--- title: "2023-11-13 Vac weekly" tags: - "vac-updates" date: 2023-11-13 lastmod: 2023-11-13 draft: false --- ### vac:p2p: - `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance` - Dive into the Yamux/Relayv2 problem - https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/979 - `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance` - 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 - Yamux doesn't work in a Relayv2 connection https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/ - Single-board computer (SBC) support https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/978 - ARM64/aarch64 support https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/980 - Test Plans repo fork updated and resources to run tests requested https://github.com/status-im/libp2p-test-plans - Implementing Nimble lock file functionality https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/975 https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/tree/fix/ci-workflow-stability - fix: move workflows for Nim Devel and legacy i386 from "Daily" -> workflows renamed to "Nim Devel" and "Legacy Platforms" https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/968 - Daily workflow could fail randomly with [OSError] https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/issues/972 - `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport` - Fix read/write on the DTLS - Retrieve the remote certificate - Start creating a way to log packets behind the DTLS encryption into pcap file in order to make it readable with wireshark - WebRTC is done. WebRTC for libp2p isn't: - chrome://webrtc-internals/ show no errors, neither wireshark. - But libp2p spec requires a weird handshake that I haven't finished yet ### vac:tke: - `vac:tke::codex:economic-analysis` - Meeting with Codex on token allocation (@Matty) - Review Codex modeling and litepaper with Codex (all) - One-pager draft requested by Matt Nemer for fundraising purposes (@Matty) - `vac:tke::status:SNT-staking` - Managing snaphot for Status go-live this week (@Martin) - Reviewing and updating Cyprien's governance proposal draft (all) - Status growth modeling followup discussion (@Matty) - `vac:tke::nomos:economic-analysis` - Continuing research of PoS economics and token distributions (@Frederico) - `vac:tke::waku:economic-analysis` - Monitoring Sergei's research (@Martin) - Waku growth monitoring (@Martin) ### vac:dst: - `wakurtosis:waku:gossipsub-topology-analysis` - Generated shadow simulation topology slices - `analysis-shadow:vac:shadow-gossipsub-analysis` - Run 35K nodes simulation in shadow with low traffic - Implemented constant traffic in the node - `analysis:nomos:simulation-analysis` - sync with Moh and Nomos - Nomos sim team now has eveything to reproduce and fix the bug: exact configs and access to full runs - Suggested improvements to the data output that will reduce both the memory and disk overload of nomos simulation by orders of magnitude. Moh and Gusto agree that this will work. - Wrapped up the nomos analysis for now: waiting for the sims team to finish fixing the bugs - `analysis-shadow:vac:shadow-gossipsub-analysis` - Wrote an analysis script that can read graphs generated by Shadow runs - `analysis-gsub-model:status:control-messages` - started write up on old and new Waku-models - `eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test`: - Add publishing waku messages with Kubernetes - Tried to fix Prometheus labeling - Keep investigating 0 rate anomaly with Kubernetes - Meet with Florin to talk about tool repositories - Ran 4.5k waku nodes with no traffic - `vac:dst:software-testing:waku:test-automation-interop-testing` - Merged 1st [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/1) - Draft 2nd [PR](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/2): - add more tests (17 ATOW) - framework improvements and adjustments as the number of tests increase - gowaku issues found: - failures with relay [get-messages](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/878) API - response message contains extra [redundant fields](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/888) compared with what is published - REST API HTTP 500 [Internal Server Error](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/880) when publishing messages - Docker DEBUG logs [floaded](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/881) in certain conditions - nwaku issue found : container [crashes](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2198) when a message is published with malformed timestamp - rest-api-specs issue found: [missing fields](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rest-api/pull/2) in the REST API schema - `software-testing:waku:test-automation-nwaku` - Updated last PR, missing reviewer responses. - Investigating `assert false`: Ivan took charge of that task; found it doesn't happen anymore (will write notes on the issue to resume investigation later) - Picking up pace with store tests. - Investigate a `PEER_DIAL_FAILURE` error in `store`; Happens when `archive` isn't mounted (unexpected); Not yet reported. - `software-testing:waku:test-automation-go-waku` - Wrote 2 tests related to filter unsubscribe all https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/875 - Wrote string generator functions for tests with variable data https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/pull/879 ### vac:acz: - `admin/misc` - @ devconnect, **participated in zk-hack, submitted https://devfolio.co/projects/reinforced-concrete-implementations-e82e, won a bounty from polygon** - updated rln to use RC, significantly lower constraints, we can potentially bring down proof generation ti - `rlnp2p:waku:rln-doc-and-outreach` - **vac blog post: https://vac.dev/rlog/rln-anonymous-dos-prevention/** - `secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat` - Improving the raw RFC by writing it in terms of Noise, including: X3DH. XEdDSA. Double Ratchet. ADKG. https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/tree/ethsecpm_improvements - `rlnp2p:waku:multi-epoch-constraints` - Keep working on the multi-constrained epoch project. - `zerokit:vac:maintenance` - merged PR 220 ### vac:sc:: - `vac:maintainance/misc` - Recorded new screen casts - Started working on presentation for Research Call - mostly working in the Discover bug - contacted dapp deployer - started a postmortem that I'm updating - just exported a full list of dapps and contact - `status:governance-contract-mvp` - reseach and development; proposal types - implemented delegation ### vac:nescience: - `state-separation:vac:state-separation-doc` - Still researching techniques for harmonizing UTXO and based-account model for state separation (delays due to Istanbul trip) - Research for privacy enhancing (from state separation document): ring signatures (Dory, IPA) assuming Nova. - For Flexibility Operation: researching Verkle trees implementation in other blockchains. - Drafting document for privacy enhancing. - `proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems` - Researching techniques for proof creation and verification for Nova. (Goal 3) - Preparing for Zk hack - Preparing for ProgCrypto - `proofsystems:vac:benchmarks` - Wrote a GWC implementation of poseidon circuit for halo2 - Successfully ran GWC implementation of poseidon halo2 circuit - Researched GPU halo2 enhancement for our own possible use (https://github.com/kroma-network/tachyon/tree/main/vendors/halo2) ### vac:dr: - `valpriv:vac:tor-push-poc` - Got separate measurements for aggregate vs attestation, Pushed all duties' broadcasts on tor. - Managed to get libp2p logs from other nimbus fleet machine. Large files, need to process them - `valpriv:vac:tor-push-paper` - Ready to share the paper. Finishing adding new results - Updating presentations, simplifying the slides. - `gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey` - revisited documents, and worked on presentation for logos research call on GossipSub Improvements. - Based on the feedback from the logos research call, revisited nim-libp2p documentation, codebase etc. - `gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-improvements-paper` - Started revisiting the GossipSub improvement paper to reflect current work and finalize writeup (Still work in progress. will need 1-2 more days to reflect in overleaf document). - Requested the DST team for initial simulation. I intend to use the outcomes to finalize test patterns. - **published Vac blog post: https://vac.dev/rlog/GossipSub%20Improvements/** - `zk:codex:storage-proofs-open-problems-review` - Review [Groth16](https://github.com/codex-storage/zk-research-artifacts/blob/master/notes/groth16/groth16-notes.pdf) notes for Codex ### vac:rfc: - `status:port-status-specs` - Removed mailserver from 71/STATUS-PUSH-NOTIFICATION RFC https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/629 - Added references to 71/STATUS-PUSH-NOTIFICATION RFC https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/629 - Did first read of 10/WAKU-USAGE looking for improvements - `waku:waku-keystore` - Created outline - Created draft pull request - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc/pull/631