--- title: "2024-04-29 Vac weekly" tags: - "vac-updates" date: 2024-04-29 lastmod: 2024-04-29 draft: false --- ## Vac 2024/04/29 ### vac:p2p: - `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport` - Yet another rework on Stun protocol: https://github.com/status-im/nim-webrtc/pull/9 - Better error management - Implement a Lite (and server sided) version of the ICE protocol. - rewrite tests & stunMessageHandler - Implement BindingRequest - `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance` - debug ping interop test - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1086 - opened issue about potential js-libp2p bug - https://github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/issues/2505 - libp2p dev process ### vac:tke: ### vac:dst: - `admin/misc` - Deployed 250TB(x2) volume for Codex, created VacLab + Kubernetes access for Codex staff - `eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test` - First version of message tracking + data dumping done - Ran various simulations - fixed issues blocking sims, fixed issue with new bootstrap sim - Found weird Yamux behaviour still exists - No bootstrap bias found - Kubernetes cleanup, instability fixes, performance fixes - Deployed iBGP between all Kubernetes hosts and migrated LoadBalancers into MetalLB BGP ### vac:qa: - `waku:interop-testing` - Refactoring PR that adds common steps and [removes flakyness](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/33)(@Florin) - Reviewed and commented on Roman's PR(@Florin) - Reopened: contentTopic naming not consistent in the store response [bug](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2582)(@Florin) - `waku:maintenance-js-waku` - use [nwaku:v0.27.0 and adjust tests](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/pull/1975) for it(@Florin) - unskip fixed [test](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/pull/1978)(@Florin) - `nomos:test-automation-cryptarchia` - Meeting with Nomos devs(@Florin) - Read more of Nomos specs and start working at a test plan(@Florin) - `waku:test-automation-sharding` - Sharding tests [update](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/1060)(@Roman) - Reviewed [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2603)(@Alex) - [Store Issue](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2616)(@Alex) - `waku:test-automation-nwaku` - Peer & Connection Management Reviewed [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2566)(@Alex) - `waku:test-automation-rln` - RLN relay tests [in progress](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/30)(@Roman) - bug: RLN in on-chain dynamic mode not working [closed](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2606)(@Roman) - Begin implementing tests. [Draft PR](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2639)(@Alex) - `admin/misc` - Interviewing and reviewing code challenges for QA candidates(@Florin and @Roman) ### vac:acz: - `rlnp2p:waku:rln-relay-enhancements` - [improved ci](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2613) for rln-relay enabled images - discussed with nwaku team and increased recovery time for rln-relay failure to [1 minute](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2614) - [improved error handling/exception raising](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2622) - [LazyIMT approach partially downstreamed](https://github.com/vacp2p/rln-contract/pull/38) to waku-rln-contract and deployed on [cardona zkevm-testnet](0x520434D97e5eeD39a1F44C1f41A8024cB6138772) - enhanced rln-db-inspector capabilities by [detecting empty leaves](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2617) - [resultify rln-relay](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2617) 1/n reviews addressed and merged - `rlnp2p:waku:rln-doc-and-outreach` - presented rln: zero to hero to nwaku+chatsdk team @ status all hands, explained all versions of rln and their trade-offs - updates to [blog post/RFC on Light RLN verifiers](https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/pull/136) - `secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat` - Updated the DCGKA's Notion with aspects [concerning privacy](https://www.notion.so/DCGKA-Specification-5a0b67a3ce674ae3a5220b560015cd2c) - Updated flow diagrams for [MLS](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/issues/1) - Start working on flow diagrams for the DCGKA. - Research on the best approach to UPKE. - `admin/misc` - Daniel + Aaryamann @ [status all hands: agenda](https://notes.status.im/iAWCD2AjTTyhp92YozVnkQ?view) - [presented stealth address scheme](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WrbWUH7mREz_N0N4xG6x9hijKJBHAo7c?usp=sharing) over Waku to waku + status team - reduced availability for a few CCs ### vac:sc:: ### vac:rfc: - `misc` - Created an open issue to use rfc-website repo, but some problems are still being worked on. - https://github.com/status-im/infra-misc/issues/271 - Read Nomos docs on Notion, suggesting a raw rfc for Block format for base layer. Opened disussion if good for first rfc. - Read codex docs in codex-research repo. Started Codex Marketplace raw rfc, not complete, should be able to complete a draft next week and try to get feedback from Codex - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/codex-marketplace/codex/marketplace.md ### vac:dr: - `gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-simulation` - Completed staggered message sending mechanism, for large messages (making some fixes: getting LPStreamClosedError in some runs) - Worked on resetting the build environment for shadow. chronos/chronicles upgrade was causing some compilation errors - `zk:codex:storage-proofs-open-problems-review` - Began reading [WARPfold](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/354), [Beyond Circuit](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/265.pdf) - `vac:dr:anon:vac:waku-anonymity-analysis` - Continued working on [Waku Anonymity Analysis](https://www.notion.so/Anonymity-Layer-cbcbcd6067b347bb812041bce9c110ce) - WiP. - Read about libp2p and GossipSub and started documenting - WiP - Looked into options that could lower the latency for Tor Push - Other anonymity networks and mixnet options such as I2P, Loopix, etc. - Some P2P options as well (but they are not as widely used as Tor) - looking into [Dandellion++](https://github.com/rairyx/raven) and its [Comparison to Tor Push](https://ethresear.ch/t/a-tor-based-validator-anonymity-approach-incl-comparison-to-dandelion/14134). ### vac:nes: - `admin/misc` - Ugur ooo from 15 to 23 April - `state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc` - Conducted some research on what is needed to have all the essential components of the state separation (transaction types, cryptography behind it, trees, filters, etc) (Moudy) - Worked on monitoring document (Marvin) - Started to work on trees in state-separation (Ugur) - Crated a doc about privacy in executions [note](https://www.notion.so/Nescience-cd358fe429b14fa2ab38ca42835a8451?pvs=4#9cac7b28ba4d4205977eac8d4b247fd7) (Ugur) - `proofsystems:vac:benchmarks` - Decided to rewrite the benchmarks paper as a detailed blogpost (need to conduct and update some pieces of research) (Moudy) - Investigate Halo2 high iterations bug (Rostyslav) - Prepared paragraph on [Halo2 bug](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PxQeKqkzJDldiitRWn6YooCNCWGNnnOEf9SQngFMTSE/edit?usp=sharing) (Rostyslav) - `virtual-machine-creation:vac:vm-foundations` - Had a high level look at existing ZkVms (Moudy) - `proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems` - Started reading about Greco zk proofs (Rostyslav) - Check out Jolt implementation (Rostyslav)