---
title: "2023-08-01 Codex weekly"
tags:
  - "codex-updates"
date: 2023-08-01
lastmod: 2023-08-03
draft: false
---

# Codex update Aug 1st

## Client

### Milestone: Merkelizing block data

- Initial design writeup https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-research/blob/master/design/metadata-overhead.md
  - Work break down and review for Ben and Tomasz (epic coming up)
  - This is required to integrate the proving system

### Milestone: Block discovery and retrieval

- Some initial work break down and milestones here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hnYWLvFDgqIYN8Vf9Nf5MZw04L2Lxc9VxaCXmp9Jb3Y/edit
  - Initial analysis of block discovery - https://rpubs.com/giuliano_mega/1067876
  - Initial block discovery simulator - https://gmega.shinyapps.io/block-discovery-sim/

### Milestone: Distributed Client Testing

- Lots of work around log collection/analysis and monitoring
  - Details here https://github.com/codex-storage/cs-codex-dist-tests/pull/41

## Marketplace

### Milestone: L2

- Taiko L2 integration
  - This is a first try of running against an L2
  - Mostly done, waiting on related fixes to land before merge - https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-codex/pull/483

### Milestone: Reservations and slot management

- Lots of work around slot reservation and queuing https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-codex/pull/455

## Remote auditing

### Milestone: Implement Poseidon2

- First pass at an implementation by Balazs
  - private repo, but can give access if anyone is interested

### Milestone: Refine proving system

- Lost of thinking around storage proofs and proving systems
  - private repo, but can give access if anyone is interested

## DAS

### Milestone: DHT simulations

- Implementing a DHT in Python for the DAS simulator.
- Implemented logical error-rates and delays to interactions between DHT clients.