2025-05-26 Nomos weekly

Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-05-26 §

Nomos Bedrock §

Research §

• Cryptarchia development:
  • Cryptarchia v1 Bootstrap spec finalized and marked as green
  • Cryptarchia v1 Protocol Specification updated with Latest Immutable Block additions
  • Analysis of “Improving Cryptarchia” exploring alternative PPoS mechanisms completed
• Consensus proof systems:
  • Proof of Selection Specification enhanced with cryptographic details
  • ZK proof implementation for PoSel no longer required, enabling focus on sovereign rollup bonding and Blend PoQ implementation
• Mantle development:
  • Block Construction, Validation and Execution Specification updated and under review
  • Mantle specification undergoing review process
• Economics:
  • Block Rewards Specifications draft completed with reward modeling based on stochastic control problems
  • Stake Estimation for the Service Declaration Protocol finalized and ready for review
  • WIP: An Overview of Transaction Fee Mechanisms analyzing various transaction fee approaches
  • Token issuance methodology development through stochastic control optimization
• Service Declaration Protocol:
  • Service Declaration Protocol Specification simplified data structures and logic, marked as green
• Cryptographic components:
  • Common Cryptographic Components for Nomos draft documentation created
• Block time analysis:
  • Block Times & Blend Network updated with network parameter sensitivity analysis
• Network specifications:
  • P2P Network Specification second review completed
  • P2P Network Bootstrapping second review completed

Development §

• Storage optimization:
  • HTTP API storage adapter implementation PR #1281
  • Converter pattern for new abstraction layer PR #1285 with detailed design context
  • Zero copy storage options investigation initiated
• Block pruning implementation:
  • Continued development on PR #1261 pending fork choice rule finalization
• P2P network enhancements:
  • LibP2P code refactoring PR #1261 for improved modularity in preparation for NAT traversal
  • AutoNAT server and basic NAT traversal behaviors added PR #1284
  • NAT traversal state machine implementation planning completed
• Membership service:
  • Implementation completed and merged PR #1268
  • Integration with DA service for latest membership state construction in progress
• Service Declaration Protocol:
  • Activity contract removal and stake proof verification migration to Mantle PR #1280
  • ProviderInfo merged with DeclarationInfo, declaration ID hash updated, RewardAddress introduced PR #1286
• Transaction framework:
  • Mantle transaction definitions implementation in progress
  • Mempool refactoring underway
• Infrastructure improvements:
  • Stricter labels for self-hosted Linux runners in CI PR #1282
  • Stream responses enabled on testnet nginx for DA share data reception PR #417

Nomos Bedrock Services §

Research §

• Data Availability improvements:
  • DA Network Specification reviewed and aligned with cryptographic protocol updates
  • DA rewarding mechanism specification drafting initiated
• Blend Network progress:
  • Impact of Service Declaration Protocol on adversarial inference analyzing statistical implications with simulation results
  • Blend Protocol Version 1 significant improvements with 8 green markers collected, 1 yellow remaining
  • Service Reward Distribution Protocol reviewed with detailed analysis
  • Updated tables and figures for new parameters (T=648000, f=1/30) in protocol documentation
  • Cover message algorithm simplification completed
  • Analysis of Nomos Anonymous Communication System review completed with all documents marked as green

Development §

• Data Availability implementation:
  • Python encoder and verifier components updated to match new specification PR #126
• Blend Network implementation:
  • Proof of Quota circom implementation completed (requires updates for recent PoL changes)
  • Implementation task categorization completed for current Blend spec updates
  • Global parameter update and unhealthy connections reevaluation scheduled for implementation

Zones Ecosystem §

Development §

• Sovereign Rollups progress:
  • Nomos example sovereign rollup completed with all missing pieces and comprehensive README
  • Repository renamed to nomos-example-sovereign-rollup for clarity

Road to Production, Testnet and Tooling §

Development §

• Overwatch improvements:
  • Service lifecycle enhancement with granular control completed through multiple PRs:
    • Original implementation
    • Minor improvements
    • SettingsHandle rework
    • ServiceRunner refactor
    • LifecycleHandle refactor
    • Settings refactor
    • Relay refactor
    • State refactor
    • OverwatchRunner refactor
    • Services refactor
    • Start/stop services by list
  • Node integration with lifecycle changes PR #1272
• Code quality:
  • Integration testing for Overwatch lifecycle changes with Node completed
  • Hash updates to specification alignment planned
  • Service dependency checks scheduled

Documentation §

• Documentation progress:
  • Sovereign rollups technical article published
  • Nomos website copy updates draft completed based on whitepaper content
  • Nomos Zones article draft in progress