--- title: "2024-06-10 Vac weekly" tags: - "vac-updates" date: 2024-06-10 lastmod: 2024-06-10 draft: false --- ## Vac 2024/06/10 ### vac:p2p: - `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport` - mbedtls: Try differents way to fix the installation on windows due to CI errors - Update the version of MbedTLS (a bit too overkill) - Change pip / python version - Use pip requirement file - Change the packages constraints. - mbedtls: Work on MacOS CI failing. - `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance` - released v1.3.0 - gossipsub 1.2 https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1106 - fix(services): setup services before peerinfo is updated https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1120 - fix(multicodec): remove unnecessary "!=" operator https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1112 - Formatting https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1118 - fix(gossipsub): pubsubpeer is created with wrong gossipsub version https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1116 - Investigate flaky tests: Couldn't replicate - CI cleanup and streamlining - [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1117) - Missing: Converting `Daily` to `minver-maxver`, and consider changing `coverage` from full workflow to step after tests. ### vac:tke: - `admin` - 5 (Martin) + 4 (Frederico) days off - updated the TKE milestones (Frederico) - `codex:cdx` - reviewed the latest modifications in the Whitepaper (Frederico) - Worked on improving code for simulations (efficiency, refactoring etc.) -> This efficiency is needed for MC simulations (Juan) - Researched Filecoin government models for Agatha after discussion (Juan) - `status:SNT-staking` - Started reading Cyp's blogpost on SNT (Juan) ### vac:dst: - `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:10k` - Continue attempts at "10k with metrics", further optimisations - Bring back missing nodes - `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale` - 9x simulations with waku v0.27. - Investigate v0.26/v0.28 mesh stability issues https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2780 - Fixed error in our LivenessProbe deployment yaml, met with Ivan from Waku about this - Grafana Loki briefly installed and configured and setup; removed due to issues it caused - `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:vac:libp2p-version-testing` - Rebased the nimbus build system code to a new branch: https://github.com/vacp2p/dst-gossipsub-test-node/tree/dockerized-nimbus-bs - Found error with nimble and 1.2.0 version of Nimlip2p (https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1247474261996867684) - Simulations with 1.2, 1.2.1 and 1.3.0. - Yamux and mplex - https://www.notion.so/Nim-libp2p-report-May-2024-7b1c6a06e667440894b554d77f7c7886 - `vac:dst:tooling:vac:deployer-tool` - PR for ignoring bootstrap-midstrap nodes during plotting https://github.com/vacp2p/10ksim/pull/32 - `vac:dst:tooling:vac:visualiser-tool` - Started working on dynamic configuration for visualiz ### vac:qa: - `waku:test-automation-status-go-cli` - initial PR reviewed and merged with one to one messages [functionality](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/1)(@Florin) - reviewed and tested subsequent [improvement PR from Pablo](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/2)(@Florin) - discussed results and future work on the [ticket](https://github.com/status-im/status-go/issues/5144)(@Florin) - `waku:interop-testing-02` - started looking at discv5 tests(@Florin) - Test/peer connection management [PR 45 - in progress](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/45)(@Roman) - `nomos:test-automation-cryptarchia` - chore: cryptarchia unit tests update [PR 657 - on hold till 17th June](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node/pull/657) (@Roman) - `waku:test-automation-rln` - Create issues (@Alex) - [Member doesn't exist after registration](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2764) - [Improve RLN experience](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2762) - [RLN Flags issues](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2763) - RLN v2(@Alex) - Introductory meeting - Checkout docs and have a look at the tooling - `vac:test-automation-nim-libp2p` - Investigate flaky tests: Couldn't replicate(@Alex) - CI cleanup and streamlining(@Alex) - [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1117) - Missing: Converting `Daily` to `minver-maxver`, and consider changing `coverage` from full workflow to step after tests. ### vac:acz: - `secure-channels:waku:mls-design` - Finished the EthCC presentation. - Study on onchain parts of mls-design - `consulting:codex:proxy-re-encryption` - Worked in the PRE report. - Performed research in alternatives to PRE. ABE might be a plausible alternative. - `secure-channels:waku:mls-poc` - re-design general idea of decentirlized architecture: Delivery Service is represented by Waku Node and doesn't require additional service - went through example of using Waku rust bindings in other project - started to figure out what data we need to store/get on-chain ### vac:sc:: - `vac:maintainance/misc` - setup certora on the codex repo - https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-contracts-eth/pull/113 - [ENS usernames to latest solidity](https://github.com/status-im/ens-usernames/commit/4782d00c95506d639e084b0f03862dd59eb9c15c) - [ENS usernames migrate basic tests to forge](https://github.com/status-im/ens-usernames/commit/2436e3fcbfa7d700f7ae585a57182ee57f8ca59e) - soft audited codex contracts ### vac:nim: - `tooling:vac:compiler` - C++ Issue (https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/23657) fix: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/23666 - C++ Issue research https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/23656 - NimSuggest should handle not known files [WIP] - `tooling:vac:lsp` - Issue research https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/issues/203 - Fixes an issue where wrong project was auto guessed and Test to cover it. (https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/206) - Add Tests to CI: https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/205 https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/205 ### vac:rfc: - `nomos:specs-init` - Worked on data availibility rfc, still in draft - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/41 - `admin/misc` - added changes based on feedback for rln-v1 - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/40 ### vac:dr: - `gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey` - Began work on research blog post for gossipsub improvements for large messages. Specifically, looked into the outcomes/rationales of previous performance experiments conducted for large messages, revisited posts/discussions on large messages handling for compiling work - `zk:codex:zk-consulting` - Continued document on [proposed proof algorithm draft](https://hackmd.io/@bkomuves/SyPHG0PfR). - Continued reading [Circle STARK](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/278), [ECFFT1](https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611977554.ch30) and [ECFFT2](https://www.math.toronto.edu/swastik/ECFFT2.pdf) with the emphasis to produce notes on CFFT and ECFFT. - `vac:dr:anon:vac:gossipsub-anonymity` - Examine [libp2p-nym](https://github.com/ChainSafe/rust-libp2p-nym) - Read GossipSub specs. - Began work on an initial proposed model. Performed calculations for the probability of deanonymization with a high fraction of malicious nodes (35-40%) for random mixed nodes. Results similar to top 5 AS-level adversaries. ### vac:nes: - `virtual-machine-creation:vac:vm-foundations` - work on [list of ZkVMs](https://github.com/vacp2p/zk-explorations/issues/40) - Finished entering data on Nexus, Jolt, o1VM. - Started going through codebases ov zkVMs. - Covered and fulfilled the table for Stellar and Cairo in [zkVM table](https://notes.status.im/ugF2lAAKTuG_t5PcdWwuwg?view).[ACZ] - Sanity checked RISC0 and Valida from Marvin, Nexus and Jolt from Rostyslav, Cairo and Stellar from Moudy.[ACZ] - `proofsystems:vac:research-existing-proof-systems` - Continue working on a writeup about Greco zk proofs. - `state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01` - Study on the racing conditions for state-separation prototype. [ACZ]