Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-09-15
Nomos Bedrock
Research
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Cryptography:
- General Cryptography Review To-Do List audit process ongoing with comprehensive repository reviews
- DA cryptography audit completed for relevant repositories with issues identified and addressed
- Proof of Quota Specification updated with new proof compression and serialization subsections
- DA v2 research work initiated
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Cryptarchia:
- Cryptareon: Scalable and Resilient Multi-Proposer Consensus substantial revisions to Sections 2-4 with second round review comments addressed
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Tokenomics:
- PoS simulation development incorporating execution market and block rewards specifications
- Dynamic stake estimation model preparation with requirements gathering completed
- Validator behavioral modeling for system entry/exit based on rewards vs stake ratios
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v1.1 Specifications (Batch Verification):
- v1.1 Mantle Specification ready for review
- v1.1 Block Construction, Validation and Execution Specification finalized
- v1.1 Gas Cost Determination completed
- v1.1 Overview of Cryptoeconomics of Nomos ready for review
- v1.1 Execution Market Specification finalized
- v1.1 Analysis of Data Availability Resource Limitations completed
Development
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ZK Components:
- Proof of Leadership Groth16 migration from RISC0 implementation in progress
- ZK API ergonomics improvements merged for better developer experience
- ZkSign module proof library implementation completed
- Proof of Quota library finalized
- Proof of Claim library implementation completed
- Field element serialization for non-human readable wire formats
- H roots optimization with amortized computation method
- Compressed proof sizes compile-time checking and fix
- Fr bytes transformation utilities stable implementation
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Circom Circuits:
- Compile and bundle PoC implementation
- Additional circuit bundling improvements
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Cryptarchia Core:
- Block reconstruction from network proposals implementation
- Blob validation during bootstrapping early phase implementation in review
- Blob validation strategy designed for bootstrapping phase
- Chain and SDP service interaction design completed
- Chain service definitions crate merged
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Ledger and Transaction Processing:
- Block format updates completed following new specification changes
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Wallet Integration:
- UtxoTree holds Utxos instead of notes for LIB bootstrap support
- Wallet Crate core functionality implementation
- Wallet Service with leadership eligible notes queries and LIB-based state purging
- CryptarchiaServiceApi implementation for simplified service interaction
- E2E integration testing in progress
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Storage and Network:
- Unified encoding refactor eliminating unnecessary conversions
- RocksDB historical data benchmarking in progress
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Key Management:
- KMS redesign proposed for flexible key type integration including ZK keys
- ZK key integration with KMS architecture in progress
Nomos Bedrock Services
Research
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Blend Network:
- Statistical mechanics of anonymous communication Model 1 framework with entropy-based anonymity measures
- Global passive adversary (GPA) formalized with Boltzmann entropy S(O) as anonymity measure
- Analysis of message trajectory spatial and temporal intersection requirements
- Planning for other adversarial models including corrupted node observation and active adversaries
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Data Availability:
- DA Dispersal Handling Incomplete Subnetwork Connectivity strict dispersal mechanism design
Development
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Blend Network:
- Session transition for blend service fully functional with membership service integration
- PoQ integration into nomos-blend-message crate
- PoSel integration into nomos-blend-message crate
- PoQ and PoSel integration into Blend core crates with cryptographic processor updates
- Specification updated addressing typos and inconsistencies during implementation
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Data Availability:
- DA network strict dispersal informing users of subnetwork connectivity issues
- Immutable block stream subscription capability with supporting changes
- Channel ID encoding and dispersing implementation
- DA swarm response fix for send capability issues
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Membership Service:
- Membership service storage for graceful and non-graceful restart support
- Different session sizes per service type supporting Blend and DA requirements
- Provider ID generation fix for valid elliptic curve PIDs
- Session ID migration from block number in DA storage
- DA rewards opinion system design initiated
- SDP and Membership connection planning for block updates and IBD support
Road to Production, Testnet and Tooling
Development
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NAT Traversal:
- NAT configuration enum for improved handling options
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Testing and Quality:
- Integration testing framework design and implementation ongoing
- Wallet E2E integration testing in progress
- Testnet updates and maintenance planned
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Node Improvements:
- Profiling and metrics instrumentation planning initiated
- Block explorer integration consideration
Business Development
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Strategic Partnerships:
- Hypha.coop partnership discussions with incentivized testnet metrics gathered
- Liberland and Degen.house follow-ups planned
- Logos Ecodev team alignment meeting scheduled
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Community and Marketing:
- Thought leadership speaker profile prepared for Devconnect and media outreach
- Additional candidates identified for Discord and social media management
- Q4 2025 priorities document preparation for Logos stack Ecodev
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Conference Participation:
- ETHRome ‘Privacy Day’ speaking engagement confirmed
Documentation
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Blog Posts:
- Participating in Nomos Bedrock Services SDP blog draft completed
- SDP blog review process initiated
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Technical Documentation:
- Understanding Nomos Capabilities technical overview refinement
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Tutorials:
- Building a Sovereign Rollup tutorial development in progress