roadmap/content/vac/updates/2023-12-11.md

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2023-12-11 Vac weekly
vac-updates
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vac:p2p:

  • nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport
    • Debugging SCTP
  • nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance

vac:tke:

  • vac:tke::status:SNT-staking
    • Resuming conversation with SC team on staking contract and Certora training
    • starting to discuss with Pablo on Waku sharding to support decentralized scaling of Status
  • vac:tke::nomos:economic-analysis
    • Incorporating changes in consensus from Carnot to Ouroboros
    • Research how delegation is used in comps of Cardano, Polkadot, and EigenLayer, compared against privacy restrictions given Nomos objectives
  • vac:tke::waku:economic-analysis
    • Sharding discussion w/ Pablo on Waku
    • Continuing GitHub issue feedback on Waku incentives and reputation (bottom up approach)
    • Also start a business model analysis and implications for next steps with the protocol (top down approach)

vac:dst:

  • analysis:nomos:simulation-analysis
    • The goals and the responsibilities for the paper reaffirmed
    • Analysis correctly and switfly found parameter issues in the small-tree simulations (which follow a different control path); met with Gusto and it is fixed now
  • analysis-gsub-model:vac:refactoring
  • analysis-gsub-model:status:control-messages
  • eng-10ktool:vac:bandwidth-test:
  • software-testing:waku:test-automation-nwaku
    • Continued implementing lightpush tests
    • Decided on way forward with direction refactor PR: Merge.
    • Lightpush SEGFAULT on publishing message over size limit; Issue

vac:acz:

  • admin/misc
    • participate @ waku hackerhouse, ethindia
  • rlnp2p:waku:rln-relay-enhancments
  • secure-channels:waku:ethereum-chat
    • Familiarization with RFC9420 and RFC9180.
    • Confection of several comparisons to get to SoA:
      • TreeKEM vs ART.
      • HPKE vs UPKE.
    • Work on using Ethereum as Authentication Service.
    • Created a document about Farcaster's Async Triple-Ratchet Protocol (WIP)
    • Researching about Triple-Ratchet protocol from literature.
  • zerokit:vac:maintenance

vac:sc::

  • vac:maintainance/misc
    • Continued researching Certora and formal verification
    • reviewed old Certora specs
    • Exploring Requirements for Smart Contracts in a Privacy-preserving Environment (for logos research call)

vac:nescience:

vac:dr:

  • valpriv:vac:tor-push-poc
    • separate measurement for aggregation from attestation, block proposal, sync committee.
  • valpriv:vac:tor-push-paper
    • Shared to-be-submitted arxiv version
  • gsub-scaling:vac:gossipsub-improvements-paper
    • Completed simulations for relatively large network (upto 6000 nodes with 50KB and upto 1000 nodes with 1MB messages), on DST test server
    • Result analysis is complete. Looking into one anomaly (increased latency seen for approximately 1% nodes in Reduced Sending method)
    • Finalizing graphs and results presentation

vac:rfc: