2025-03-03 Nomos weekly

Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-03-03 §

Nomos Bedrock §

Research §

• Cryptarchia research continuing:
  • Ongoing study of Lachesis’ STAKEDAG paper
• Continued work on Nomos Economic Model:
  • RDP requirements formalization
  • Discussions on NMO as Money for Network State
  • Ongoing valuation model development
• Chain synchronization specification:
  • Initial Chain Synchronization Document

Development §

• Clock service improvements:
  • Time service merged
• Consensus development:
  • Ongoing work on node recovery

Nomos Bedrock Services §

Research §

• Research on dispute resolution for executor agreements
• Updated PoR document
• Ongoing research on liquid restaking
• NomosDA developments:
  • Comparative study of Nomos DA v1 vs ZODA:
    • Probability Calculation Document
    • Nomos DA v1 vs v2 Comparison
  • ZODA Parameters Document
• Blend Network progress:
  • Tier 4 Economic Incentives Documentation
  • Blend Calculator
  • Message Encapsulation Mechanism

Development §

• DA service improvements:
  • Connection Management Integration
  • Sampling Verification HTTP APIs
  • Blob Commitments Verification
• Overwatch improvements:
  • General Cleanup
  • Crate Renames
  • License Updates

Nomos Zones Ecosystem §

Research §

• SwapVM development:
  • Initial Implementation
  • Cross-zone Transfer Cleanup
  • Risc0 Proof Prebuild

Road to Production, Testnet and Tooling §

Development §

• Node improvements:
  • Mempool Recovery
  • Rust Version Pinning
  • Formatting Rules
  • Final Carnot Removal
  • Dockerfile Update
  • Fixes for nomos-e2e-tests
• Networking:
  • Notes on Stream Utilization in DA Replication

Documentation §

• Ongoing whitepaper development