Vac weekly update

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+title: "2023-11-27 Vac weekly"
+tags:
+  - "vac-updates"
+date: 2023-11-27
+lastmod: 2023-11-27
+draft: false
+---
+
+### vac:p2p:
+- `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport`
+    - Dig into the secure/noise part of libp2p
+    - Write a prologue with the client and server certificates in the noise protocol
+- `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance`
+    - Yamux window size configurable
+    - Fix yamux / relay interaction; Add Hole Punching to libp2p test-plans https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/966 and https://github.com/libp2p/test-plans/pull/322
+    - fix(yamux): yamux uses wrong direction during dcutr https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/992
+    - fix(multiaddress): add quic-v1 multiaddress support https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/988
+    - fix(dcutr): handle tcp/p2p addresses https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/989
+    - fix(identify): do not add p2p and relayed addrs to observed addr manager https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/990
+- `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance`
+    - new issue: Cannot run tests on Apple M1 MacOS https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/993
+    - Research VM hosting providers - Akash Network added https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VL6QpDdBgYC1Ld0Nr-cpNv9bRht3nQkBQUF1pNerBDs/edit?usp=sharing
+    - CI workflow is failing frequently Testing Nimble lock file - resolving Nimble install issues on Windows
+        - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/975
+        - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/tree/fix/ci-workflow-stability
+        - https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1172153963559260231
+        - fix: move workflows for Nim Devel and legacy i386 from "Daily" -> comments about to be resolved
+        - should the version be pinned?: https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/968
+
+### vac:tke:
+- `vac:tke::nomos:economic-analysis`
+    - Frederico has been joining in remotely to relevant talks at Nomos offsite
+    - Continuing research of PoS economics and token distributions, posted some initial simulation results, evolving further (@Frederico)
+- `vac:tke::waku:economic-analysis`
+    - Martin returning from DevConnect and Waku offsite, will formulate followups for next steps
+    - Share EigenTrust python implementation w/ Sergei, and adapt for client-server type systems (@Matty)
+
+### vac:dst:
+- `analysis-shadow:vac:shadow-gossipsub-analysis`
+    - cont' simulations (500kb msgs, 4 chunks, 250 nodes)
+- `eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test`:
+    - Write experiments in notion
+    - Investigate CPU bottleneck in 3rd machine
+    - Changed waku deployment to work in batches
+    - Syncronized gossipsub nodes injection for better comparisons with waku
+    - Run 1k simulation for comparison and gather data
+- `vac:dst:software-testing:waku:test-automation-interop-testing`
+    - Implemented and merged [3rd](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/4) and [4th](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/5) PRs :
+    - make framework support dynamic number of nodes
+        - add multi-node tests (that work on any number of nodes)
+        - subscribe / unsubscribe tests
+        - reached [43 tests](https://waku-org.github.io/waku-interop-tests/63/)
+    - Issues reported:
+      - re-subscribe to previously unsubscribed topic [fails](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/922)
+      - logs are [floaded](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/923) 
+    - started writing document on Waku implementations [diffs](https://www.notion.so/Nwaku-vs-Gowaku-vs-Jswaku-diffs-b3e0e8f1e6cd4c6d9855b0c3c4634bc5)
+- `software-testing:waku:test-automation-nwaku`
+    - Remove duplicated code
+        - [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2234)
+    - Finish implementing store tests
+        - [PR 1](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2235)
+        - [PR 2](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2240)
+    - Sqlite Bug: Not saving `WakuMessage.ephemeral`
+        - [Issue](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2241)
+- `software-testing:waku:test-automation-go-waku`
+    - wrote 5 tests related to filter push and relay - invalid data https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/916
+
+### vac:acz:
+- `secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat`
+    - Getting familiar with treekem as a possible solution for the group chat scenario.
+    - Write a document on TreeKEM vs ADKG
+- `admin/misc`
+    - Started a comparison between Waku specifications https://www.notion.so/Comparison-Waku-35-Waku-37-5ee9aac6cc72466a95d624865a561da6
+- `zerokit:vac:maintenance`
+    - worked on a PR to update multiplier (https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/224)
+
+### vac:sc::
+- `vac:maintainance/misc`
+    - Worked on getting the Cetora CI integration into mergable state and landed it https://github.com/vacp2p/minime/pull/43
+    - Added Certora CI integration to our foundry template https://github.com/vacp2p/foundry-template/pull/10
+    - Working through the Certora tutorials to learn CVL
+- `status:communites-contracts-maintenance`
+    - Added Certora CI integration and reactivate old formal verification rules https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/pull/24
+    - finished testing CommunityVault https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/pull/22
+- `status:status-network-token-v2`
+    - Refactored token controller and added `destroyTokens` API https://github.com/status-im/status-network-token-v2/pull/1
+- `status:governance-contract-mvp`
+    - implement Proposal.sol contract
+
+### vac:nescience:
+- `state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc`
+    - Working on a review of all L2 and Zk Rollups that are trying to do "state separation"
+    - Researching how to build a UTXO to Account based adapter and viceversa
+    - Compiled documents on research topics: Verkle trees, enhanced privacy
+    - studied about dual architecture L2 from its docs; created a report about it; includes some questions
+- `proofsystems:vac:benchmarks`
+    - Fixed comments on a PR for a GWC implementation of poseidon circuit for halo2 https://github.com/vacp2p/zk-explorations/pull/17
+    - Research PoC ProtoGalaxy implementation (https://github.com/arnaucube/protogalaxy-poc)
+    - Reviewed [Halo2-GWC PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/zk-explorations/pull/18).
+    - Reviewed [Halo2-SHPLONK PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/zk-explorations/pull/17).
+- `proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems`
+    - Started researching BaseFold (https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1705.pdf)
+
+### vac:dr:
+- `valpriv:vac:tor-push-poc`
+    - Results for different machines were not found for given signatures for latency. Probably the logs are processed in different timewindow; investigating
+- `valpriv:vac:tor-push-paper`
+    - Finalizing and updating changes, better figures
+- `gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-improvements-paper`
+    - worked on different performance evaluation metrics, and finalized their implementation in simulation scripts. The details are reflected in 'Results and Discussion' section
+    - Finalized simulation scenarios, and corresponding theoratical estimates. The details are reflected in 'Results and Discussion' section
+
+### vac:rfc:
+- `status:port-status-specs`
+    - Updated photo names and location in 71/STATUS-PUSH-NOTIFICATION RFC https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/629
+    - apply feedback
+    - whisper mailserver - https://github.com/jimstir/rfc/blob/mailserver1/content/docs/rfcs/mailserver.md https://github.com/jimstir/rfc/blob/mailserver1/content/docs/rfcs/whipser-mailserver.md
+- `waku:waku-keystore`
+    - Fixed Draft, ready for review - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/631
+- `admin/misc`
+    - looked for improvements for COSS - https://github.com/jimstir/rfc/tree/1/COSS-Improvements/content/docs/rfcs/1
+