2025-07-28 Nomos weekly

Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-07-28 §

Nomos Bedrock §

Research §

• Cryptoeconomics:

  • Nomos Cryptoeconomic KPI Target document initiated to define parameters for each service and leaders
  • Fees work in progress for reward distribution strategies
  • Anonymous Reward Protocol for Leaders updated to guarantee minimal anonymity set size with epoch-based voucher inclusion
  • Reward Collection and Distribution Protocol updated for accumulating rewards in leader notes
  • Cryptoeconomics of Nomos Version 1 documenting money flows and technical restrictions

• Total Stake Inference:

  • Total Stake Inference specification finalized with validation simulations
  • Preliminary Research: Total Stake Inference Analysis completed with accuracy, precision, stability, and convergence speed validation
  • Variance derivation completed for inferred total stake under network inefficiencies

• Cryptarchia:

  • Fork-Choice Rules in Cryptarchia v2, v2-prime, and Alternative Approaches exploring alternative mechanisms

Development §

• Cryptarchia Core:

  • Initial fork choice rule selection merged
  • IBD (initial block download) refactoring in progress
  • Chain sync network protocol improvements under review
  • Orphan blocks handling in chain service implementation in progress

• Ledger and Transaction Processing:

  • Support for processing LedgerTxs merged
  • Mantle channel operations implementation for Blob, Inscribe, and SetKeys operations

• Witness Generator:

  • Prover Compilation for Linux, Windows, and macOS under development

Nomos Bedrock Services §

Research §

• Data Availability:

  • Preliminary Research: Impact of Omissions on Sampling Robustness completed with optimal subnetwork size calculations
  • Network confidence analysis completed for data availability with unreliable nodes

• Blend Network:

  • Message Encapsulation Mechanism updated with Python code blocks
  • Blend Protocol Version 1 simplified message identification using only public keys

Development §

• Data Availability:

  • Membership DA storage RocksDB implementation in progress
  • Addressbook storage in DA RocksDB implementation under review
  • Pass dispersal and replication events instead of DA shares implemented

• Blend Network:

  • Edge service implementation completed:
    • Refactoring merged
    • Edge service merged
    • Integrate libp2p stream behaviour merged
  • Proxy Service implementation in progress
  • Message decapsulation logic implementation with cryptographic validation

Road to Production, Testnet and Tooling §

Development §

• Code Quality:
  • Additional lints enablement without codebase changes

Business Development §

• Strategic Planning:
  • Nomos Testnet Node Incentive Program plan drafted
  • The State of Private Bridges in Web3 comparative analysis exploring legal risks
  • Product-market fit research ongoing through stakeholder engagement

Documentation §

• Marketing Materials:
  • The Nomos Litepaper first draft completed
  • The GHOST Fork Choice Rule And Why Nomos Doesn’t Use It blog post draft completed