Vac 2024/06/24 §

vac:p2p: §

• nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance
  • Merged new PeerEvent https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/843/
  • Merged Yamux: change a Future into a AsyncEvent because it makes more sense https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1133/
  • feat: add maxSize to TimedCache https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1132
  • chore: add .git-blame-ignore-revs https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1130
  • chore: delete branch folders from gh-pages https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1127
• nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport
  • DTLS https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/pull/10
    • Adds testing
    • Some refactorization (remove useless code/change names/comments/splitting files etc..
• nimlibp2p:vac:gossipsub-perf-improvements
  • Improvements related to Gossipsub 1.2 https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/issues/1131

vac:tke: §

• admin
  • 2 CC days-off
• nomos:cryptarchia-wealth-concentration-known-stake
  • performed statistical analysis of simulation results (Frederico)
  • read paper about StakeSure (Frederico)
  • Discussed statistical analysis of simulation results w/Frederico (Juan)
• codex:cdx
  • finalized the Litepaper (Frederico)
  • prepared a “Codex in one slide” doc (Frederico, Juan)
  • worked on simulations (Juan)
• codex:testnet-incentive
  • kicked off the testnet incentives report (Frederico)
• status:L2-deployment
  • reviewed all docs (Frederico, Juan)
  • Meeting with Swiss legal councel for status (Frederico, Juan)
  • Worked on CowSwap comparison (Juan)

vac:dst: §

• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:10k
  • Various (1-10k) 0.27 deployments with full hardware, measurements
    • “Right on the edge” with Prometheus
    • Will be backing up Prometheus and replacing with VictoriaMetrics
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale
  • Repeat multiple simulations for Gabriel(Waku) until found the issue
  • Simulations for version v0.29
• vac:dst:tooling:vac:visualiser-tool
  • Call and chat with Zoltan. Helped him analyze some waku-simulator results with visualizer.
  • Started cleaning/creating more utilities for Zoltan so he can use it on his own.
  • Deployed VictoriaLogs to replace Loki and finally get logs from each container
  • Prep work for switching to VictoriaMetrics for better telemetry
• vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:vac:libp2p-version-testing
  • Do simulations, gather data and perform analysis for nimlibp2p
    • Analysis with 50KB and 500KB, 1.2 and 1.3 versions, with mplex and yamux

vac:qa: §

• waku:test-automation-status-go-cli(@Florin)
  • private groups tests - merged
  • community actions tests - in progress
• waku:interop-testing-02(@Roman)
  • Test/peer connection management PR 45 - merged <- issues processed
  • bug: could not register RLN Issue 2837 - open - new implementation TBD
• nomos:test-automation-cryptarchia(@Roman)
  • chore: cryptarchia unit tests update PR 657 - in progress
  • chore: cryptarchia ledger unit tests update PR 660 - in progress - one last state not simulated
• vac:test-automation-nim-tooling(@Roman)
  • test: use Nimble to manage Nim PR 71 and PR 222
• waku:test-automation-rln(@Alex)
  • RLN v2 Testing
    • Run tests both in old and new (waku:v0.30.0-rc.0) nwaku image
    • Various fixes and two helper scripts - PR
    • Found Issues:
      • RLN_RELAY_MSG_LIMIT error handling
      • Restarting node containers don’t load keystore
      • Excessive memory usage on nodes with big message sizes

vac:acz: §

• secure-channels:waku:mls-poc
  • Create PR with de-MLS PoC
  • Fixed most of comments after first review
  • Started to work with applying redis pub-sub approach
• secure-channels:waku:mls-design
  • Preparation of the talk for EthCC Brussels.
• consulting:codex:proxy-re-encryption
  • Research on alternative approaches to PRE.
  • Creation of report on research.
• admin/misc
  • 1 CC was ooo 18th, 19th and 20th (public holiday)
• rlnp2p:waku:rlnv2-e2e
  • rlnv2 fork fully merged into nwaku
  • chore(zerokit): bump submodule
  • fix(rln-relay): clear nullifier log only if length is over max epoch gap
  • assist with waku-simulator testing
• stealth-address-kit:vac:maintenance
  • chore(StealthAddressOnCurve): reuse scalar field from Projective
  • fix: gitattributes, github pages deployment
  • chore: add benchmarks
  • chore(release): v0.2.0
  • various documentation added, 1, 2 and 3, visible on docsrs
• zerokit:vac:maintenance
  • chore(rln): further refactoring of interface
  • chore(release): v0.5.1 released to crates.io now that confirmed compatibility with nwaku

vac:sc:: §

• status::ens-usernames-maintenance
  • Finshed the migration to foundry
    • https://github.com/status-im/ens-usernames/pull/130
• finance::access-control-safes-support
  • Met with finance and went through deployment scripts for access control safes
• status:staking-contracts-v1
  • Refactored staking contract functions to be more descriptive
    • https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/93
  • Fixed a bug that lock() increases account.initialMP
    • https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/94

vac:nim: §

• tooling:vac:editor
  • Implements a panel to inspect the lsp status so we can easily debug it https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/68
• tooling:vac:lsp
  • wip project setup. Improves status, better handling on unknown files #209 https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/209
  • Reuses nimsuggests instances in kwnon files (https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/211)
  • Implements entryPoint (https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/212)
  • WIP Project Setup pending PR

vac:rfc: §

• nomos:specs-init
  • Continued work on data availability rfc, still in draft. Currently believe all sections are included but all sections are not to elaborate. - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/41
• codex:specs-init
  • Moved marketplace spec to codex org repo, and made some changes based on feedback - https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-spec/pull/1
  • reading for vaildator role rfc

vac:dr: §

• vac:admin
  • Read Nomos’ notes on Proof of Equivalence
  • Began writing Fiat-Shamir blog
• gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey
  • Worked on blog post for gossipsub improvements for large messages. Still a WiP, need to add summary and references. (ready for review)
• zk:codex:zk-consulting
  • Met with Balazs to discuss IPA and binding.
  • Began reading Blazas’ most recent proposal
• vac:dr:anon:vac:gossipsub-anonymity
  • Continue documenting Anonymized GossipSub Protocol (AGP) specification.
    • Finished PoW section
  • Investigate issues related to wrapping published messages into Sphinx Packet Format

vac:nes: §

• virtual-machine-creation:vac:vm-foundations
  • work on list of ZkVMs
    • Sanity check of the entire list of Zkvms.[Moudy]
    • Updated and integrated additional information on Github and Table lists.[Moudy]
    • Added a new table with score for Zkvm implementation.[Moudy]
    • Prepared a document with a list of primitives and privacy requirements needed to implement on top of existing Zkvms.[Moudy + Marvin] + [DR]
    • Provided data on why zkLLVM, Lurk, Novanet, Ola, SnarkOS are not zkVMs. [Rostyslav]
    • Sanity checks Cairo and Piecrust. [Rostyslav]
    • Added missing data on zkVMs. [Rostyslav]
    • Scored SP1, JOLT, Nexus, RISC0, Valida, O1VM. [Rostyslav]
    • Provided information why SP1, zkMIPS, Miden, and Aleo(SnarkVM) are zkVM and why zkOS, Powdr are not. [Ugur][ACZ]
    • Provide why (or why not zkVM) zkVM for Valida, Nexus, Jolt, Ceno and RISC0. [Marvin][DR]
• state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01
  • Worked on defining and answering several questions about Nesceince. [Moudy]
  • Reviewed part of the prototype. [Moudy]
  • Started to answering some questions related to blogpost for state separation. [Ugur][ACZ]