vac weekly update

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content/roadmap/vac/updates/2023-09-11.md

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+title: "2023-09-11 Vac weekly"
+tags:
+  - "vac-updates"
+date: 2023-09-11
+lastmod: 2023-09-11
+draft: false
+---
+
+### vac:p2p:
+
+### vac:tke:
+
+### vac:dst:
+- `wakurtosis:vac:rlog`
+    - Address PR feedback (https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/pull/123)
+- `wakurtosis:waku:techreport_03`
+    - batch of simulation data with 0 msg/s rate.
+- `wakurtosis:vac:retrospective-rlog`
+    - Started draft/planning of document
+- `eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test`
+    - Working on adding an intermediate layer between services (Codex) and framework.
+- `wakurtosis:waku:techreport_02`
+- `software-testing:waku:test-plans`
+    - Minor tweaks/updates on the filter test plan
+- `software-testing:waku:test-automation-js-waku`
+    - Created draft PR with ~60 new tests + refactoring for Filter protocol (https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/pull/1552)
+    - Worked with Vaclav to run js-waku tests automatically in the nwaku CI.
+      - Tests will run against the nwaku node built for the PR that triggers the CI + jswaku from master (nwaku PR: https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2006) (js-waku PR: https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/pull/1541) 
+- `software-testing:waku:test-automation-nwaku`
+    - Get acquainted with codebase, tests, rfcs, and nim.
+    - start implementing first set of tests (`Filter/SUBSCRIBER_PING`).
+
+### vac:acz:
+* `rlnp2p:waku:rln-relay-enhancments`
+  - if only one key exists in the keystore, use it - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1984
+  - fix log levels for some logs - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1986
+  - updated documentation for rln-relay - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1993
+  - clean nullifier table every `MaxEpochGap` - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1994
+  - created `rln_db_inspector` tool, allows inspection into merkle tree structure - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/1999, https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2012
+  - fixed missing memberships between history sync and new memberships sync with @alrevuelta - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2015
+  - remove `rln` from waku's experimental features - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2001
+  - fix metric calculation for registered members - https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2018
+  - uups proxy for waku-rln-registry - https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rln-contract/pull/9
+* `zerokit:vac:zerokit-v0.4`
+  - fetched artifacts from trusted setup completion, generated verfication keys and circuit's wasm files
+  - for some reason, the proof verification always results in `false`, needs further investigation. working branch - https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/211
+  - Created and merged a PR to fix test failings https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/212
+  - Reaserched test failures with new artifacts
+
+### vac:sc:
+- `status:snt-staking-contract-maintenance`
+  - Prepared a pull request that migrates the code base to our foundry template: [Pull Request #6](https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/6)
+- `status:community-contracts-deployer`
+  - Refactored `CommunityTokenDeployer` contract to make use of token factory contracts: [Pull Request #2](https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/pull/2)
+  - Updated documentation and visuals according to code changes: [Pull Request #4](https://github.com/status-im/communities-contracts/pull/4)
+- `vac:maintainance/misc`
+  - Added support for codecoverage analysis in our foundry template: PR: https://github.com/vacp2p/foundry-template/pull/6
+  - Added basic deployment config to our template: PR: https://github.com/vacp2p/foundry-template/pull/5
+  - Added slither support: PR: https://github.com/vacp2p/foundry-template/pull/4
+  - added a new resource to the Smart Contract notion section about gas optimizations
+
+### vac:dr:
+- `valpriv:vac:tor-push-poc`
+  - Completed the tor based gossipsub instance broadcas; the first working POC. Overcame, triaged several issues https://github.com/vacp2p/nimbus-eth2-experimental/issues/1
+    - [first running tor-push nimbus validator](https://goerli.beaconcha.in/validator/86f53cc0e56ae0c6fbe3113a290a52a76cf056339d91f9e166ddbf15a35373d3c455cc387c8ab70db7b3d024113e394d)
+- `valpriv:vac:tor-push-paper`
+  - changes to introduction, solution section, removed not in scope papers
+- `gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-simulation` 
+  - Worked on adding staggered sending suppoort in Gossipsub (still working on it)
+  - Formalized and improved simulation scripts for GossipSub behavior against large messages.
+- `consensus:nomos:carnot-paper`
+  - Work on writing up Carnot's specification in RFC format (https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-specs/blob/RFC/carnot/spec.md)
+- `consensus:nomos:carnot-vote-2-3rds-vote-aggregation` 
+  - Work on presentation slides for Sep. 6 research call. (slides can be found at: https://www.notion.so/Roadmap-Deep-Research-DR-561a864c890549c3861bf52ab979d7ab?pvs=4#d1d3033792b443f39e47955721f9db52)
+  - Begin to write down the high level protocol.(https://www.notion.so/High-Level-Algorithm-6535ac0363df4629ad2c40dff4bc62cd)
+
+### vc::rfc:
+* `status:port-status-specs`
+  - Kicked off discussion with "stakeholders" about `6/PAYLOAD` spec and how it should be ported/maintained
+  - started porting parts of `6/PAYLOAD`
+  - Ported 16/keycard-usage to 63/status-keycard-usage - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/615
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