cycle in the requirements#fixes #1307 by
  • Fixes Nim CI
  • Release nimble

vac:rfc: §

• ift:rfc:waku:updates-of-mature-waku-rfcs-2024q4
  • Continued work on update for 13/WAKU2-STORE and 14/WAKU2-MESSAGE. Will be ready for feedback next week.
• ift:rfc:vac:rfc-index-maintenance-2024q4
  • Fixed sds.md markdown errors - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/115
• ift:rfc:status:status-specs-to-rfc-index-migration
  • Did second round of feedback for status depracted specs - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/109
• ift:rfc:vac:rfc-culture-establishment-2024q4
  • Contiuned work on AA informational post, should be ready for feedback next week.
  • Continued exploration of FURPS and how we can integrate the best.
• admin/misc
  • NCT planning - added new commitments, if it is fine, will add tasks. Need to see whether to add new units/projects (p2p, Status, etc.) - https://github.com/vacp2p/roadmap/pull/51/commits
  • NCT Retrospective: Took a look down the format and questions, have a plan on how to answer most of these (maybe even all) https://www.notion.so/Vac-Retrospective-Template-2024q1-1538f96fb65c801eb8aad0de1cccbf49
• ift:rfc:nomos:data-availability-raw-rfc-2024q4:da-documentation-research
  • Still in progress, will touchbase with the team.

vac:nes: §