2026-03-02 AnonComms Weekly

Highlights §

• Published raw spec defining an off-chain payment protocol backed by privacy-preserving streams
• Forum post comparing IETF’s recently published DMLS with our de-MLS protocols

Create basic capability discovery module for Logos Core §

• Implement capability discovery protocol
  • achieved:
    • Completed IP Tree tests. PR is merged service routing table, registrar and signature tests in PR
  • next:
    • complete all tests for remaining modules

Establish libp2p mixnet for Logos Core §

• Implement DoS and Sybil protection protocol for libp2p mix

  • achieved: published analysis of RLN-for-Mix on forum
  • next: update RFC to accommodate for attack scenarios

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

  • achieved: testing with fleet nodes. fix to persist and use fixed nodekey in the app
  • next: debug discovery issues noticed due to stale peers

Implement MVP payment protocol §

• Specify MVP payment protocol
  • achieved: published forum post on off-chain protocols and their requirements w.r.t. timestamp context (https://forum.research.logos.co/t/off-chain-payment-protocols-on-lee/674); merged payment streams raw spec (https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/224)
  • next: prepare for all-hands

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

• Specify multi-steward and advanced group management protocol

  • achieved: final adjustment in de-MLS PR in review. also wrote a blogpost on comparison between DMLS and de-mls.
  • next: merge PR.

• Implement de-MLS multi-steward and advanced group management protocol

  • achieved: Implemented steward violation detection — batch commit validation now catches broken commits, broken MLS proposals, and censorship/inactivity, triggering emergency consensus votes with the accused steward’s identity. Merged PR
  • next: start working on Steward List Primitive and Peer Scoring

Implement RLN membership allocation service for Logos Core §

• Specify and implement RLN membership allocation service
  • achieved: Logos core module that provides a subscription to latest merkle root from RLN program
  • next: get merkle proof for identity via logos core module, integrate with logos-delivery-module

Implement multi-burn RLN and slasher module §

• Support burning multiple IDs in a single RLN proof

  • achieved: addressed PR comment, discussed and implemented about version byte with an enum variant for different features
  • next: cleanup, review, and merge into master

• Authenticated connections between prover and slashers

  • achieved: Add scenario to test the rln-prover, aggregator + slasher (dogfooding), add PR to cleanup the prover, cleanup the prover arguments (cli) and prepare the multi prover setup
  • next: provide the scenario for dogfooding, continue working on multi prover setup + adapt prover to smart contract PR (slasher role removal)