vac: weekly update

content/vac/updates/2024-07-01.md

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 draft: false
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+## Vac 2024/07/01
+
 ### vac:p2p:
 - `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance`
   - removing asyncspawn on yamux
@@ -22,6 +24,20 @@ draft: false
     - feat: iDontWant is sent only for gossipsub 1.2 or higher https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1135
 
 ### vac:tke:
+- `nomos:cryptarchia-wealth-concentration-known-stake`
+  - continued the statistical analysis of simulation results (Frederico) 
+  - prepared and ran more simulations (Frederico)
+- `codex:testnet-incentive`
+  - continued developing the testnet incentives report (Frederico)
+- `codex:cdx`
+  - light work on simulations, will retake this week (Juan)
+- `waku:general-incentives`
+  - reviewed the latest incentivization proposal (Frederico)
+- `status:L2-deployment`
+  - reviewed the catsfishing project (Frederico)
+  - reviewed the past work on GMX and veSNT (Frederico)
+  - worked CowSwap comparison, caught a few bugs. Mostly focused on this (Juan)
+  - reviewed and provided coments on the past work on GMX and veSNT (Juan)
 
 ### vac:dst:
 - `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:vac:libp2p-version-testing`
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     - 1 CC day OOO
 
 ### vac:sc::
+- `codex::contracts-formal-verification`
+    finished base certora setup and first specs but blocked on a few errors
+- `status:staking-contracts-v1`
+    - Reseach on MP estimation
+    - Meeting with Tokeneconimcs
+    - Paired with Ricardo to clarify misunderstanding of the semantics of `initialMultiplierPoints` and `currentMultiplierPoints`
+        - Ended up making changes to these so that they match the semantics
+            - https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/95#event-13284131380
+    - Rebased pending work on cooldown period implementations
+        - https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/92
+- `finance::access-control-safes-support`
+    - Finished reviewing the deployment scripts of the access control safes
+    - Deployed the access control safes together with finances team
+        - Repository
+            - https://github.com/logos-co/access-control-safes
+        - Recording (private, can be requested)
 
 ### vac:nim:
 - `tooling:vac:lsp`

content/vac/updates/2024-07-08.md

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+---
+title: "2024-07-08 Vac weekly"
+tags:
+  - "vac-updates"
+date: 2024-07-08
+lastmod: 2024-07-08
+draft: false
+---
+
+## Vac 2024/07/08
+
+### vac:p2p:
+- `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport`
+  - add proper tracker management: https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/pull/17
+  - fix the DTLS windows compilation bug
+- `misc/admin`
+  - reviewing stuff
+  - fix old unittest2 issue: https://github.com/status-im/nim-unittest2/pull/44
+- `nimlibp2p:vac:quic`
+  - fix: make the tests pass https://github.com/status-im/nim-quic/pull/41
+  - chore: add initial logging https://github.com/status-im/nim-quic/pull/42
+  - chore: upgrade ngtcp2 to 1.6.0 https://github.com/status-im/nim-ngtcp2/pull/6
+
+### vac:tke:
+- `admin`
+  - 2 + 5 + 1 CC days off
+- `nomos:cryptarchia-wealth-concentration-known-stake`
+  - ran simulations and analyze results related to the wealth concentration (Frederico)
+- `status:L2-deployment`
+  - analysed the SNT token utility (Frederico)
+  - started rewriting the GMX/veSNT model with the newest constraints (Frederico)
+  - continued research on cow swap, finally cor enough data and context to tell a story (Juan)
+  - Met with Agata to discuss legal aspect of swap aggregator; need to discuss paraswap with broader team (Juan)
+  - light catch up on catsfishing (Juan)
+
+### vac:dst:
+- `admin/misc`
+  - 2 + 4 CC days off
+  - catch up last week conversations
+- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale`
+  - Started discv5 analysis and simulations
+- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:vac:libp2p-version-testing`
+  - Run and test nimlibp2p v1.4.0
+- `vac:dst:tooling:vac:visualizer-tool`
+    - New "DST Visualiser"/NodeJS Visualiser tool for realtime visualisation
+        - used for Waku marketing
+
+### vac:qa:
+- `waku:interop-testing-02`
+	- retested bug fixes and removed xfailed tests for [fixed bugs](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/49)(@Florin)
+	- fix connection error [message](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/50)(@Florin)
+    - add peer store capacity to go-waku start [flags](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/52)(@Florin)
+    - chore: refactor setup relay node for sharding(@Roman)
+    [PR 48 - merged](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/48)
+    - Test/peer exchange(@Roman)
+    [PR 51 - in progress](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/51)
+- `waku:test-automation-status-go-cli`
+	- discussions on the community actions [PR](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/5) regarding how to make the tests create less data(@Florin)
+- `vac:test-automation-nim-libp2p`
+	- start creating test plan for YAMUX(@Florin)
+- `waku:test-automation-rln`
+    - Run simulations(@Alex)
+    - Debugged a missmatch between expected sent messages vs actual received messages(@Alex)
+        - Root cause: Injection script (Simulation tool). Explains a lot of issues I had.
+        - [Issue](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-simulator/issues/82): Reported by Tanya a couple days prior without me knowing
+- `admin/misc`
+    - OOO 1 + 1 CC Day
+
+### vac:acz:
+- `rlnp2p:waku:rlnv2-e2e`
+    - [test(rln-relay): aggressive polling for networks with short block times](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2871)
+    - [fix(rln_keystore_generator): improve error handling for unrecoverable failure](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2881)
+    - assistance with deploying rlnv2 fork on `waku.test` fleet
+- `stealth-address-kit:vac:maintenance`
+    - [chore: deduplicate ffi types generated per elliptic curve by using a prelude for the ffi module](https://github.com/vacp2p/stealth-address-kit/commit/fc7e9cf51090069a4c3eee295583945e09bfb400)
+    - [chore: add Makefile targets to generate bindings for foreign languages (C, Nim)](https://github.com/vacp2p/stealth-address-kit/blob/fc7e9cf51090069a4c3eee295583945e09bfb400/Makefile), some other trivial Makefile changes
+- `secure-channels:waku:mls-poc`
+    - Integrated smart contract into project [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/pull/14)
+    - Started to work with CLI interface for demo: [open PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/pull/17)
+    - [feat: initial implementation of smart contract for de-mls](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/pull/10)
+    - [chore: add anvil to de-mls for prototyping](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/pull/12)
+    - [chore: deploy contracts with broadcast modifier](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/pull/13)
+    - [chore: add Makefile target to run full example e2e](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/pull/15)
+    - general debugging
+    - review of the repo before demo @ ethcc
+- `admin/misc`
+    - [updated acz milestones](https://github.com/logos-co/roadmap/pull/80)
+    - admin work for CCs traveling to brussels (ethcc).
+    - First review cycle retro with Ekaterina
+
+### vac:sc::
+- `codex::contracts-formal-verification`
+    - talked with the Certora team and we found a bug in their prover and they are fixing it
+    - they also helped with some changes in the setup and we are waiting for a PR from them
+    - PRs updating our foundry template
+        - https://github.com/vacp2p/foundry-template/pull/29
+        - https://github.com/vacp2p/foundry-template/pull/30
+- `status:staking-contracts-v1`
+    - Research & dev on MP estimation
+
+### vac:nim:
+- `tooling:vac:nimble`
+  - Improves nim installation by using csources (same as atlas) 
+	 (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1233)
+  - Issues: 
+    - Remove nimble from nim compilation Fixes #1175 (above)
+    - nimble -v may bootstrap Nim compiler from sources #1232
+     (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/issues/1232) 
+    - help should not download package list on a clean setup #1227
+		 (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/issues/1227)
+    - Fix https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1234
+  - Adds a test that verifies that the required Nim is the one used by nimble when compiling and running the package 
+	 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1235
+
+### vac:rfc:
+- `codex:specs-init`
+    - reading for codex vaildator rfc, started first draft 
+- `admin/misc`
+    - changes to 1/COSS - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/4
+
+### vac:dr:
+
+### vac:nes:
+- `state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01`
+    - Work on the [document of Execution Types](https://notes.status.im/s/5NsmY46LB) as part of our Q2 Milestones:
+        - Handeled Marvin's questions and feedback about [state separation](https://notes.status.im/s/NTGXdz9NM) [Moudy]
+    - Work on the [document of Cryptographic Infrastructure and Nullification Strategy](https://notes.status.im/s/p9UuEzVpr) as part of our Q2 Milestones:
+        - Reviewed and added some specific topics [Moudy]
+    - Worked on the missing components and started prioritizing some of them [Moudy]
+    - Prepare [document](https://hackmd.io/6xI-oIyIR1KpT0XAwufvgw?view) comparing Nescience to other privacy zkVMs [Marvin] [DR]
+    - Reviewed and provided [feedback](https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1257792986482348212) on Execution Types [document](https://notes.status.im/s/5NsmY46LB) [Marvin] [DR]
+    - Extracting the missing components for State-separation and add them into a [notion page](https://www.notion.so/Missing-Components-for-State-Separation-bcbcb0fe80de499c93ba30e03fd9671d) [Ugur] [ACZ]
+	- Discussed with Moudy and choose the two bullets from the missing components list namely, key management & addresses and Nullifiers  [Ugur] [ACZ]
+- `zkvm:vac:vm-foundations`
+    - Work on the [lits of ZkVMs](https://notes.status.im/ugF2lAAKTuG_t5PcdWwuwg):
+        - Went through materials on ring signatures provided by Marvin and through CCS repos [Rostyslav]
+        - Started going through MPC materials prepared by Marvin [Rostyslav]
+        - Staring going through materials on ring signatures provided by Marvin [Rostyslav]
+        - Provided Rostyslav some [additional information](https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1243517921683177575/1258812512338575402) on MPCs [Marvin][DR]
+        - Reviewed SP1, Nexus, Risc0 and zkMIPS for scoring [Oleksandr]
+    - Reviewed the list of comparison between existing ZkVMs and Nescience and added some specific details [Moudy]
+    - Discussed with Rostyslav and Oleksandr about how to proceed for implementing primitives and what to focus on for scoring [Moudy]
+