2025-01-06 Vac weekly

Vac 2025/01/06 §

vac:p2p: §

• ift:gossipsub-perf-improvements
  • Finalized 2nd large message handling article The article is ready for review
  • Worked on merging message staggering with IMReceiving message experiments.
• admin
  • 1 CC ooo for 5 days

vac:tke: §

• admin
  • 13 CC days off
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:tx-fees
  • finalized the report with comparisons
• vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:mixnet
  • merged the old mixnet doc into the new Blend Network one

vac:qa: §

Last week:

• waku:2025q1-direct-message-reliability-testing:functional
  • Worked on Github actions CI job for reliability tests. Almost done, need to ask and status-go admin to setup a GA secret and retest
• waku:2025q1-waku-go-bindings-testing:framework-development
  • Install tools needed for go language & different test framework
  • Go through cuurent APIs added in go-waku library
  • Try to use APIs locally (found some errors will ask waku team for support)
  • Build local examples using different go test frameworks
• waku:2025q1-interop-testing:maintenance
  • Fix review comments on PR 88
  • Run multiple jobs for stability check
• admin-misc
  • 11 CC days off

vac:dst: §

• admin/misc
  • One CC OOO 31 and 1
  • One CC OOO whole week
  • Send finished reports to Waku team
• waku:waku-scaling:partial-pex-experimental-analysis
  • Finished
  • Tracking issue closed
  • Public report
  • Notion page
• waku:waku-scaling:relay-discv5-resources-in-heterogenous-clusters
  • Blocker with Gowaku.
• waku-scaling:high-churn-relay-store-reliability
  • Finished
  • Tracking issue closed
  • Public report
  • Notion page

vac:sc: §

• CCs on holidays

vac:acz: §

• ift:libp2p-mix-poc:gossipsub-over-waku
  • Investigated transport switching in libp2p switch; it seems not feasible post-connection establishment due to connection reuse, even when multiple transports are available.
  • Explored Waku integration:
    • Direct Waku import as library not viable; pursuing addition of mix as a dependancy in Waku.
    • Simplifying Waku relay example by removing Disc v5 [WiP].
• ift:zerokit-v0-6:circom-witness-rs
  • Studied the mathematical foundations of the second feature of the issue and possible alternative approaches to it.
• ift:think-tank:zk-think-tank
  • Finished addressing comments.
  • Publish the Vac 101.
• ift:think-tank:zk-consulting-codex-2
  • Begin document with a list of a selection of polynomial commitment schemes with a brief list of properties; this is part of a search to find a candidate that can replace KZG in dynamic proposal.
• vac:acz:ift:think-tank:zk-consulting-codex-1
  • Adapt the Sigambus repo to handle case 1 of Codex.
• admin/misc
  • Finished probability review of Nomos failure of mixnets. Synced with Alexander from Nomos on questions I had.
  • Began review of randomly generated networks.
  • 2 cc were ooo for whole week
  • 1 cc was ooo for 2 days
  • 2 cc were ooo for 1 day

vac:nim: §

• ift:nim_ide_tooling_2025q1
  • Macro expansion (#127)https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/127
  • Expands macros when hovering a skMacro (#274) https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/274
  • Expands arc when hovering a proc https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/275
• ift:nimble_2025q1
  • Only caches nim release for a day (#1326) https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/5d4d8db8a0e85e9509fbf0632cbd6a38483e2a4d
  • Treats compiler as Nim (#1325) https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/commit/b7d37e7a40eb1af991f293e256ddc23bd8ccf067
  • Dont recompile Nim if already compiled (#1324) https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1324
  • Always show full nim output. (#1327) https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1327

vac:rfc: §

• admin/misc
  • 2 CCs of for 2 / 4 days.
• ift:rfc:waku:updates-of-mature-waku-rfcs-2024q4
  • Worked on 14/WAKU2-MESSAGE update move to stable, ready for feedback - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/120
  • Worked on 12/WAKU2-FILTER update, ready for feedback - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/119
  • Worked on 13/WAKU2-STORE update, ready for feedback - https://github.com/waku-org/specs/pull/48
  • Revisited 15/WAKU2-BRIDGE update, ready for feedback - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/113
• ift:rfc:vac:rfc-culture-establishment-2024q4
  • Posted AA forum post on notion, will revisit to proof-read but ready for feedback. Will include this in detail description for potential strategies #1.- https://www.notion.so/Account-Abstraction-Forum-post-1708f96fb65c80cf8739f8ddfc9118b6
  • Continued research for RFC culture improveme

vac:nes: §

• vac:state-separation-architecture-poc:testnet-node
  • Collected testnet data and discussed them with engineers.
  • Made comprehensive tables for sub-scenarios + complex scenarios.
  • Started flowcharts for results.
• vac:state-separation-architecture-poc:testnet-node
  • Sandbox node complex scenarios testing.
  • Sandbox node subscenarios testing.
  • Adding logs.
  • Discussions of the results.
• state-separation-architecture-poc:sc-prog
  • Began document outlining smart contract issues with UTXOs.