discovery_v0.2

Capability Discovery Track: Testnet v0.2 §

Track: Capability Discovery Track

FURPS: Capability Discovery FURPS

Estimated date of completion: 30 Jun 2026

Resources Required:

• 3 developers for 16 weeks
• P2P team ownership of relevant deliverables (see below)
• DST team ownership of relevant deliverables (see below)

Deliverables §

Integrate and dogfood capability discovery in Logos Delivery §

Owner: AnonComms Discovery

FURPS:

• U9. Capability discovery is integrated in Logos Delivery to replace discv5 discovery
• U13. Capability discovery is integrated into chat2mix application for dogfooding

Checklist:

• Code: link to GitHub issues/PRs/Epic
• Dogfood: link to dogfooding session/artefact
• Docs: links to README.md or other docs

Specify standalone capability discovery API §

Owner: AnonComms Discovery

FURPS:

• U11. The capability discovery API is published in a specification

Checklist:

• Specs: link to specs and/or API definition

Allow client mode for discovery without Kad-DHT participation §

Owner: AnonComms Discovery

FURPS:

• F6. Client nodes can discover addresses of peers with specific capabilities without participating in the Kad-DHT

Checklist:

• Specs: link to specs and/or API definition
• Code: link to GitHub issues/PRs/Epic
• Dogfood: link to dogfooding session/artefact
• Docs: links to README.md or other docs

Implement extensible peer record library for discoverable records §

Owner: AnonComms Discovery

FURPS:

• U12. An extensible peer record library allows application modules to create and maintain discoverable records

Checklist:

• Code: link to GitHub issues/PRs/Epic
• Dogfood: link to dogfooding session/artefact
• Docs: links to README.md or other docs

Implement standalone Logos capability discovery module §

Owner: P2P Team (primary), AnonComms Discovery (support)

FURPS:

• U10. The capability discovery module is available as a Logos Core module

Checklist:

• Code: link to GitHub issues/PRs/Epic
• Dogfood: link to dogfooding session/artefact
• Docs: links to README.md or other docs

Large scale benchmarking of the capability discovery module §

Owner: DST Team (primary), AnonComms Discovery (support)

FURPS:

• P1. Capability discovery provides comparable performance to discv5 when all nodes support the same service
• P2. Capability discovery performs better than discv5 to find a sparse service
• S1. Capability discovery can be benchmarked in large scale Delivery module simulations
• S2. Capability discovery can be benchmarked in a standalone p2p capability discovery module

Checklist:

• Dogfood: link to dogfooding session/artefact
• Docs: links to README.md or other docs