2026-04-13 Logos Blockchain weekly

Logos Blockchain Weekly Update - 2026-04-13 §

blockchain:highlights §

• Two internal Devnets released in preparation for v0.1.2 Testnet
• Nimbos now supports Kademlia and Identify libp2p protocols
• Logos Execution Zone v0.2.0-rc1 released

blockchain:bedrock:research §

• blockchain:bedrock:research:total-stake-inference

  • Significantly restructured “Deriving q” into new comprehensive draft; derived variance of block production rate for deterministic and random network delays draft
  • Improved “Total Active Stake Inference under Stake Privacy” paper paper

• blockchain:bedrock:research:da:sampling

  • DA sampling analysis document revised with additional figures, nearing completion doc
  • Updated adversary selective availability attack analysis with more general attack scenarios doc
  • Combined all Data Availability calculators under single portal calculators

• blockchain:bedrock:research:cryptarchia

  • Major revision of fast bootstrapping RFC: simplified language, clarified terms, revised chartflow; merged bootstrapping spec Parts I & II RFC, spec

• blockchain:bedrock:research:blend

  • Session removal RFC: revised Blend Protocol, Service Declaration Protocol, and Service Reward Distribution Protocol specs RFC, Blend, SDP, SRDP

• blockchain:bedrock:research:tokenomics

  • Created clean tokenomics document for legal review doc

• blockchain:bedrock:research:rfc

  • Published new Research page with RFC template page, template

• blockchain:bedrock:research:mantle

  • RFC for simplifying Mantle: Ledger operations refactoring, tx hash simplified to blake-only, removed gas price from Mantle Tx RFC
  • TxTracker mempool spec refined: simplified, added noteID dependency tracking doc

blockchain:bedrock:eng §

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:blend

  • Duplicate detection logic completed with major refactoring logos-blockchain#2458
  • Message processing updated: forward after signature verification only, no Proof-of-Quota (PoQ) check before forwarding logos-blockchain#2472
  • Zeroize Proof-of-Quota private inputs logos-blockchain#2448
  • Simplified Proof-of-Quota proof pre-computation using non-task buffered stream logos-blockchain#2449
  • Check for valid shared key entropy before encapsulating/decapsulating private headers logos-blockchain#2493
  • Increased Blend test coverage across networking to service stack (in-review) logos-blockchain#2514
  • Self-audit findings fixes (in-review) logos-blockchain#2522

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:mantle

  • Fixed circuit vulnerability: comparator not following spec correctly
  • Circuits as libraries: generating circuit libraries to include in node binary (WIP) logos-blockchain-circuits#16
  • Merkle Mountain Range integration (in-review) logos-blockchain#2504; height fix #2495; leaves fix merged #2496

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:testing

  • Cucumber gas handling and fee account support logos-blockchain#2503
  • Testing Framework example apps for integration guidance logos-blockchain-testing#51, #52, #53
  • Multiple wallet UTXO scanning enhanced for forked scenarios (in-review) logos-blockchain#2466

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:bridging

  • Atomic deposit API (in-review) logos-blockchain#2523
  • Withdraw API (in-review) logos-blockchain#2524
  • E2e test for finalized deposits (in-review) logos-blockchain#2521
  • Fix TxBuilder for ops balance (merged) logos-blockchain#2499

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:testnet

  • First playground launch and tests
  • Release strategy for 2nd playground launch (release candidate 0.1.2rc2) logos-blockchain#2520
  • Chain recovery fixes: block range loading, chain service timeout, early Blend session broadcast, optimized DB block loading (all merged) logos-blockchain#2478, #2479, #2480, #2483, #2484
  • Docker file fixes for deployment logos-blockchain#2507
  • Release candidates 0.1.2rc1 and 0.1.2rc2 0.1.2rc1, 0.1.2rc2

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:node

  • Clippy workspace complexity fixes logos-blockchain#2492, logos-blockchain#2506
  • Logging improvements follow-up logos-blockchain#2477
  • C-bindings error handling improvements logos-blockchain#2487
  • Security audit fixes logos-blockchain#2481, logos-blockchain#2482

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:decentralized-sequencing

  • Decentralized sequencer first-write-wins PoC: initial review accepted, preparing for merge logos-blockchain#2446

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:tokenomics

  • Execution/storage market fixes logos-blockchain#2489, #2490, #2465

• blockchain:bedrock:eng:zones

  • Zone-SDK: simplify find_channel_tip by removing redundant ordering check logos-blockchain#2464

blockchain:logos-execution-zone §

• blockchain:logos-execution-zone:accounts

  • Multi-owner research: minimal circuit changes for group token ownership via multisig doc
  • Private accounts fix logos-execution-zone#435
  • Transfer to existing private account: continued implementation, documented wallet/key protocol changes needed logos-execution-zone#413, doc
  • Keycard support: selected SDK and began integration experiments keycard-py

• blockchain:logos-execution-zone:deployment

  • Enabled indexer integration tests with new docker image, simplified to single node with faster consensus parameters logos-execution-zone#439
  • Test speedup logos-execution-zone#431
  • v0.2.0-rc1 release
  • Docker image build fixes (merged) logos-execution-zone#437, logos-execution-zone#438
  • Updated Bedrock node on stage 2; standalone sequencer deployment infra-misc#474

• blockchain:logos-execution-zone:protocol

  • Better invalid program behavior error message logos-execution-zone#433

nimbos §

• Kademlia protocol: spec-aligned IDs, bootstrap and routing-table discovery, fixed hardcoded multistream codec nimbos#27
• Tests: Kademlia/Identify negotiation, inbound find_node, three-node cyclic discovery

blockchain:comms §

• blockchain:comms:docs
  • Zone SDK tutorial updates logos-docs#211