2025-02-24 Nomos weekly

Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-02-24 §

Nomos Bedrock §

Research §

• Cryptarchia article published: Nomos Cryptarchia: Improving on Ouroboros Crypsinous
• Exploring solution space for Cryptarchia v2:
  • Research on DAG-based blockchain systems papers
  • Studying Proof-of-Leadership specifications
  • Visualizing leader election and nonce evolvement process
• P2P network specification document work initiated
• Updated PoC code to reflect new changes - PR #49
• Nomos Economic Model:
  • Implicit pricing relationships documented - Economic Model
  • RDP requirements discussion - Discord link
  • NMO as Money discussion - Discord link
• First draft of Bedrock Service Special Zone completed
• Mantle implementation completed with performance numbers available - PR #49
• PACT performance numbers available

Development §

• Clock service implementation:
  • Implemented with local system time backend - PR #1062
  • NTP-based backend implemented (pending further testing)
• Consensus improvements:
  • Work continuing on consensus recovery - PR #1065

Nomos Bedrock Services §

Research §

• Written cross-zone atomic coordination scenario
• NomosDA developments:
  • DA verifier cleanup - PR #1070
• Blend Network progress:
  • Finalized Message Encapsulation Mechanism
  • Calculator design for network resilience and privacy properties - design considerations
  • Module dependencies identification completed
  • Code written for each calculator module
• DA v2 research developments:
  • ZODA parameters calculation document created - ZODA Parameters
  • WHIR protocol research - Notes available

Development §

• DA service improvements:
  • Connection monitor for identifying unhealthy or malicious peers - PR #1060
  • Subnetwork connection balancer - PR #1071
  • Connection policy - PR #1066
  • “Optimising committed blobs loading” split into subtasks:
    • Store blobs and shared commitments in RocksDb
    • Implement http API to load shared commitments
    • Load blobs and shared commitments separately to save bandwidth
  • Tests tracing option moved from cargo feature to envvar - PR #1067
• Overwatch improvements:
  • New approach to generics and trait bounds - PR #46 & PR #47
  • Small refactoring of Overwatch lifecycle calls - PR #1061

Nomos Zones Ecosystem §

Research §

• Uniswap Zone/SwapVM development:
  • Refined design approach to make use of ledger for better composability
  • Swap VM design discussion: Discord link
  • Swap TX design discussion: Discord link
  • Progress tracked on Notion
  • Identified potential impacts on current bedrock specifications:
    • Need for permissionless notes, e.g., public ledger
    • Exploring alternative to bundles for PACT swaps

Road to Production, Testnet and Tooling §

Research §

• Chain synchronization specification:
  • Initial version prepared - Chain Synchronization

Development §

• Added panic hook for better debugging - PR #1053
• Node Recovery enhancements:
  • Node recovery mechanism implementation - PR #1065
• Node improvements:
  • Optimized CI workflow for faster feedback cycle (>50%) - PR #1058
  • Use of workspace-wide dependencies - PR #1057
  • Mempool recovery implementation in progress

Documentation §

• Cryptarchia article published: Nomos Cryptarchia: Improving on Ouroboros Crypsinous
• Whitepaper Services section progress continuing