2026-07-20 AnonComms Weekly

Highlights §

• Merged LIONESS payload encryption for Sphinx into nim-libp2p-mix and confirmed it integrates with Logos Delivery without issues.
• Published documentation on how to send anonymised messages over the mix network for testnet v0.2.
• Opened a first draft of the RLN membership management module API spec for review.

Create a basic service discovery module §

• Validate service discovery protocol correctness in large-scale simulations
  • achieved:
    • IPv6 implementation pr merged in nim-libp2p
    • Collaboration with DST on service discovery bug analysis
    • PR reviews
    • PR to fix bucket distance formula in RFC
    • Investigation, refactoring, and bug fixes
  • next: continue service discovery investigation and bug fixes

Establish libp2p mixnet §

• Implement LIONESS payload encryption for Sphinx

  • achieved:
    • Merged LIONESS payload encryption PR
    • Confirmed integration with logos-delivery works without any issues

• Implement local reputation mechanism and research advanced DoS protection

  • achieved:
    • Explored Blend’s PoQ + PoSel for Mix — precompute is PoQ’s only real edge over RLN
    • Researched a way to keep slashing with precomputed proofs
  • next:
    • Finalise the PoQ + PoSel for Mix analysis
    • Draft the per-hop PoQ with slashing spec

Deliver de-MLS for p2p group messaging §

• Implementing recovery mode

  • achieved:
    • Fixed a race condition in proposal creation
    • Started work on a manual commit/recover trigger
  • next: integrate the new architecture into libchat

• Implementing a WallClock service for de-MLS timing

  • next: adjust the WallClock service

Implement RLN membership allocation service §

• Specify basic RLN membership management module API

  • achieved: first draft of spec https://github.com/logos-co/logos-lips/pull/373

• Implement basic RLN membership management module

  • achieved: working logos-core module and UI, tested against testnet with corresponding journey https://github.com/logos-co/logos-docs/issues/403

Decentralised Oracle Network §

• Specifying oracle mechanism
  • achieved:
    • Revised oracle spec PR with a new approach
    • Reviewed the oracle spec pr and cleaned up previous review comments
  • next:
    • Merge the spec, continue with future work and edge cases, and run more experiments to improve the spec
    • Discuss missing points in the current PR version

Implement an MVP payment protocol §

• Specify and implement client payment shielding via LEZ private execution mode
  • achieved: implementation plan for privacy mode in payment streams
  • next: implement the plan, fix possible issues

Maintain and expand Zerokit §

• Release Zerokit (v3.0.0) with enum-based runtime configuration
  • achieved:
    • Addressed comments in PR14 and reviewed this PR
    • Implemented a validation mechanism for all input paths
    • Zerokit PR reviews and discussion
  • next:
    • Complete and merge PR14 to the develop v3 branch
    • Continue Zerokit PR reviews