Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-04-21
Nomos Bedrock
Research
- P2P Network protocol development:
- Nomos p2p network specification finalized, under review
- Nomos p2p network NAT solution specification completed
- P2P Network Bootstrapping specification under review
- Mantle Zone development:
- Complete refactor of the Mantle Zone Specification finalized and reviewed
- Block Validation personal notes on fee distribution among pools in Polkadot and Cardano
- Review of blockspace market for transaction fee considerations
- Cryptarchia research:
- Cryptarchia for Sovereign Zones new idea for improving Cryptarchia
- Nomos Economic Model development:
- Transaction Fee Specifications initial specs completed
- WIP Improvement Over NomosDA Fee Market Plan research review
- Preliminary Research: Network States in Practice and on Nomos exploration work
- Chain sync
- Cryptarchia v1 Chain Sync Networking Protocol specification drafted
Development
- Chain synchronization implementation:
- SDP implementation:
- SDP service stub: PR #1217
- ZK implementation progress:
- Circom circuits implementation reviewed for Mantle Zone
- NAT traversal:
- NAT traversal state machine core PoC work planned
Nomos Bedrock Services
Research
- NomosDA developments:
- NomosDA v2 Cryptographic Protocol Draft updated with detailed security assumptions
- Blend Network progress:
- Blend Protocol v1 completed internal review, moved to public directory
- Nomos Blend Network: Tier 5 Resilient Communication design document created, undergoing internal review
- Mathematical analysis of privacy versus communication resilience: Design considerations
- Analysis of block generation impact on requirements for cover messages traffic completed: Design considerations
Development
- Data Availability:
- WIP DA Encoder error handling and graceful failure instead of panics: PR #1245
Nomos Zones Ecosystem
Research
- Sovereign Zones research:
- Sovereign Zone PoC Plan outline prepared for offsite presentation
- ZkSync offsite considerations documentation updated
Development
- PoC development:
- Publish SZ blocks to DA: PR #65
- VM setup for offsite completed despite challenges with GPU libraries