Vac 2025/12/22 §
highlights §
- BI: Finance dashboard data transformation completed, with Etherscan fixes and Bitcoin extraction added.
- BI: GitHub extraction updates aligned dashboards with the new repository organization.
- BI: Logos website GitHub participation endpoint delivered and circle data issues fixed.
- BI: LLM RAG context update work started, with vLLM benchmark scripting underway.
- BI: Comms X analytics extraction updated and Status X tags dashboard refreshed.
- DST: Vaclab 2.0 bandwidth operator PR opened with CRD/controller logic and local tests.
- DST: Vaclab 2.0 bandwidth-aware scheduling documentation published with workflow details and limitations.
- DST: Waku v0.37 bandwidth regression experiments completed and analysis reports updated.
- DST: Waku v0.37 store regression analysis produced a connection-limit impact report.
- DST: JsWaku bootstrapping tests confirmed reconnect propagation within one second after disconnects.
- DST: Libp2p evaluation showed go-libp2p succeeds under conditions where nimlibp2p fails.
- Infra: MEV-Boost metrics and validator performance dashboards advanced for Lido monitoring.
- Infra: Hoodi missing proposal investigation progressed alongside layout fleet update planning.
- Infra: Status App Android and iOS signing pipelines updated and validated.
- Infra: Windows E2E registry issue debugging continued for Status App builds.
- Infra: Waku services updated with
waku.sandbox enablement and Logos chat node deployment.
- Nescience: AMM-wallet integration PR merged to advance testnet readiness.
- Nescience: Quick deploy implementation merged while testnet machine work progressed.
- Nescience: Sequencer Docker CI build and CI parallelization improvements merged.
- Nescience: CLI and facades unification work started under the nice-to-have track.
- Nescience: LSSA consulting advanced with freeze-authority review and payment-streams documentation.
- Nim: Nimble improvements advanced for lockfile defaults, special versions, and git error reporting.
- Nim: Confutils PRs progressed across obsolete pragma, env var handling, and decoding fixes.
- Nim: Intops refactor progressed with merged PRs, nimibook publication, and benchmark research.
- Nim: Langserver failure diagnosis completed with upstream issue identification.
- P2P: QUIC stabilization continued with lsquic refactors, API exports, and Windows build fixes.
- P2P: C bindings advanced for streams, kademlia, and core APIs across multiple PRs.
- P2P: IPv6 transport support progressed with Linux success and macOS/Windows CI issues noted.
- P2P: Kademlia lookup, data retrieval, and interop improvements landed in nim-libp2p.
- P2P: Maintenance work reduced Docker image size and optimized gossipsub queue limits.
- QA: Status-go token gated community tests advanced for TC 7128 and TC 7129.
- QA: Mix and Kademlia test plan drafts shared for review.
- QA: Status Desktop QA tracked Windows build failures and Aragon permission creation issues.
- QA: Simplify SignalClient work continued for status-go maintenance.
- RFC: RFC index maintenance addressed feedback and open reviews.
- RFC: opChan RFC drafted and ready for review.
- RFC: Cryptarchia fork-choice rule RFC started and in progress.
- RFC: New drafts opened for proof-of-leadership and total stake inference.
- RFC: Website replacement work started and Q4 retro completed.
- SC: StakeManager helper view functions PR progressed.
- SC: MP_APY removal work advanced.
- SC: StakeVault migration safeguards and Emergency Exit/Leave fixes progressed.
- SC: Pause signaling and distributor
isPaused() changes progressed.
- SC: Karma overslash and claim safety fixes progressed across multiple PRs.
- Security: Endpoint security detection tool evaluation completed with conclusions documented.
- Security: Cold-signing workstation review completed with risks and concerns noted.
- Security: Status Desktop and Wallet reviews completed for cryptography and key handling.
- Security: Vulma/IR incident checks completed across Status, Waku, and VAC repos.
- Security: Remediation tracking advanced for CodeQL findings and security fixes.
- Security: Finance automation testing progressed with new duplicate PO logic.
- TKE: Logos digital twin stock/flow diagrams progressed in Machinations.
- TKE: Realistic transaction demand model completed for stress testing.
- TKE: Karma incentives APY review and SC discussions advanced.
- TKE: Betfundme extension design finalized with implementation details.
- TKE: Q4 retrospective held and next-quarter commitments prepared.
- Web: Status Hub WETH vault enablement progressed alongside TVL debugging on VPN.
- Web: Status Hub post-release fixes shipped, including FAQ and promo bar updates.
- Web: Status web SEO improvements shipped for status.app and status.network.
- Web: Wallet extension token detail performance improved with Suspense and TokenSkeleton.
- Web: Contribution portal UI updates and leaderboard backend work progressed.
- Web: Community dapp shard fixes and Logos site maintenance tasks advanced.
vac:bi: §
vac:bi:ift:2025q4-finance-dashboard
- Complete data transformation.
- Fix Etherscan data extraction.
- Add Bitcoin extraction.
vac:bi:ift:2025q4-github-extractions
- Update extractions to match new repo organization.
vac:bi:logos:2025q4-logos-circle-dashboard
- Update dashboard following new requests.
vac:bi:logos:2025q4-logos-website
- Provide new data endpoint for GitHub participation.
- Fix circle data.
vac:bi:logos:2025q4-logos-funnels
- Prepare tasks for Q1 2026.
- Dashboard for monitoring
Take Action clicks on the Logos website.
vac:bi:ift:2025q4-llm-rag
- Start working on context update.
- vLLM test: preparing benchmark script to evaluate models.
vac:bi:ift:2025q4-comms-x-analytics
- Update extraction to match new reorganization.
- Dashboard for Status X tags.
vac:dst: §
vac:infra: §
lido
- Adding metrics and dashboard for MEV-Boost.
- Dashboard for validator performance.
- Hoodi missing proposal investigation.
- Proposal of layout fleet update.
- Fix GitHub runners.
nimbus
- Fix Geth-01 memory issue.
- Investigation on Nethermind memory leak.
ci
- Debugging Status App E2E test on Windows issue with registry entries.
- Status-go build debugging.
- Signing Status App Android build, updating pipeline and Docker image.
- Status App iOS signing build: pipeline working.
- Investigation on Nimbus build system for mac cross-compilation compatibility (x86_64 and aarch64).
waku
- Deploying Logos chat node.
- Enabling new
waku.sandbox protocol.
- Minting tokens for
waku.test RLN.
misc
- Discord bridge: adding new channel and investigating missing messages.
- Deployment of website dev-rfc.vac.dev.
- Update eth-rpc-proxy to enable Linea and Eth mainnet for sn-api.
- Deploying minutes.logos.co.
- CiviCRM deployment.
vac:nescience: §
state-separation-architecture-poc:testnet-readiness
- Finalized lssa#245 on AMM-wallet integration.
state-separation-architecture-poc:nice-to-have
- Started lssa#251 on CLI and facades unification.
- Opened and merged lssa#248 for sequencer Docker CI build, removal of
no_docker, CI parallelization, and other improvements.
state-separation-architecture-poc:testnet-machine
- Merged lssa#231 with quick deploy implementation.
other
- Fixed a RocksDB dependency issue related to macOS builds in lssa#247.
vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:simple-amm
- Addressed comments for the AMM PR.
vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:non-harden-keys
- Worked on lssa#210 and lssa#206; discovered key protocol gaps and began a lattice-based document.
vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:freeze-authority
- Investigated freeze authority in LSSA and prepared a document.
vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:lssav03
vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:nfts-implementation
vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:payment-stream-questions
nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:freeze-authority
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vac:qa: §
vac:rfc: §
vac:sc: §
vac:sec: §
ift:2025q4-secure-signing-environment:endpoint-security-evaluation
- Finished evaluation of detection tools and wrote conclusion.
ift:2025q4-secure-signing-environment:build-cold-signing-workstation
- Wrote reviews and concerns regarding the secure signing environment built.
ift:2025q4-treasury-continuity-plan:signing-accounts-revalidation
- Continued the annual revalidation of signing accounts (request for signing).
ift:2025q4-treasury-continuity-plan:implement-backup-requirements
- Tested local safe environment multisig (prepare tx for rejection).
ift:2025q4-cicd-security-review:status-design-reviews
- Reviewed Status Desktop and Wallet PRs focusing on cryptography usage, key lifecycle handling, and sensitive data flows (status-go#7214, status-go#7198).
- Validated dApp rendering and navigation changes for origin checks and sandbox assumptions.
- Reviewed NIM message schemas and handlers for strict validation and safe deserialization.
- Audited storage and persistence refactors (Nimbus/Logos/Keycard), including ERC20 token metadata handling.
- Verified build and packaging scripts for hidden dependency additions or unsafe download patterns (status-go#7127).
- Spot-checked GitHub Actions and CI workflows for permission creep and new secret usage (secret scanning).
ift:2025q4-vulma-and-ir:incidents
ift:2025q4-vulma-and-ir:remediation-tracking
- Reviewed open CodeQL findings and validated relevance after recent code changes.
- Reviewed security fix PRs to ensure mitigations addressed root causes.
- Identified recurring issue patterns (serialization, parsing, auth) and flagged areas needing structural fixes.
- Verified lockfile updates and version bumps for correctness and cross-repo consistency.
- Paired with maintainers on security-sensitive PRs to unblock reviews and accelerate safe merges.
ift:2025q4-finance-automation-enhancements
- Daily monitor of finance executions.
- Provided support on demand.
- Finalized testing for new PO logic to identify duplicate POs.
- Identified additional use cases and developed logic for them.
ift:2025q4-revalidation-of-github-and-discord-handles
- Tested logic for revalidation.
- Started testing retrieval of missing identifiers by extracting more system data.
ift:2025q4-create-hierarchy-boards-in-miro
- Finalized testing for new boards vs BBHR data (get department data, match vs existing boards, create new board).
- Created accessible subprocess logic for each new board.
- Completed testing for new boards.
vac:tke: §
admin
- Prepared for and joined the TKE Q4/2025 retrospective meeting.
vac:tke:ift:logos-token:logos-digital-twin
- Continued implementing Logos stock and flow diagrams in Machinations.
vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::realistic-tx-model
- Finalized implementing realistic demand for transactions.
vac:tke:ift:support-to-ift-units::ecodev-support
- Supported EcoDev with Virtuals.
- Synced with EcoDev.
vac:tke:ift:support-to-ift-units:reading-by-jarrad
- Continued reading about virtual worlds and economies.
vac:tke:status:karma-incentives
- Further discussions with SC team.
- Reviewed the APY formula.
vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:betfundme
- Continued work and finalized the design of the extension.
- Figured out how to implement within Grantico.
vac:tke:annoncomms:services-incentive
misc
- Prepared for the retrospective.
- Prepared commitments for next quarter.
- Attended Prague Logos Circle.
- Went through LSSA tutorials.
vac:web: §