--- title: "2024-09-16 Vac weekly" date: 2024-09-16 lastmod: 2024-09-16 draft: false --- ## Vac 2024/09/16 ### vac:p2p: - `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport` - Reviewable now - last update comment - rework closing - syntactic sugar - Still some issues on windows/macos, related to nim-usrsctp - `nimlibp2p:vac:quic` - [feat(transport): add experimental QUIC Transport (not production ready)](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/725) - [chore: add support for i386](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-quic/pull/52) - [chore: add support for Nim 2](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-quic/pull/51) - Researching about [libp2p tls handshake](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/tls/tls.md) and the best way to implement it in nim-libp2p - `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance` - Interop Caching; Fix; [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1193) - `gossipsub:vac:gossipsub-perf-improvements` - Worked on [large message improvements article](https://www.overleaf.com/project/65c91200e9dbfb3cafb6edaf) on overleaf. Done with the basic writeup (Results/Discussions section left). ### vac:tke: - `admin/misc` - read paper from shared by Frederico (Juan) - `nomos:selfish-behavior` - started studying the selfish proposing problem in PoS (Frederico) - `codex:cdx` - researched details to be solved before launching the Codex token (Frederico) - Read/commented on whitepaper (Juan) - worked on refining sims code (Juan) - `status:L2-deployment` - discussed with Cats Fishing the probability of a fish biting the hook (Frederico) - analyze successfull campaigns and strategies of competing L2s (Martin) - discussion around the reward scheme in Cats Fishing (Martin) - Mostly worked on catsfishing modeling namely: price dynamics, fish population as a function of players, token distribution (Juan) - Planned meeting with Ned (Juan) - `status:SNT-staking` - catching up on SC's work on the staking contract (Martin) - `waku:general-incentives` - further researching micropayments (Martin) - updating TDC (Martin) - reviewing Sergei's work (Martin) - `codex:testnet-incentive` - reviewing docs (Martin) ### vac:dst: - `admin:misc` - Submitted PR for revising milestones for DST and a few other tweaks in logos roadmap - Two CCs OOO - Alberto from 10th to 20th of September - Wings from 13th to 20th of September - Prepare documentation for OOO of each CC - Alberto prepared notes and materials on how to do IDONTWANT testing and other - Wings prepared to deliver reports on Monday - `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale` - IDONTWANT testing/report - [Manifests built and tweaked](https://github.com/vacp2p/10ksim/commits/zorlin/heterogenous-idontwant) for spawning heterogenous Waku deployments - [Test simulation was run to test those manifests](https://www.notion.so/IDONTWANT-Testing-go-waku-nwaku-heterogenous-networks-measuring-the-impact-of-IDONTWANT-1038f96fb65c80c38dd0e834775a6650https://www.notion.so/IDONTWANT-Testing-go-waku-nwaku-heterogenous-networks-measuring-the-impact-of-IDONTWANT-1038f96fb65c80c38dd0e834775a6650) - Nwaku worked, go-waku has a different binary path and needs a slightly different set of commands, so the simulation didn't fully work. - Learning about plotting using Alberto's tools. - `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:codex:testnet` - Discussions with Codex team re: testnet needs - 50 Codex nodes carving up 500TB of storage - Discussion with Jesse about Codex needs - Preparing for Codex storage deployment - SeaweedFS maintenance - Reviewing documentation for Codex - Reading Discord chatter about Codex deployment and how it'll work - Discussion of Helm/Kubernetes charts for Codex ### vac:qa: - `waku:interop-testing-02` - store sync [merged the PR](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/69)(@Florin) - fixed the lightpush errors caused by recent nwaku [changes](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/71)(@Florin) - fixes sharding tests related to recent nwaku [changes](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/72)(@Florin) - Clone the main repo: [Waku Interop Tests](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests)(@Sam) - Set up the project by installing all dependencies as specified in the repository documentation(@Sam) - Run a few existing tests to familiarize yourself with the codebase(@Sam) - Framework understanding and execution of existing test cases locally(@Sam) - understanding waku existing APIs and flows(@Sam) - `waku:test-automation-status-go-cli-2` - added reruns for flaky tests and other adjustments for [status-cli tests](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/10)(@Florin) - `nomos:test-automation-data-availability` - [Test run1 for Nomos/Da - in progress](https://www.notion.so/DA-Test-Plan-Run1-084243a3256c47ae9eee1cfd46fd469b)(@Roman) - chore: Da dispersal [unit tests update](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node/pull/720)(@Roman) - `vac:test-automation-nim-libp2p` - Talk to Florin on Testplans: Untestable cases + Speed(@Alex) - Update Gossipsub - [Peer discovery](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1168)(@Alex) - Gossipsub - Control Messages [Draft PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1191)(@Alex) - Begin Nim Quickstart Guide(@Alex) ### vac:acz: - `secure-channels:waku:mls-poc` - Review [RFC](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/blob/eth-secpm-splitted/vac/raw/eth-demls.md) with KSR's comments in mind. Linter and sembr errors, and on-chain components ammended. - Preparation of forum post about [RFC](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/268). - Code review for Waku. [Notion document](https://www.notion.so/Code-review-KZG-Commitment-1e4eb54ffda747519ae8a330a90981a7). - [Discussions](https://forum.vac.dev/t/plausible-deniability-in-distributed-storage-networks/321/2) in Vac's forum on plausible deniability. - `zerokit:vac:maintenance` - Merged [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/266) with stateless rln-wasm - Merged [CI bug](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/267) regarding building rln-cli - Fixed CI actions version [bug](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/268) - ready for review now - Created [benchmarks](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/269) for different compression type of arkzkey. Add all result into [release issue](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/issues/263#issuecomment-2348730752) - `anon:vac:gossipsub-anonymity` - Update on the Mix protocol [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/97). Firstly, PoW has been moved to the appendix and other minor comments in the PR have been addressed. - Merged [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/97) the first PR of Mixnet RFC - Drafted the [blog post](https://www.notion.so/Introducing-the-Mix-Protocol-Enhancing-Privacy-Across-libp2p-Networks-1018f96fb65c80f48753e838fa1112a2) on custom Mix Protocol for the VAC forum. - Review the [mix repo](https://github.com/vacp2p/mix) and related issue. - Crate a draft milestone for mixnet and discuss with Akshaya - Read [mixnet blog post](https://www.notion.so/Introducing-the-Mix-Protocol-Enhancing-Privacy-Across-libp2p-Networks-1018f96fb65c80f48753e838fa1112a2) from Akshaya. - `admin/misc` - 1 cc take rest on Wednesday(11th September) and Thursday(12th September) because of illness. ### vac:sc:: - `status:staking-contracts-v1` - implemented a more scalable staking contract with a PoC streaming rewards instead of having epochs. (still without multiplier points) https://github.com/gravityblast/staking-rewards-streamer - Investigated issue related to failing rule that `pendingRewards != sumOfEpochRewards` - Turns out this was a bug in the staking contract - https://github.com/logos-co/staking/issues/110 - Fixed with https://github.com/logos-co/staking/pull/112 - Meeting: doing a walk-through of staking protocol - Meeting with team to discuss alternative staking algorithm to calculate rewards and multiplier points - https://github.com/gravityblast/staking-rewards-streamer/commits/main/ - Looks promising, will try to integrate into existing protocol and test - Meet with Status Network ppl to discuss NFT/XP requirements ### vac:nim: - `tooling:vac:lsp` - fixes ci https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/commit/883935707f762ce135c27d40b4ef2baf9e85fd86 - Implements restart nimsuggest extension https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/commit/f526163e315d4d6e3cf6fd99cf7b19049d0a0100 - Adds extension capabilities to status. Fixes a raise condition in checkFile https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/commit/caf576ceb08820c817cdca7abb73694624e1083f - Improves the way ns processes are spawn. Dont need to use threads anymore. https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/commit/737eea06b97abbdfb7361626ef189c06fcb5ed6e - `tooling:vac:editor` - Troubleshoot user issues - Retrieves extension capabilities from status instead of fetching it https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/100 - Adds a restart nimsuggest button per nimsuggest instance https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/99 - Retrieves the lsp extension capabilities from the server when available (server >= 1.5.2) https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/98 - `tooling:vac:compiler` - bumps nimble to 0.16.1 #24102 https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/24102 - `tooling:vac:nimble` - bump version 0.16.1 #1265 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1265 - release 0.16.1 ### vac:rfc: - `codex:specs-init` - updated Codex specs readme - https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-spec/pull/6 - started reviewing codex marketplace rfc for another round of feedback - `admin/misc` - Finished workflow linting, applied feedback from felicio - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/90 ### vac:dr: - `admin/misc` - Finished [Fiat-Shamir blog](https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/pull/147) draft; requested reviews. - `zk:codex:zk-consulting` - Began investigating Plonk wrappers for final step. ### vac:nes: - `state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01` - Prepared a list of answers for engineers regarding Sandbox implementation. [Moudy + Team] - Finished drafting different case scenarios for different types of executions to be used for testing. [Moudy] - Researching existing node implementation projects. [Moudy] - Began working on missing component for membership proof and non-membership proofs for nullifiers and committed UTXO trees. [Marvin][DR] - Refine the VM & zkVM collab docs. [Ugur][ACZ] - Discuss a third way to execute SE\DE with Marvin. [Ugur][ACZ] + [Marvin][DR] - `zkvm:vac:vm-foundations` - Finished reading node specifications + prepared questions [Rostyslav + Oleksandr] - Started writing a follow-up blogpost with Zkvms testing results and conclusion. [Mo