Vac 2025/07/14 §

highlights §

• QA: Keycard first tests executed
• QA: Progress on status mobile app testing using appium
• QA: Waku sync testing almost done
• QA: Improvements in execution and speed for status desktop automated tests
• DST: Analyzing potential reproducible issue with waku Store protocol

vac:p2p: §

• ift:2025q1-gossipsub-perf-improvements
  • Looked into Ethereum consensus, and P2P interface specs
  • Looked in detail into DAS (and possible approaches and discussions on dissemination and sampling)
    • catching up different discussions and proposals on dissemination and sampling
• vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance
  • Started to modify nim-quic to use BoringSSL/AWS-LC (they’re the same API wise, still not sure which one to use)
  • Currently it uses cmake and this is a big problem as it still introduces an additional dependency and nimbus is actively trying to avoid to use cmake
  • I’m trying to get it to compile without cmake, just with {.compile.} pragmas
• vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance
  • continued working on performance improvements issue: nim-libp2p#1484
    • current performance improvement is approximately 55.5%
    • chore: utilizing newSeqUninitialized nim-libp2p#1510
    • chore: add template newSeqUninit nim-libp2p#1518
    • perf(noise): encryptWithAd improvement nim-libp2p#1520
    • refactor(yamux): memory usage improvements nim-libp2p#1504
      • one test fails
  • chore: removing unused type StreamSeq nim-libp2p#1507
• vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-autotls:cert-installation
  • Wrapping up cert installation
  • Dealing with async issues on switch
• `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-kad-dht
  • Primed my brain reading the original research paper
  • perused the spec
  • Documented initial code perusal with a PR
• misc/admin
  • 1 CC 2d OoO (sick leave)

vac:tke: §

• admin
  • 6 CC days off
• vac:tke:ift:logos-token:redemption-window
  • finalized modeling and simulating the LOGOS/BU arbitrage problem
  • simulating certain scenarios to answer core questions
• vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::review-block-rewards
  • addressed questions from Nomos team about spec
• vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::blend-validator-split
  • couldn’t find a rationale to split the rewards to validators and blend
• vac:tke:status:karma-incentives
  • looking in to uUSD, Steakhouse vaults and Morpho
  • reviewing Cyp’s docs and progressing with Karma modeling

vac:qa: §

• waku:2025q3-interop-testing:jswaku-filter-hardening
  • Added 3 more reliability tests for network conditions
  • Got some feedback on the 1st PR
• waku:2025q3-interop-testing:maintenance
  • Adjusted Waku interop tests to latest nwaku changes and fixes
• status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:reliability-communities
  • Tried to create tests for this task but it’s not ready yet
  • Switched to group chat actions functional tests
• status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:framework-improvements
  • Fixed the reliability failures
• keycard:2025q3-keycard-testing:shell-tests
  • Wrote test plan for integration tests
  • Updated Shell’s firmware to v0.9.20
  • Logged test results; shared updates here
• waku:2025q3-interop-testing:wakucannary
  • Attempted communication using the tool (on hold due to focus on store sync)
• waku:2025q2-waku-sync-testing:Integration-test
  • Added and investigated new tests; some are failing
  • Reformed tests to match protocol criteria
  • First PR 125 ready for review
  • Added second PR 129 with corner case tests
• vac:2025q3-nim-libp2p-testing:gossipsub-completion
  • test(gossipsub): behavior unit tests 1 – merged
  • test(gossipsub): behavior unit tests 2 – merged
  • test(gossipsub): gossipsub unit tests 1 – merged
  • test(gossipsub): gossipsub unit tests 2 – merged
• vac:2025q3-nim-libp2p-testing:gossipsub-performance
  • Started investigation
• status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:maintenance
  • Merged multiple PRs: 18328, 18317, 18290
  • Worked on tests in 18259
  • Investigated test mode via 18337
  • Fixed tests for screen issues in 18342
  • Opened issues: 18315, 18316
  • Manual testing on Windows
  • Collaborated with Magnus to set up Squish for mobile
• status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:framework-adjustments
  • Investigated iOS automation via Squish and Appium
    • Squish failed to hook; Appium failed due to simulator crashes
    • Manual test on LambdaTest worked
  • Switched to Appium and started a new Android-only framework
• admin/misc
  • OOO: 5 CC days

vac:dst: §

• admin/misc
  • 1 CC OOO from Wednesday 9th to Friday 11th
• vac:dst:ift:2025q2-dst-research-destination:forum-post
  • Add reports to forum and summarize DST activity, closing the task
• vac:dst:ift:2025q2-dst-research-destination:public-reports
  • Group public reports and closing the task
• vac:dst:status:2025q3-status-go-evaluation:*
  • Create main document with some results
    • Notion Document
  • Call with some questions with Status
• vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-evaluation:regression-testing
  • Added Memory Usage charts (nim GC and container metrics)
  • Ran longer running tests to check discv5 over time (still need to analyze)
  • Handling lightpush request that was pushing to many nodes
    • Unable to reproduce this. Assume max-connections was higher in previous experiments.
• vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-evaluation:store-dial-failure
  • Able to reproduce the PEER_DIAL_FAILURE consistently
  • Notes (section: get_store_nodes pull from all)
  • Investigated relay node disconnects (Stream Closed / Stream Reset in logs)
    • Notes (Section: store issue > store node)
• vac:dst:waku:2025q3-dst-tooling:general-tooling
  • Minor fix to plotting code
    • Github PR

vac:sc: §

• admin/misc
  • CC’s were out

vac:acz: §

• ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:consensus-layer
  • Continue working on consensus layer implementation on the branch
• ift:2025q2-zerokit:perfomance-updates-blogpost
  • Reviewed blogpost in PR
• ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:update-rfc
  • Finalized Sections 8.3 to 8.5 (mix-rev1-continue).
• ift:2025q3-zerokit:rln-wasm-maintaining
  • Continued work on the remaining tasks related to the Node.js test case.
• ift:2025q3-zerokit:ci-revising
  • Addressed the current default enablement of the parallel feature flag in rln, rln-wasm and utils module, resolved macro expansion problem and improved CI runtime (PR)
  • Removed the non-arkzkey feature, set arkzkey as the default, wrote a script to convert to arkzkey (PR)
  • Reviewed PR
• ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:de-mls-maintaining
  • Merge improve the slow CI workflow PR (Commit)
  • Reviewed PR regrading CI updates
• ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:e2e-prover-testing
  • End to end unit test - merged
  • End to end benchmark - merged
  • Epoch service unit test - merged
  • Prover memory allocation profiling such as Memory tracking allocator and LeakTracer allocator
  • Explore / Read about Rust + Metrics: source 1 Not generic (Prometheus only), source 2, source 3 (too Actix centrix), source 4 (Not maintained) and source 5 -> Use metrics crate
  • Prover + Metrics - WIP
• ift:2025q3-zerokit:zerokit-maintaining
  • Zeroize 2nd attempt - merged
  • Doc PR - merged
• ift:2025q3-zerokit:big-endian-support
  • Waku + BE endian format - updated based on the discussions.
  • Discussed the issue of generating commitmentId out of field, now there is a version that waku side is somewhere wrongly converted BE to LE PR
• ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:multi-steward-rfc
  • Addressed feedbacks on PR
  • Had discussion about who can create votin proposal in poc and RFC.
• ift:2025q2-de-mls-tesnet:blogpost-de-mls-over-waku
  • Finalized blogpost, only wait for the de-MLS RFC is merged.
• ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:rln-spec-maintain
  • Added storage section to the Status RLN Deployment spec
• acz:t1
  • Review Draft of zkVM selection doc
  • Having discussion about q3 tasks basically clarify the commits.
  • Review alternative of pedersen commitment doc
  • Ran nexus and risc0 tests for Pedersen commitments on a more powerful computer, and concluded that EC operations are infeasible in zkVMs (even with precompile).
  • Drafted a mitigation recommendation to replace Pedersen commitments for UTXOs with Merkle tree.
  • Wrote a simple test with precompiling for UTXO-type Merkle tree generation in Risc0.
  • Began review of Zisk and Ziren (rebrand of zkmips).
• admin/misc
  • Provided context and feedback regarding Mix project state and task alignment.
  • Synced briefly with P2P team on branch unification – clarified key differences and proposed isolating protocol logic into Mix Entry/Exit layers.
  • Assist in planning Acz <-> Nescience tasks for Q3.

vac:rfc: §

• vac:rfc:nomos:2025q3-rfc-iteration
  • Completed open pr reviews - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/156 , https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/164
• vac:rfc:nomos:2025q3-rfc-iteration:mantle-digital-signature
  • Continued work on Mantle Digital Signature RFC, should have first draft next week
• vac:rfc:waku:2025q3-rfc-iteration:qaku
  • Started reviewed the qaku codebase
• vac:rfc:codex:2025q3-rfc-iteration:block-exchange
  • First draft of Codex Block Exchange: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/tree/codex/raw/codex-block-exchange-raw

vac:sec: §

• ift:2025q3-multisig-secondary-interface-deployment:initial-evaluation
  • Reviewed Safe CLI
• ift:2025q3-wallet-management-policy-revalidation:review-current-documentation
  • Reviewed Signatory Add runbook
  • Reviewed Master Wallet Index documentation
• ift:2025q2-signatory-registry-implementation:signatory-vault-deployment
  • Added verified signatory data into the secure vault
  • Updated the master wallet index
• ift:2025q3-cicd-security-review:status-design-reviews
  • Worked on open items in Status security design review (issue#692)
  • Continue defining scope, requirements, and pre-audit readiness for Status and Codex external audits
• ift:2025q3-vulma-and-ir:incidents
  • Begin investigation into the recent SNT phishing attempt; coordinate with stakeholders for evidence gathering and response
• ift:2025q3-vulma-and-ir:remediation-tracking
  • Continue work on unresolved Dependabot and CodeQL findings; focus on critical repositories and high/medium issues
• ift:2025q3-vulma-and-ir:incidents
  • Follow up recent SNT phishing attempt; coordinate with stakeholders for evidence gathering and response
  • Finalize and finish pending work circulate Keycard incident post-mortem documentation
  • Complete updates to IR process documentation and share with relevant teams
• ift:2025q3-vulma-and-ir:remediation-tracking
  • Continue work on unresolved Dependabot and CodeQL findings; focus on critical repositories and high/medium issues
• admin/misc
  • Reviewed the secure treasury Q3 commitments
  • 1 CC on vacation

vac:nes: §

• vac:nes:2025q3:state-separation-architecture-poc:zkvm

  • Continued research on zkVMs. Some of the already analyzed projects in the past did not change.
  • Worked on zkvm criteria, alternatives, and deep analysis on each of them.
  • Draw conclusions about R0 zkVM and which one is the best fit for NSSA.
  • Finished the instruction metering analysis for Risc0 task.
  • Started working on the selective privacy proof of concept using risc0 subtask. See draft here and an explanation of the work in progress here.

• vac:nes:2025q3:state-separation-architecture-poc:seq-check

  • Worked on PR for sequencer.
  • Created a PR to solve part of Issue #66.
  • Created a PR to fix CI.
  • Started working on adding signature verification for transactions in the sequencer (See task description here and draft PR here).

vac:nim: §

• ift:2025q3-nimble
  • Fixes an issue where sometimes, when using special versions a duplicated entry appears in nimble.paths https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1420
    • Fixes an issue where sometimes, when using special versions a duplicated entry appears in nimble.paths
    • fix issue
    • Progress
    • fix test (misses setup)
  • Fixes an issue where processRequirements was overriding special versions https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1417
    • Fixes an issue where processRequirements was overriding special versions
    • removes unused
    • Fix test
  • Improves package collection for SAT https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1416
    • Improves the special version tests so it includes run and custom actions.
    • disables all suites except requires to iterate quicker
    • removes fake tesst
    • remove test
    • reenables suites. Changes the way special versions are collected
  • Include special versions in list action https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1415
    • Include special versions in list action
    • Adds paths to the list action. When in --debug show the build cmd
  • Improves release action to generate release notes. Updates changelog (latest commit: 2025-07-07 10:08:09) https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1414
    • Improves release action to generate release notes. Updates changelog
  • Adds “should be able to install a special version” https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1413
    • Adds “should be able to install a special version”
    • Removes unused import
  • Release version 0.20.0
• ift:2025q3-nim-ide-tooling
  • Updates nimble commit https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/25036