2026-05-04 AnonComms Weekly

Highlights §

• Stake-weighted Mix RLN DoS protection spec finalized and Mix RLN Spam Protection Plugin updated for stake-weighted rate limiting — PR 327.
• Payment streams on-chain component for service incentivisation implemented (repo); spec draft open for review (LIP PR 299).
• Multi-steward de-MLS group management protocol specification ready for review — LIP PR 318.

Create a basic capability discovery module §

• Integrate and dogfood capability discovery in Logos Delivery
  • achieved:
    • Dogfooding, updates, and fixes
    • Corrected lower bound logic in the RFC (PR)
    • Bug fixes in nim-libp2p (PR)
  • next: Continue dogfooding and debugging

Establish libp2p mixnet §

• Specify and implement extended DoS and exit node abuse protection for libp2p mix

  • achieved:
    • Stake-weighted Mix RLN DoS protection spec finalized (PR 327)
    • Mix RLN Spam Protection Plugin updated for stake-weighted rate limit
  • next:
    • Update Logos-Delivery to use stake-weighted rate limit
    • Begin basic reputation spec

• Specify and implement cover traffic generation

  • next: Analyze impact on cover traffic due to stake-weighted RLN for DoS protection

• Modify Sphinx payload encryption to preserve payload integrity

  • achieved: Draft PR for Lioness block cipher port to Nim, referencing a Rust implementation and draft spec
  • next: Address review comments and thorough self-review

Deliver de-MLS for p2p group messaging §

• Specify multi-steward and advanced group management protocol

  • achieved: Specification PR ready for review
  • next: Merge the PR

• Implement de-MLS multi-stewards

  • achieved: Reworked architecture, fixed bugs, and prepared codebase for integration and upcoming features
  • next:
    • First iteration of integration
    • Key scheduling and MLS service restructure

Develop service incentivisation §

• Implement MVP payment protocol
  • achieved:
    • Payment streams on-chain component implemented (repo)
    • Spec updated, still in draft (PR)
  • next:
    • Implement the off-chain component of payment streams
    • Integrate with Store and Logos Delivery

Maintain and expand the Zerokit library §

• Rearchitecture Zerokit to support enum-based runtime configuration
  • achieved:
    • PRs 0–3 merged to master (commit)
    • PR4 in progress (PR)
    • PR review ongoing
  • next:
    • Merge PR4 and begin PR5 for rln-wasm module
    • Continue PR reviews

Implement RLN membership allocation service §

• Specify and implement RLN membership allocation service
  • achieved: Authentication plugin implemented using an allowlist of Ethereum addresses
  • next: Improve simulation used for end-to-end testing

Develop a decentralised oracle for LEZ §

• Specifying oracle mechanism
  • achieved:
    • Drafted oracle verification details including Pyth network analysis
    • Pyth experiment repository published
  • next:
    • Add Chainlink and Redstone analysis
    • Begin LEZ contract implementation