2025-12-22 AnonComms Weekly

Create basic capability discovery module for Logos Core §

• Specify basic capability discovery protocol

  • achieved: 1st PR merged, opened a new PR to add formulaic breakdown of algorithms
  • next: document exactly what to do with other fields of rfc message of kad-dht and update in the same PR, Vac forum post

• Build PoC implementation of capability discovery protocol

  • achieved: added playground so that folks can start their own nodes locally and play around with the poc, 1st PR merged with basic functionality and documentation
  • next: add functionality so that multiple folks from different network in different regions can connect and play with it

• Specify and implement Kad-DHT discovery protocol and API

• achieved: implementation progress for capability discovery and random discovery

Establish libp2p mixnet for Logos Core §

• Specify DoS and Sybil protection protocol for libp2p mix

  • achieved: post suggesting updated RLN to do pre-computations that may help with mixnet usecase
  • next: get mix spec updates PR ready, start on mix DOS protection approach RFC with RLN

• Create demo chat app in Logos Core for messaging over libp2p mix

  • achieved: understanding libwaku and how to enable mix in publishing, waiting for fleets to be updated with mix enabled
  • next: update libwaku to take mix as argument and update logos-core-waku-module and use it in chat app

Implement MVP payment protocol §

• Specify MVP payment protocol
  • achieved:
    • opened a PR with raw RFC spec for payment streams protocol - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/224
    • discussion on RFC for payment protocol, generalizing the on-chain spec to be non-EVM suitable
  • next: refine the spec; include a section with an illustrative EVM-based implementation

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

• Specify multi-steward and advanced group management protocol

  • achieved: open a draft PR based on forum post
  • next: enhance the PR to present to reviewers

• Separate Hashgraph-like consensus crate

  • achieved: published first release
  • next: try to integrate it into de-mls and publish patches if necessary

• Specify and implement de-MLS API

  • achieved: specify identity service api
  • next: implement identity service api for poc + integrate consensus

Deliver public Zerokit 1.0 API with big-endian support §

• Rework Zerokit Public API
  • achieved:
    • Extended error handling for rln module, seperated rln wasm parallel and package build.
    • Cleaned up zerokit repo and merged these (PR, PR, PR) into master for new release.
  • next: Start working on the RFC for zerokit APIs.

Release RLN Prover for gasless L2 transactions §

• Allow multiple RLN provers to share a database

  • achieved:
    • read Smart Contract team thread about decentralized slashing (here)
    • still benchmarking and experimenting & trying to find an efficient way to pass binary data between postgresql & the network
  • next: investigate potential issues with Smart Contract hashmap after slashing + maximum hashmap size

• Write whitepaper on gasless L2 transactions

  • achieved: elaborate prover module to Gasless L2 whitepaper
  • next: continue adding details