Logos Blockchain Weekly Update - 2025-12-08

`blockchain:bedrock:research`

blockchain:bedrock:research:logos-da:v2-preliminary-research
- survey and analysis of different DA schemes has begun
blockchain:bedrock:research:blend:message-encapsulation
- message encapsulation mechanism has been updated following cryptography audit
blockchain:bedrock:research:blend:paper
- blend paper plan with initial outline has been drafted
blockchain:bedrock:research:blend:audit
- issue discovered around PoSel boundary checks logos-blockchain#1981
- resolved in logos-blockchain#1980
blockchain:bedrock:research:cryptareon
- first draft in turning Areon into a PPoS consensus protocol cryptareon
blockchain:bedrock:research:statistical-mechanics-of-anonymous-comms
- K-sender through single mixnode case has been analyzed
blockchain:bedrock:research:total-stake-inference
- result showing the choice of lottery function is forced under normal constraints, this justifies the otherwise ad hoc choice of lottery function in cryptarchia. analysis

blockchain:bedrock:eng:cryptarchia:leader
- naive leader secret key design is unusably slow, the sk has been redesigned to support parallelism, implementation is in progress logos-blockchain#1949
blockchain:bedrock:eng:blend:key-reuse-vulnerability
- resolved in logos-blockchain#1975 & logos-blockchain#1978
blockchain:bedrock:eng:blend:rewards
- node activity proofs are now being validated logos-blockchain#1967 & logos-blockchain#1968
blockchain:bedrock:eng:da:testing
- resolve flaky DA tests in CI: logos-blockchain#1970
blockchain:bedrock:eng:testing-framework
- unify configs/assets/scripts to ensure consistent behaviour across all testing harnesses:
  - local runner
  - Compose runner
  - Kubernetes runner
  - CI local-runner smoke tests
  - CI Compose smoke tests
blockchain:bedrock:eng:release
- windows bundling: compile, bundle and publish the node binary for windows logos-blockchain#1180
- lock dependencies logos-blockchain#1979
blockchain:bedrock:eng:testnet
- testnet config and dependency updates logos-blockchain#1983
blockchain:bedrock:eng:node
- Deployment bound configs for various services
- Validate node config on startup logos-blockchain#1977

blockchain:lssa:program
- soundness issue around private tail-calls, discussing approaches to resolve
- worked on approaches to give programs block context. This can be used for example for voting programs.
blockchain:lssa:pda
- discussion on usefulness of private-pda and decision to not pursue at this time
blockchain:lssa:token-definition
- merged: display correct token names lssa#216
- in review: support for private token definition lssa#211
- in review: support burn and mint in token program lssa#224
blockchain:lssa:doc
- merged: readme has been updated with documentation to onboard users lssa#163
blockchain:lssa:accounts
- merged: resolve issue with only the first program in a chain being able to claim accounts lssa#214
- merged: limit account data size lssa#220
- merged: resolve bug in native token balance check lssa#223
blockchain:lssa:wallet
- merged: compute piñata solution in wallet + wallet code cleanup lssa#205
- in review: ux improvements to the key tree lssa#215
- in review: ability to restore keys from mnemonic lssa#153
- in review: ability to deploy programs from the wallet lssa#221
- merged: resolve long wallet sync times lssa#217
blockchain:lssa:crypto-primitives
- Extracted the cryptographic primitives used in NSSA and identified their use, the choice and the flexibility to change them. This serves to evaluate how we can unify primitives within Logos context.
blockchain:lssa:spec
- spec work on LSSAv0.3 continues

blockchain:docs:blog:monthly
- Nov 2025 published
blockchain:docs:dev
- mantle pending review
- crust pending review
- bedrock-services pending review
- logos-da pending review