2025-03-24 Nomos weekly

Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-03-24

Nomos Bedrock

Research

• Cryptarchia research continuing:
  • Chain Synchronization Protocol polished and ready for approval once orphan proof section is removed
  • Executable spec for chain synchronization merged
  • Updated executable spec removing orphan proofs
  • Work on Cryptarchia v2 research with two-layer DAG proposal
  • Bug in PoLv2 affecting PPoS identified and resolved
  • Research on Ouroboros with key insights shared
• Continued work on Nomos Economic Model:
  • Nomos Economic Model updates
  • Nomos Token as Money for the Network State study
• Network protocol documentation:
  • Preliminary Research: Network peer discovery membership started
• Mantle specification work:
  • Staking Accounts document (refactored from Staking Zone)
  • Mantle Payment Model document completed
  • Minimal ZK Bedrock functionality research started

Development

• Chain synchronization implementation:
  • Started implementing chain sync PoC issue
• Node improvements:
  • Bounded duration integration PR
  • core::time::Duration support PR
• Overwatch framework improvements:
  • Compile-time checks implementation: PR1, PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5, PR6
  • Integration into Nomos (draft) PR
  • Remove Settings type PR
• Add kademlia peer discovery prototype PR

Nomos Bedrock Services

Research

• NomosDA developments:
  • NomosDA Indexing specification added
  • The Accidental Computer paper reviewed for PoE in Nomos DA v2
  • Research on small data in ZODA with documented approaches
• Service Declaration Protocol (formerly RDP):
  • Service Declaration Protocol Specification finalized and approved.
• Blend Network progress:
  • Implementation-friendly specifications for Tier 4:
    • Key Generation Mechanism
    • Proof of Quota Specification
    • Proof of Mapping Specification
    • Node Activity Proof Specification
    • Payload Formatting Specification
  • Design considerations for resilient anonymous communication updated
  • Enhanced Blend Calculator v4 with improved anonymity failure modeling

Development

• Improve caching PR
• LRU cache for seen-messages PR
• Replication request id PR
• SDP core development started

Nomos Zones Ecosystem

Research

• Sovereign Zones research:
  • Preliminary Sovereign Zones Research started
  • Trustless sovereign bridging discussion concluded

Development

• Nothing to report

Road to Production, Testnet and Tooling

Development

• Build system improvements:
  • Risc0 dep pinning PR
  • Fix docker image builds PR
  • Lock binstall version PR
  • Add reqwest as workspace dependency PR
  • Clippy lints PR1, PR2
  • Taplo pre-commit hook PR
  • Windows packaging PR

Documentation

• Cryptarchia v1 FAQ updated with more questions and answers
• The Nomos Common Ledger article draft completed