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title: "2024-08-26 Vac weekly"
tags:
- "vac-updates"
date: 2024-08-26
lastmod: 2024-08-26
draft: false
---
## Vac 2024/08/26
### vac:p2p:
- `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport`
- [Sctp Protocol](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/pull/11)
- Fix some issues after the merge of DTLS
- Add async exception tracking & tracker counter
- Prune some useless part
- Add tests
- Try to fix CI issues on [window](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/actions/runs/10524542688/job/29161498589) and [macos](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/actions/runs/10524542688/job/29161498114)
- `nimlibp2p:vac:quic`
- [upgrade ngtcp2](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-quic/pull/45)
- `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance`
- Fix workflow name issue
- [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1182)
- Interop Caching
- Investigate caching mechanisms: GHA action based vs script based
- Post current state on [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1275460455732875408/1276218932822540430).
- Test windows-2019 (diegos's suggestion) for multihash-poseidon; for far no result
### vac:tke:
- `nomos:cryptarchia-wealth-concentration-known-stake`
- reviewed the statistical analyses (Frederico)
- Merged statistical analyses into main doc (Juan)
- `nomos:selfish-behavior`
- continued developing the code required for this study (Frederico)
- `codex:cdx`
- further reviewed the simulation code (Frederico)
- met Codex to discuss current state and next steps (Frederico)
- defined next tasks (Frederico)
- further improved the simulation code (Juan)
- met Codex to discuss current state and next steps (Juan)
- defined next tasks (Juan)
- `status:L2-deployment`
- reviewed the work on swap aggregator (Frederico)
- caught up with the XP program discussion (Frederico)
- following up with Cyp and discussing cooldown periods (didn't take place last week) (Martin)
- detailed suggestions for cats fishing reward scheme (Martin)
- caught up with catsfishing docs (Juan)
- `waku:general-incentives`
- reviewed RLN specs PR (Frederico)
- discussing the credits system with the team and analyzing tokenomic potential and bottlenecks (Martin)
- `status:SNT-staking`
- following latest edits (Martin)
- `others`
- research and a call with the distribution platform devs on bonding curve design (Martin)
- suggesting a points system for ordinals (Martin)
- exploring project ideas for ETHOnline (Martin)
- research and a call with the distribution platform devs on bonding curve design (Juan)
- reviewed/discussed points system for ordinals (Juan)
### vac:dst:
- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale`:
- Creating a [new branch](https://github.com/vacp2p/10ksim/commits/Alberto/victoria_optimization/) for concurrent log analysis
- Continued simulations with `perf` analysis for Gabriel
- Meeting with Zoltan + Ivan re: message duplication
- Consistently happens in TWN
- We should try multiple different versions
- `admin/misc`
- Finished backups for DST-DeepResearch machine teardown
- brainstorming around understanding and measuring distributed systems and their properties
### vac:qa:
- `waku:interop-testing-02`
- fix timeout [issue](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/66)(@Florin)
- added more complex e2e [tests](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/65)(@Florin)
- `waku:test-automation-status-go-cli-2`
- investigate community failures(@Florin)
- recreate deleted [communities](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/7)(@Florin)
- communitiy test fixes and job that [automatically recreates cummunities each month](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/9)(@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 kzgrs-backend unit tests update(@Roman)
[PR 700 - in progress](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node/pull/700)
[Issue 692 - open](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node/issues/692)
- `vac:test-automation-nim-tooling`
- test: use Nimble to manage Nim(@Roman)
[PR 222 - in progress](https://github.com/status-im/nim-stew/pull/222) - not sure if we could find less occupied reviewer?
- `vac:test-automation-nim-libp2p`
- Gossipsub - Peer discovery(@Alex)
- Investigate existing `resub after unsub` test: It's wrong.
- [Draft PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1168)
### vac:acz:
- `zerokit:vac:maintenance`
- Finished stateless feature. Now [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/265) ready fo review
- Fixed bug with no running test in this [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/pull/264)
- Started working on issue with adding timestamp into signal. Based on this [issue](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2972) in waku
- `secure-channels:waku:mls-poc`
- Discuss the necessity and features of benchmarks with Ekaterina.
- Discuss the content of de-mls testnet with Ekaterina.
- Fixed linter error from smart contract [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/de-mls/pull/28)
- Created new [demo](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nr1HcDu3PxJHYjkrpSeoPpauoKW-xdxu/view?usp=sharing)
- Review of latest [PRs](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/84/files).
- Started theoretical analysis of deMLS.
- `anon:vac:gossipsub-anonymity`
- Review of latest [PRs](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/85/files).
- Found an issue with filler and beta computation in our [spec](https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/85/commits/c1c9303b37e1fb1596a6996a59101bb79042f296) - fixed the issue, updated the [implementation](https://github.com/vacp2p/mix/commit/ef4eb8b28b1df0cce1e4b16e073cae00bd38fce9).
- Sphinx packet wrapping and unwrapping works correctly as in [test_sphinx.nim](https://github.com/vacp2p/mix/blob/main/tests/test_sphinx.nim).
- `admin/misc`
- Finished the new organization of the [ACZ Page](https://www.notion.so/Applied-Cryptography-ZK-870520f131954b90b1837ec4749f890f).
- Review of the [Marlin proposal](https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/1047) for a prospective [code review](https://crates.io/crates/ark-poly-commit).
- `consulting:codex:proxy-re-encryption`
- Creation of draft for a [forum post](https://www.notion.so/Forum-post-on-Plausible-Deniability-9f6b1216b44546da853fb2bc0fd59be6) on Codex research.
- Started research on the cryptographic components of Codex.
### vac:sc::
- `codex::contracts-formal-verification`
- Fixed bug that requesting storage can be done with insufficient slot count
- https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-contracts-eth/pull/163
- Worked on making existing CVL rules pass, as they broke after we've corrected our Certora config
- Issue: https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-contracts-eth/issues/161
- PR: https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-contracts-eth/pull/162
- started working on rules for `The contract has enough funds to pay back everything`
- https://github.com/codex-storage/codex-contracts-eth/issues/127
- `vac:maintainance/misc`
- Researched merkle tree and merkle proof generation for efficient airdrops
- Also bitmap optimzation for storage efficiency when maintaining claim data
- Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w799Pb6V1sPU7uCjMoTMSYD8xpxj9--SDMJ7RmbVQ1Y/edit?usp=sh
### vac:nim:
- `tooling:vac:lsp`
- Continue chronos migration
https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/225
- `tooling:vac:nimble`
- Fixes an issue where the wrong csources was downloaded #1262 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1262
- Fix CI #1261
https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1261
- Removes unnecessary dep satisfied logging. Fixes an issue where the cache wasnt being properly set. Dont re-download packages if they already exists. https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1260
### vac:rfc:
- `nomos:specs-init`
- Continued working on Da rfc, still needs work - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/41
- `admin/misc`
- Started update files within rfc-index to adhere to linting workflow
- 1 CC day ooo
### vac:dr:
- `admin/misc`
- Provided feedback on [Nomos Pairing notes](https://www.notion.so/Pairing-Details-b18f5eca8dea4f26ab80698214cafdd7)
- Begin work organizing [zk notions](https://www.notion.so/Zero-Knowledge-Proofs-7fe978ddebb3458895e9887c67ec11fd)
- `gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey`
- Studied different articles/blogs regarding p2p protocols' performance/improvements. Added relevant works to zotero (under VacP2P/P2P)
- `gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-improvements-paper`
- Started working on [large message improvements article](https://www.overleaf.com/project/65c91200e9dbfb3cafb6edaf) on overleaf (still a WIP, in early phase)
- `zk:codex:zk-consulting`
- Finished notes on Spartan and Pari
### vac:nes:
- `state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01`
- Published the blogpost [Moudy]
- Started looking into different components in specific. [Moudy]
- Worked on UTXOs Lifecycle [Moudy]
- Worked on ephemeral keys and UTXOs [Moudy]
- Work on public key setup, and key agreement (for private/shielded executions) [Marvin][DR]
- Study details of key specification [Ugur][ACZ]
- Discuss and create a topic list with Marvin for detailed architecture. [Ugur][ACZ]
- `zkvm:vac:vm-foundations`
- Work on the [lits of ZkVMs](https://notes.status.im/ugF2lAAKTuG_t5PcdWwuwg):
- Getting access and setting up SP1 and RISC0 zkVMs, issues [Rostyslav]
- Started working on memory testing for SP1, RISC0 [Rostyslav]
- Implemented memory allocation tests for zkWASM, zkMIPS [Oleksandr]
- Started implementation of memory allocation test for Valida [Oleksandr]
- Setted up working environment to operate with zkWASM, zkMIPS and Valida on remote server [Oleksandr]
- Published the blogpost. [Moudy]