2026-03-23 AnonComms Weekly

Highlights §

• Released Zerokit v2.0.0 introducing major new features, including support for burning multiple message IDs in a single proof and optimised proof generation. See the full release notes for more.

Create a basic capability discovery module §

• Implement capability discovery protocol

  • achieved: study the roadmap, worked on registrar tests
  • next: complete registrar and routing table tests

• Integrate and dogfood capability discovery in Logos Delivery

  • achieved: code exploration and first draft impl.
  • next: addressing various integration issues

Establish libp2p mixnet §

• Specify and implement extended DoS and exit node abuse protection for libp2p mix
  • achieved:
    • restructured Mix Protocol spec to decouple exit abuse prevention from DoS protection and extract it into a standalone spec PR #297
    • editorial review of DoS protection spec — fixed Sphinx construction step ordering, formalized proof size constraints, β formula, and other sections [WiP]
    • Security Analysis of Evaluating Tor-based Location Privacy for Ethereum Validators tech report
  • next: finalize and merge Mix DoS Protection spec, work on RLN spec, roadmap

Deliver de-MLS for p2p group messaging §

• Specify multi-steward and advanced group management protocol

  • achieved: PR is ready to merge https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/298 also having a forum post on testing de-mls major assumption.
  • next: work on the following PR about open problems and super steward

• Implement de-MLS peer scoring

  • achieved: define peer scoring separate module, integrate as an action after consensus result
  • next: implement steward-triggered removal, final test

Develop an oracle system §

• Specifying oracle mechanism
  • achieved: Starting pre-study for roadmap and poc requirement
  • next: continue to pre-study on for requirements

Implement RLN membership allocation service §

• Specify and implement RLN membership allocation service
  • achieved: update mix simulation to run with logos core instances hosting logos-delivery and rln modules
  • next: create a delivery protocol that implements allocation service, implement in mix simulation

Develop service incentivisation §

• Specify on-chain component for payment protocol
  • achieved: started work on the on-chain part of the spec
  • next: continue spec and implementation

Maintain and expand the Zerokit library §

• Support burning multiple IDs in a single RLN proof

  • achieved: resolved open PRs and issues; updated examples and documentation for the new release version

• Rearchitecture Zerokit to support enum-based runtime configuration

  • next: work on implementing the RlnSerialize and WitnessCompute trait, and remove cfg flag.

• Release Zerokit (v2.0.0) for multi-ID burning and partial proof generation

  • achieved: published release