Vac 2024/05/13 §

vac:p2p: §

• nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance
  • fix(CI): rename branch from unstable to master in bumper workflow https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1097
  • fix(yamux): set EoF when remote peer half closes the stream in yamux https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1086
  • reviewing PRs

vac:tke: §

• codex:cdx
  • reviewed and extended Codex’ Value Capture Mechanisms (Frederico)
  • reviewed and discussed the new Slot Reservation proposal with Codex team (Frederico)
  • Reviewed, commented, and discussed the tokenomics part of the whitepaper (Juan)
  • Read on slot reservation proposals (Juan)
  • Provided feedback on codex’s market validation respose document (Juan)
  • Catching up on the discussion around marketplace mechanisms (Martin)
• status:L2-Deployment
  • Further work on L2 economic model, focusing on fundametal questions and constraints (Martin)
  • Started working towards a swap aggregator model (Juan)
• waku:general-incentives
  • Reviewing protocols mentioned by Franck (Martin)
  • Identifying key actionable items (Martin)
• status:SNT-staking
  • Sync with SC team on the swap feature, chats with potential partners (Martin)
  • Identifying implications of L2 economic model on SNT staking and its current design (Mart

vac:dst: §

• admin:misc
  • Meetings re: milestones, ad hoc discussions
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale
  • Blocked due to Kubernetes issues in lab
  • Issues resolved now, deployments resume on Tuesday evening (14th/15th of May)
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:10k
  • First 10k simulation with metrics
    • Deployment - https://asciinema.org/a/ZzyqtVrcJW6cVwTI0CJDsBWC5
    • k9s - https://asciinema.org/a/4gmnHckrQgYgtwx85ItixRlY0
  • Deployed new Ruby cluster for better DNS + control plane stability
    • Manages 10K simulations - reliably! -API becomes unstable at that scale, which is solvable
• vac:dst:tooling:vac:visualiser-tool:
  • PR to be merged regarding code structure and first waku message tracking functionality: PR
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:codex:testnet
  • Debugging issues with distributed storage system used to support Codex nodes
  • Setup access for Codex team
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:nomos:mixnet
  • Continue to follow up with Nomos team

vac:qa: §

• waku:test-automation-sharding
  • bug: message won’t be sent over from node1 to node2 with sharded topic subscription - some new info from debbuging(@Roman)
• waku:test-automation-rln
  • RLN relay tests merged(@Roman)
  • bug: node won’t start with RLN in on-chain dynamic mode Issue 2662 - open - retested with PR 2664 without better outcome(@Roman)
  • Node readiness with /health check(@Roman)
  • Skip health check for go-waku(@Roman)
  • Continue testing for RLN, Call with Aaryamann. Made some advancements(@Alex)
• admin/misc
  • OOO All week(@Florin)
  • OOO From Monday until Wednesday(@Alex)

vac:acz: §

• rlnp2p:waku:rln-relay-enhancements
  • use arkzkey variant of zerokit libs in nwaku
  • window of roots should be accepted as valid health status of rln-relay
  • dedicated timebox to help QA setup rln-relay
• rlnp2p:waku:rln-doc-and-outreach
  • draft of rln-v3 rlog
• zerokit:vac:zerokit-v0.5
  • include arkzkey libs in nightly releases
  • merged PR add ark-zkey support
  • published zerokit v0.4.4 release with arkzkey support release v0.4.4
  • finished test and benches refactoring chore(rln): tests and benchmarks review
  • updated docs for rln-v2 to include new serde format chore(rln): updating docs
  • created new task in release v0.5 and merged it fix(rln): Remove resources folder, update missed docs
• secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat
  • Study on the necessity of SIWE-like protocol related to issue #4
  • Check ERC-725 and ERC-735 and a KeyManager Repository for some insight instead of SIWE-like authentication systems.
• admin/misc
  • roadmap updated

vac:sc:: §

• status:swap-aggregator
  • prepared presentation on metamask swap
  • 1 inch aggregator research
  • user privacy on Paraswap integration
  • Finished preparing CoW protocol preso
  • Met with TKE and StatusChain team to discuss plans
    • Unfortunately things are still blurry and being brainstormed
• vac:maintainance/misc
  • ENS usernames release delay update
  • Fine-tuned job description for Solidity engineer
  • Created onboarding guide for new hires

vac:nim: §

• tooling:nimble
  • Working on passing all tests when SAT on.

vac:rfc: §

• codex:specs-init
  • Updated CODEX-MARKETPLACE rfc, will ask for second round of feedback next week - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/36
  • Started node dispersal rfc, will ask for feedback next week
• nomos:specs-init
  • Started data availibility rfc, should be able to complete first draft next week and ask for feedback - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/nomos-da/nomos/data-availability.md

vac:dr: §

• gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-simulation
  • Looked in to previous staggered message sending approach. Require manualy resetting nim/nimble to match the branch dates. The performance evaluation results are available here
  • As no gains are seen, looking for other possible improvements (delayed elimination of peers from queues on receiving idontwants), adapting stagger delays to peer speeds/scores. still a WIP
• vac:admin
  • Work on blog drafts for Verkle Trees, KZG, and BloomFilters.
• zk:codex:zk-consulting
  • Provided feedback on bkomuves’ notes on Codex tracking proofs.
  • Began report on Groth16 as final compression layer, and current state of pairing-based recursion proof systems.
• vac:dr:anon:vac:gossipsub-anonymity
  • Continued working on Anonymity Layer - WiP.
  • Read Tor Push and Dandelion++ solutions
    • Still can’t figure out the actual advantage of using onion encryption.
    • In the pub-sub model, adding delays and/or relaying through an anonymity/mix overlay network should offer the desired level of protection.
    • However, such an overlay network will be similar to Dandellion++ only.
    • Still trying to figure out how to overcome the shortcomings in Dandellion++.

vac:nes: §

• state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc-01
  • Synced on monitoring (Marvin)
• state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01
  • Worked extensively on the architecuture of state separation and made some improvements (Ugur + Moudy)
  • Finished the 5-page doc for the framework of the prototype with some charts related to the type of executions (Ugur)
  • Enriched the prototype with the details for the first draft (Moudy + Ugur)
• proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems
  • Continued reading about Greco zk proofs (Rostyslav)
  • Finished checking out Ligetron (Rostyslav)
  • Wrote a small summary paragraph on LatticeFold (Rostyslav)
• proofsystems:vac:benchmarks
  • Started the writings and wrapped up some parts to reflect main differences between the major analyzed proof systems (especially regarding proofs agg vs recursion) (Moudy)
• virtual-machine-creation:vac:vm-foundations
  • Prepared requirements to look into existing ZkVms and what are the important keys we need to assess (Moudy)