Vac 2025/05/12
vac:p2p:
ift:2025q1-gossipsub-perf-improvements- Worked on nimbus integration in Ethshadow. Modified nimbus fork here
- Had to add a bare minimal support for umash and signalfd system calls in shadow simulator modified fork here. Nimbus BN nodes work fine now, but VC nodes exit (result defect, probably in bearssl, or signalfd)
- Trying to run nimbus BN with lighthouse VC and Geth EL. Currently resolving inconsistent genesis state error
- Looking into performance comparison for current gossipsub proposals
- Worked on nimbus integration in Ethshadow. Modified nimbus fork here
vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-kad-dht:routing-and-rpc- More progress in nim-libp2p#1324.
- Added most of the logic for find node, and basic implementation of routing table
- I have started to write test units for the code
vac:p2p:acz:2025q2-acz-consulting:libp2p-mix-consulting- Debug why number of streams were not decreasing after mix connections were closed
- It was due to a difference in the signature of the functions to close a stream :(
vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance- nim-quic#70 feat: accept and close connections gracefully
vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-webtransport:http3- continue work on http3 client nim-quic #68
- implemeted client barebones
- started working on event loop - transfering data from/to underlying QUIC stack and nghttp3
- coarse tasks to be implemented after:
- reading settings
- sending request
- reading response
vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autotls:acme-registration- Added a test for ACME account registration
- Fixed key generation on AutoTLS script
vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autotls- Updated roadmap with new tasks for AutoTLS
- Created draft PR for AutoTLS in
nim-libp2p
misc/admin- 1 CC 2d off
- 1 CC 1d off
vac:tke:
admin- 5 days off (compensating weekend in Split + public holidays)
- review comms strategy doc and discuss with Santiago
- review and add content to Juan’s Split summary doc
- other follow ups from Split
vac:tke:nomos:macroeconomy::preliminary-blockspace- lengthy discussions about the requirements of this study with Nomos team
vac:tke:nomos:macroeconomy::preliminary-block-rewards- Update blockspace and block rewards spec with constraints and requirements based on discussions
vac:tke:nomos:macroeconomy::revision-economic-model- reviewed the Blend Protocol v1 doc
vac:tke:nomos:macroeconomy:block-rewards- Working on actionable items from IFT all hands
- Taking over TFM work
- Familiarizing myself with documentation of blockspace
vac:tke:nomos:macroeconomy:network-state-infra- review the plan from Split and organize work
vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum::token-valuation- continued the analysis of the token valuation metrics using PLS Regression
vac:tke:status:karma-incentives:karma-params- review the plan from Split and organize work
- Working on data analysis for Linea, which will in turn be used to derive the tiers for Karma
vac:qa:
nomos:2025q2-da-testing:data-confidentiality- test: Da networking encryption PR 1264 - in progress
waku:2025q2-interop-testing:maintenance- Errors related to sub/unsubscribe reported to devs
waku:2025q2-waku-sync-testing:unit- Finished state transition tests in PR 97
- Added stress tests in same PR
- Added edge /corner tests same PR
- Found inaccurate results when sending message with time difference will discuss it with Simon this week
2025q2-nim-libp2p-testing:gossipsub-extended- updated another old PR with tests - test(gossipsub): control message - in review - waiting for the 2nd approval
admin/misc- Parental leave 5 CC days
- Day off 3 CC days
vac:dst:
admin/misc- ooo after offsite
vac:sc:
vac:acz:
ift:2025q2-zerokit:parallel-computation-studyift:2025q2-de-mls-tesnet:commit-and-proposal- Start working on splitting commit message to proposal and commit message
ift:2025q2-libp2p-mix-testnet:dockerize- Resolved LPChannel stream count issue — confirmed no spikes under yamux. Docker is in here.
ift:2025q2-libp2p-mix-testnet:update-rfc- Continued Mix RFC refactor (see mix-rev1 branch); updated sections through 5.4.
ift:2025q2-libp2p-mix-testnet:surb-implementation- Introductory discussion on SURBs and Mix protocol context.
ift:2025q2-de-mls-tesnet:test-deployment- Read de-mls source code
- Read Kameo book - actor system used in de-mls
- Read some Waku rfc
- Read de-mls architecture doc
- Read de-mls source code
ift:2025q2-zerokit:merkle-tree-improvement- Continued working on Merkle tree refactoring to improve parallelism PR:
- Improved Merkle tree parallelism by adding support for other tree types.
- Added more comprehensive tests and benchmarks to cover parallel execution case.
- And finalized the benchmark report in this comment.
- Continued working on Merkle tree refactoring to improve parallelism PR:
ift:2025q2-rln-status-l2:rpc-node-modification- Started studying Java and read related material for this task as we discussed with the team.
- Java grpc poc: https://github.com/sydhds/grpc_java_hello
ift:2025q2-zerokit:iden3-witness-review- Github issue gently ping in order to have a answer
ift:2025q2-rln-status-l2:prover-service- Share scenarios for the status L2 team to review in Discord thread - answer some comments
- Explore grpc custom codec pb-jelly
ift:2025q2-zerokit:semaphore-parts-bench- draft pr for poseidon work
- draft pr for imt work
- Got first benchmark comparison done between our poseidon and light-poseidon. Initial analysis: ours is about 10% faster.
- Made my firsh chip at getting a merkle tree benchmark comparison.
ift:2025q2-de-mls-tesnet:consensus-rfc- Refine consensus RFC by adding liveness section as we discussed in offsite. Then the RFC PR is ready to review.
ift:2025q2-rln-status-l2:maintain- Discuss the prover scenario doc with Status team and clarify some points, such as denylist and prover.
ift:2025q2-de-mls-tesnet:multi-admin-rfc- Started the task with writing the de-MLS flow doc
- Create a doc about an alternative name of “admin” in de-MLS.
ift:2025q2-de-mls-tesnet:blogpost-de-mls-over-waku- The de-MLS flow doc is used for de-MLS blogpost too.
nes:2025q2-nescience-consulting:unifying-q1-docs- Regarding the task, create a unified document that covers R1 research task in Q1.
admin/misc- Prepared new tasks for de-mls roadmap regarding discussion on all-hands PR
- 1 cc is ooo for two days (bank holiday)
- 1 cc is ooo for three days (sick leave)
- 1 cc is ooo for one day (bank holiday)
- 1 cc is ooo for whole week
vac:nim:
ift:2025q1-nim-ide-tooling- Initial implementation for nimsuggest import support #24937 https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/24937
- fixes ci (https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/341)
- langserver release https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/releases/tag/v1.12.0
- vscode extension release https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/releases/
- Updates changelog https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/165
- Update Readme. Bump version. Fix small issue https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/166
ift:2025q1-nimble- lock implies setup fixes #1388 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1389
- dump action now can dump —collect and —solve https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1392
- Researching nim selection issue
vac:rfc:
vac:sec:
ift:2025q2-signatory-registry-implementation:signatory-inventory-revalidation- started populating the new defined schema
ift:2025q2-sec-infra-maintenance:knowbe4-renewal- Started the renewal process
ift:2025q2-awareness-program:launch-cybersecurity-training-campaign- Lauched the training for those who got caught during the last phishing campaign (18)