roadmap/content/vac/updates/2023-10-23.md

---
title: "2023-10-23 Vac weekly"
tags:
  - "vac-updates"
date: 2023-10-23
lastmod: 2023-10-23
draft: false
---

### vac:p2p:
- `admin`
    - restructure
- `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance`
    - Find a fix for https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2140
    - PR: `Test: Remove workflow for Nim Devel from "Daily"` https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/968
      - nim devel test will still be run daily, but in a separate CI workflow
- `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport`
    - Successfully compile the full stack and start debugging.
- `nimlibp2p:vac:gossipsub-ddos-mitigation`
    - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/965
- `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance`
    - Add arm64 support when running HP tests locally
    - https://github.com/libp2p/test-plans/pull/311 and https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/pull/4687. (This is a blocker for: Add Hole Punching to libp2p test-plans - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues)

### vac:tke:
- `vac:tke::codex:economic-analysis`
    - Updating Codex "growth model" and migrating litepaper to notion w/ Codex feedback (@Matty)
    - Providing fundraise (Matt Nemer) w/ high level summary of financials and token design (@Matty)
- `vac:tke::status:SNT-staking`
    - Helping John with final preparation for website launch, setting up Snapshot space (@Martin)
    - Ongoing w/ SC team for staking contract implementation (@Martin)
    - Discussed "growth model" (economic projections) w/ John, Chandler, and finance, aligning w/ Chandlers model (@Matty)
- `vac:tke::nomos:economic-analysis`
    - Finished drafting high level proposals on Private Addressing research, reviewing w/ Marcin (@Frederico)
    - Returning to native delegated staking research, based on recent developments in ETH and Lido (@Fredico)
- `vac:tke::waku:economic-analysis`
    - Joining Waku Reseach Sync calls going forward to stay up to date on progress w/ Sergei (@Martin)
    - Reviewing Sergei's notes so far on waku-org/research, and completing followup requests from Aaryaman and Sergei

### vac:dst:
- `wakurtosis:vac:rlog`
    - Pushed changes with new results (https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/commit/c67ea09ac17a6049529983ef325ae4d9c6c24e2d)
- `analysis-shadow:waku:shadow-waku-relay-analysis`
    - Investigating best approach for large scale (new wakunode2 with traffic vs external RPC calls)
- `eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test`
    - Fix problem in multicloud-cluster:
        - https://github.com/status-im/infra-misc/issues/184
        - https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/discussions/8657
    - Check Prometheus metrics
- `software-testing:waku:test-automation-js-waku`
    - New tests:
        - [Relay](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/pull/1649) - awaiting review
    - Improvements:
        - Test report dashboard. [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/pull/1668) and [deployment](https://waku-org.github.io/allure-jswaku/5700/#) - awaiting review
    - Issues found:
        - Nwaku [regression](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2147) around store cursor
        - JS-waku possible issue around duplicate messages
- `software-testing:waku:test-automation-nwaku`
    - Issues
        - Resubscription SEGFAULT
            - Reinvestigated and found it was a test case error, a `futures` issue.
            - Closed [Ticket](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2114)
        - Publishing multiple messages in a row triggers the same SEGFAULT as when refreshing a subscription.
            - Same as above
        - Max message sizes don't match RFC
            - Reinvesitgated because some sizes weren't correct.
            - Opened [Ticket](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2146)
        - After stopping and restarting a relay node, it can't reconnect with connectRelay.
            - Reinvestigated because a comment by Aaryamann.
            - Opened [Ticket](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2145)
    - Began implementing Store tests.
    - Got a working GDB for NIM with VSCode integration. Not great, but it's something.
    - Cleaned up Filter and Relay tests, and added missing payload size tests.
        - [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2138
- `software-testing:waku:test-automation-go-waku`
  - Wrote five tests - were added to the branch https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/tree/chore(filterV2)-test-updates
  - Reported issue "Subscription with empty contentTopic should fail" https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/810
  - Retested issues #804 and #810 - learned a lot from Prem Prathi

### vac:acz:
- `rlnp2p:waku:rln-doc-and-outreach`
    - continued work on rlog, improvements
    - progcrypto sync with pse, presentation work - https://hackmd.io/wS2MAfSvSK-tnxzcriah9A 
- `admin/misc`
    - supporting DST, working on waku relay segfault, resolved
- `secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat`
    - Include some considerations on the extension to group chat revolving around asynchronous ratcheting trees.
    - Start writing the raw version of the RFC.
    - https://www.notion.so/WiP-Secure-Ethereum-Chat-f69ff155456c4fdeb719aba96fd7a
- `zerokit:vac:maintenance`
    - prepared refactoring PR (https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/219)

### vac:sc::
- `status:community-curation-contracts`
    - Adjusted deploy script to mint mock SNT token on local node (this was needed for testing purposes)
        - PR: https://github.com/status-im/community-dapp/pull/80
    - Fixed deployment script to ensure directory contracts are set in voting contracts
        - https://github.com/status-im/community-dapp/pull/81
    - Fixed deployment that ensures `Multicall2` is available on local nodes as well as references for production networks
        - PR: https://github.com/status-im/community-dapp/pull/82
- `vac:sc::status:snt-staking-contract_02`
    - Implement missing checks for staking lockup period
        - PR: https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/39

### vac:nescience:
- `state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc`
    - Researching techniques for state separation and how to integrate different models.
    - Researched and [posted a document](https://www.notion.so/Nescience-cd358fe429b14fa2ab38ca42835a8451?pvs=4#d75a43599f3f45d6a838527a403d9c39) on Verkle tree.
    - Began research on ring signatures ([DualRing](https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1213.pdf) and [DualDory](https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1177)) (doc pending)
- `proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems`
   - Published a new document about [Proof Creation and Verification](https://www.notion.so/Nescience-cd358fe429b14fa2ab38ca42835a8451?pvs=4#02b7fdf29dac4dc18b3f15b756c7da57)
- `proofsystems:vac:benchmarks`
   - Started a draft for an article (overleaf)
   - applied feedback for the Nova-Scotia PR
   - Wrote the halo2 aggregation circuit (issues with testing, need more CPU power, will use DST server)

### vac:dr:
- `valpriv:vac:tor-push-poc`
    - Scaled up execution of TEN multiple simultanesous torpush-validators with near zero attestation misses
    - Gathering measurements from other fleet nodes (blocked at)
- `valpriv:vac:tor-push-paper`
    - Added more graphs, completed abstract, comparisons in the paper.
    - Still reviewing new paper to incorporate https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/on-the-anonymity-guarantees-of-anonymous-proof-of-stake-protocols
- `gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-simulation`
    - Modified large message handling mechanism (outlined below) for GossipSub.
        - Now we send large message to randomly selected (dlow-1) peers.
        - Remaining peers get idontwant message
    - Missed out nodes use iwant message to pull the missing large message
    - Approximately 20-25% overall message reduction achieved and 1/2 RTT latency increased for approximately 5% nodes
- `gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey`
    - Started following discussions for current gossipsub improvement direcetions
- Writing the pseudocode and addressed comments from Nomos team (https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-specs/blob/Carnot-vote-aggregation/carnot/carnot-vote-aggregation.py).
    - Responded to questions raised in the high level protocol document (https://www.notion.so/High-Level-Algorithm-6535ac0363df4629ad2c40dff4bc62cd) by the nomos team.

### vac:rfc:
- `status:port-status-specs`
    - waku usage rfc - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/627