2025-03-17 Vac weekly

Vac 2025/03/17 §

vac:p2p: §

• ift:2025q1-gossipsub-perf-improvements
  • Worked with EthShadow simulator. Looked into working/configurations.
  • Looked into basics of lighthouse, prysm, and nimbus clients
  • Worked on adding nimbus node in ethshadow (still a WIP)
• ift:2025q1-nimlibp2p-maintenance
  • Release v1.9.0
  • Recreate autobump PRs:
    • nimbus-eth2#7014 chore(ci): nim-libp2p master auto bump
    • nwaku#3327 chore(ci): waku nim-libp2p master auto bump
    • Still missing codex PR
  • nim-mbedtls#7 chore: remove python as a dependency
• ift:2025q1-nimlibp2p-wrapping-ngtcp2:tls_handshake
  • Modified nim-libp2p and dependencies to use the correct ALPN, and fixed the signature on the certificate generation code
    • nim-ngtcp2#13 chore: expose anon structs
    • nim-quic#59 feat: ALPN
    • nim-libp2p#1283 feat: use libp2p alpn, remove hardcoded port number and fix certificate generation
  • Achieved interop nim-libp2p <—> go-libp2p
• vac:p2p:ift:2025q1-nimlibp2p-webtransport:requirements
  • Documented here: Webtransport Requirements
• ift:2025q1-nimlibp2p-wrapping-ngtcp2:certificate_validation
  • started
• ift:2025q1-nimlibp2p-maintenance
  • investigated Dependencies workflow failure #1279
  • chore(ci): remove AppVeyor config #1281
  • chore: specify exceptions in try statement #1284
• ngtcp2
  • chore(docs): improved instructions for generating new version #14
  • chore: remove absolute path prefix from comments #16
• misc/admin
  • Document nim-libp2p release procedure
  • Started work on proposed list of tasks for Q2 Roadmap

vac:tke: §

• admin
  • 3 CC day off (sickness)
  • defined timelines for the TKE roadmap on Nomos
  • defined our commitments for 2025Q2
• vac:tke:codex:cdx-incentive-mechanisms:implementation-lending
  • started implementing a lending market for Codex
• vac:tke:nomos:base-econ-model:three-markets
  • reviewed Blend Network doc again (the rewarding model was modified)
  • incorporated the Blend Network model and RDP stake into the Nomos Economic Model
  • started implementing the Nomos Economic Model
• vac:tke:nomos:base-econ-model:gas-and-blobs
  • Finalized overall simulation model
• vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:mev
  • prepared for our Research Call on MEV
• vac:tke:status:karma-incentives:staking-demo
  • minor staking demo app fixes
• vac:tke:nomos:nms-money
  • continuing research, producing a report outlining the research direction and important considerations
• vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:tke-dashboard
  • Prep of dashboards to be sent to Frederico
• vac:tke:ift:catsfishing:simulations-and-release:tokenomics
  • Meeting with Ned, started working towards token (pre) sale mechanisms

vac:qa: §

• ift:2025q1-projects-qa-strategy:nimbus
  • Created QA Strategy doc for nimbus eth2 consensus client
• waku:2025q1-direct-message-reliability-testing:wakuext-chat-message
  • Refactor test steps
  • Investigated message reliability failure that turned out to be a temp issue with the waku stage fleet
  • Implemented first part of contact requests tests
  • Started work on remaining chat-message endpoints
• nomos:2025q1-da-testing:dos-robustness
  • Test/high load denial of service PR 7 - merged
  • Onboarding task - nomos-e2e-tests - test: Disperse large volume data [TC8.3]
• nomos:2025q1-e2e-testing:maintenance
  • chore: Add dispersal mempool strategy to cfgsync template PR 10 - merged <- contribution by bacv
• waku:2025q1-interop-testing:maintenance
  • fix: Overall job result PR 108 - merged
• waku:2025q1-waku-go-bindings-testing:endurance-test
  • Added endurance tests in PR 47
  • Found issue in Destroy nodes API in the bindnings reported to Gabriel and issue 51 opened
  • Created endurance CI job with multiple iterations and record memory heap & OS memory based on Ivan’s request
• waku:2025q1-waku-go-bindings-testing:github-actions
  • Added 2 jobs for the bindings 1 for endurance tests that takes much time & 1 to run all tests 10 times and record memory readings
• waku:2025q1-waku-go-bindings-testing:connection
  • Onboarding task - waku-go-bindings - Onboarding task: add 2 scenarios around Peer Discovery
• admin/misc
  • OOO 1 CC day

vac:dst: §

• admin/misc
  • Q2 Commitments
• vac:dst:waku:2025q1-waku-tooling:fixed-topology
  • PR for approval
  • Improved:
    • Multigraph connections
      • Custom libp2p topologies instead standard models
    • Customize configuration
    • Tests
    • Documentation & report
• vac:dst:vac:2025q1-libp2p-evaluation:regression-testing
  • Nimlibp2p 1.9.0 report
    • Communicated to libp2p about compiling issues
    • Sugested tasks for node improvement
• vac:dst:status:2025q1-status-go-evaluation:subscription-performance
  • Subscription performance/Store performance document
  • Private chats - Idle - relay document
    • Status: Complete
    • Full report for 5, 15, 60 minute and 11 hour resource usage: https://cdn.riff.cc/ipfs/QmWXb2cjiMyYbFNHsitEQKDbkDUQr1XikY3ym8GpzM7ca5/dashboard.html
  • Private chats - Send one-to-one message document
    • Status: Complete
    • Full report for 15, 60 minute and 3 hours resource usage: https://cdn.riff.cc/ipfs/QmTAjPAvmaa4A8s9pMaJHKKTm4TrojHUd12yXEg3eUNWBc/dashboard.html

vac:sc: §

• status:2025q1-staking-protocol-refinement:refactoring
  • add rule to test the sum of all distributors allocation https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/172
  • fixed Karma NFT metadata https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/179
  • tested staking and Karma NFT generation
  • started new rule to check Karma totalSupply is >= totalDistributorAllocation https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/182
  • Remove unnecessary call to Ownable_Init https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/169
  • Ensure MP less equal Max MP rule is verified on CI
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/171
  • Add function to compound MPs for account
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/178
  • Add deployment script for metadata generator
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/180
• status:2025q1-staking-protocol-docs:finish-v1-docs
  • Finalize docs
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/174
• status:2025q1-staking-protocol-refinement:bug-fixing
  • Prevent attackers from stealing users MPs https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/177
• status:2025q1-staking-protocol-refinement:locking-funds-multiple-times
  • Allow for staking multiple times with lock increase
    • https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/181
• status:2025q1-staking-protocol-refinement:status-network-testnet-deployment
  • Redeployed metadata generator for Karma NFT
  • Distributed more Karma rewards for test users
• admin/misc
  • Meeting with ghost.fun on collaborating with them and reviewing their contracts
    • They’d like to deploy within a month
  • Meeting with Status to discuss Native bridge yield requirements
  • Meeting with Codex/Certora to review vault implementation

vac:acz: §

• ift:2025q1-zerokit-v0-7:release
  • Updated ark-circom to the last version due to requirements for publishing the library on crates io, also reviewed witness calculator and re-wrote data convertion PR
  • Merged PR with new README and prepared cargo to release in this PR
  • Published release v0.7.0
• ift:2025q1-zerokit-v0-7:zerokit-maintaining
  • Helped to debug the problem with data generation for different tree sizes
  • Reviewed PR
  • Resolved issues related to the new witness calculator.
  • Resolved the Circom compiler version problem and updated related documentation in this PR.
  • Merged changes into the master branch (Commit).
• ift:2025q1-libp2p-mix-poc:simple-gossipsub-poc
  • Added message number to each hop in Mix Protocol for tracing message loss
    • Messages lost after intermediate node (trace stops there).
    • Likely due to max stream limit in the connection, still debugging.
  • Added code to repeatedly run poc_gossipsub and track message loss frequency. Branch poc/gossipsub
    • Loss is random, but some messages are lost in most iterations.
  • Refactored GossipSub to decouple mix; peerSelection logic pending. Branch feat/gossipsub-custom-conn
• nomos:2025q1-nomos-consulting:zk-consulting-nomos-7
  • Addressed all responses to comments for Broadcasting on trees.
• ift:2025q1-think-tank
  • Began organizing think-tank notes into project template form.
• ift:2025q1-zerokit-v0-7:zerokit-wasm-research
  • Studied WebAssembly for Rust and analyzed how each function is implemented with WASM in Zerokit v0.6.1.
  • Porting the rln-wasm feature from v0.6.1 to v0.7.0.
• ift:2025q1-rln-status-l2:exploring
  • Create a todo document (WIP).
• ift:2025q1-de-mls-multi-admin:consensus-research
  • Study virtual voting and trying to create simplified version of it as the last part of the consensus RFC
• admin/misc
  • Q2 planning regarding the roadmap
  • 3 cc was ooo for 1 day

vac:nim: §

• ift:2025q1-nimble
  • Fixed a tricky issue where SAT was failing under certain conditions only in CI
  • Skips nim in sat https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1366
  • Install submodules and adds ignoreSubmodules flag https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1364
  • Adds a new test from an issue https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1363
  • Implements the dev feature https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1362
  • Implements namedBin for the declarative parser https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1362

vac:rfc: §

• vac:rfc:waku:2025q1-rfc-iteration
  • Started WAKU update for 20/TOY-ETH-PM
  • Did another review for draft waku mix rfc - https://github.com/waku-org/specs/pull/53
• admin/misc
  • Started brainstroming for RFC workshop
  • Worked on v1 for Q2 Commitments - ready for review: https://github.com/vacp2p/roadmap/pull/113
  • Wrote a blog post for the research call as well as updates to the schedule: https://forum.vac.dev/t/ift-research-call-march-12th-2025-waku-sync/451 + https://zealous-polka-dc7.notion.site/March-12th-2025-Waku-Sync-1768f96fb65c80878d48e9ef2d46dcb3 (still missing the YT recording)
• vac:rfc:waku:2025q1-rfc-iteration:33/waku2-discv5
  • Opening a draft PR next week, a bit late due to some context switching.
• vac:rfc:nomos:2025q1-raw-rfcs-support-data-availability:DA-current-raw-rfc-splitting
  • Finishing touches and opening a draft PR - ready for review next week.
• vac:rfc:ift:rfc-index-maintenance:maintenance
  • Helped Jinho with a review on one of the PRs (https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/pull/167#pullrequestreview-2683857301) and reviewed another one, but also require Jimmy’s opinion (https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/pull/166)

vac:sec: §

• ift:2025q1-wallet-security:improvement-plan
  • discussing and defining priorities to incorporate them into the q2 commitments and subsequent periods
• ift:2025q1-app-security:task-threat-modelling-dev
  • Worked on Threat modelling cheatsheets for internal teams to use
  • Plan a requirements determination for Codex threat modelling
• ift:2025q1-security-access-revalidation:task-update-user-lists
  • Removed all unauthorised users in critical applications (leavers, role changes, etc)
• ift:2025q1-security-update-application-catalogue:task-update-list
  • Updated Application Catalogue with the most recent data in Expensify
• ift:2025q1-security-onboarding-refinement:task-document-ob-material
  • Worked on updating the security material to be used for onboarding

vac:nes: §

• state-separation-architecture-poc:sync
  • Worked on different techniques to improve the sync mechanism in NSSA. Yet, all results have a drawbacks that need to be solved in Q2. These techniques include a high level approach, refined multi-epoch, single-epoch and hybrid rolling sync.
  • Prepared a draft on why Differential Privacy approach won’t be fit for NSSA.
  • Provide an outline for a pathway for refined multi-epoch proposal.
  • Created DP proposal and discuss with the team.
• state-separation-architecture-poc:sc-impl
  • Prepared question on state and discussed them.
  • Prepared PR for sc_core usage and cryto functionality.
  • Smart contract core library: adapted arithmetic, hash functions for zkVM.