roadmap/content/nomos/updates/2024-11-18.md

title	tags	date	lastmod	draft	description
2024-11-18 Nomos weekly	nomos-updates	2024-11-18	2024-11-18	false	Weekly update of Nomos

PPoS / Consensus / DA

Research

• Analyzed the leader election and blockchain growth processes in the Ouroboros consensus. Derived an equation for blockchain growth of a node using the most general chain selection rule, which further enabled the derivation of a chain length equation for a node. To test this general framework, analyzed the “longest chain” rule and derived an equation for the maximum chain length in an ideal scenario (where all chains are available to a node and no adversarial nodes exist). Details are available in this document.
• Finalized the Cryptarchia Fork Choice rule (pending review): notion spec and exec spec.

Development

• No updates this week.

Mixnet

Research

• Designed a basic reward mechanism for the Mixnet using a ticket system. Code is available on GitHub.
• Streamlined the blendnet simulation to improve usability. Instructions are included in the manual.
• Addressed all comments in the blendnet documentation.
• Added a new section to the introduction, detailing message flow.
• Included a new section in Tier 1, describing the inefficient hiding properties of drop messages.

Development

• No updates this week.

Coordination Layer

Research

• Initiated a Proof-of-Concept for note teleportation. Basic note proof is completed. Work in progress is being tracked on this branch, with rapid updates ongoing.
• Continued work on Sync Composability in the Partitioned Ledger CL Model.

Development

• No updates this week.

Zone and Apps

Research

• No updates this week.

Development

• No updates this week.

Testnet and Tooling

Development

• No updates this week.

Miscellaneous

• Published the Nomos Offsite V article.
• Drafted an article on FRI-based Commitments for the PCS series, available here.