2025-12-08 AnonComms Weekly

Create basic capability discovery module for Logos Core §

• Specify basic capability discovery protocol

  • achieved: added a Sequence diagram, improved readability and flow, added Format Specification keywords(SHOULD, MUST, …), address review comments, Wrote heuristic for Admission Protocol, Service Discovery, and Waiting Time Calculation
  • next: write heuristics for remaining algorithms, use signed peer records for advertisement and ticket structure

• Build PoC implementation of capability discovery protocol

  • achieved: Partially worked on making it more flexible for testing so that participants can start their own nodes and connect and test
  • next: debug and push changes to the pr, address review comments

• Specify and implement Kad-DHT discovery protocol and API

  • achieved: further progress on impl. of random discovery using signed peer records.
  • next: impl. new type of extensible peer records for logos uses

Establish libp2p mixnet for Logos Core §

• Specify DoS and Sybil protection protocol for libp2p mix
  • achieved: discussion on VDFs and its feasibility with a forum post
  • next: Looking at other usage proposals for VDFs.

Implement MVP payment protocol §

• Specify MVP payment protocol
  • achieved:
    • getting familiarized with streaming protocols and with Solana’s state architecture (which Nescience is admittedly inspired by); WIP draft write-up about off-chain part of MVP payment protocol
    • write-up on existing stream implementations and how they fit into our proposal
  • next:
    • discuss payment protocols; understand how streams and channels map onto Nescience state model
    • finish smart contract specification based on existing stream implementations
  • blockers: availability of people from Nescience and Logos Storage (same as last week - no substantial discussions happened there yet)

Deliver de-MLS API supporting multi-stewards and advanced group management §

• Specify multi-steward and advanced group management protocol

  • achieved: create a forum post on a timer based anti-deadlock mechanism for discussion.
  • next: create forum post on re-sync mechanism.

• Separate Hashgraph-like consensus crate

  • achieved: made fully separate library, created interfaces for custom storage and events bus, wrote tests. PR
  • next: waiting review, start to integrate into de-mls

• Specify and implement de-MLS API

  • next: make first draft of de-MLS API

Deliver public Zerokit 1.0 API with big-endian support §

• Rework Zerokit WASM FFI

  • achieved: Merged PR to master

• Rework Zerokit Public API

  • achieved: Cleaned up codebase (test, docs, dependencies) and addressed PR review comments.
  • next: Refactor protocol.rs file and address remaining feedback and merge PR to master.

Release RLN Prover for gasless L2 transactions §

• Allow multiple RLN provers to share a database

  • achieved:
  • next:

• Write whitepaper on gasless L2 transactions

  • achieved: Drafted Gasless L2 whitepaper
  • next: Write RLN prover section.