Nomos Weekly Update - 2025-10-27
Nomos Bedrock
Research
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Cryptography:
- Nomos Cryptography Audit Public Draft prepared
 - Blaze Polynomial Commitment Scheme benchmark results added
 - NomosDA v2 Comparison updated with Blaze and ZODA numbers showing ZODA as more bandwidth-efficient compared to Greyhound and Blaze
 
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Cryptarchia:
- Cryptareon: Scalable and Resilient Multi-Proposer Consensus paper draft improved with updated sections 1/2/3/4/5/6 and sections 1/2/3/5 ready for review
 - Aeron Attacks Simulation Review completed
 - Aeron experiments section updated
 - Aeron finality section reviewed
 - Finality discussions completed
 
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SDP Specifications:
- Service Declaration Protocol updated with 
locked_note_idin DeclarationMessage, WithdrawMessage and DeclarationInfo structures - NomosDA Rewarding updated with 
*_session_opinions_lengthin ActivityProof 
 - Service Declaration Protocol updated with 
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Blend Network:
- Blend Protocol updated with hash domain separation string definition and epoch randomness clarification
 - Statistical mechanics of anonymous communication k sender nodes analysis completed with maximum entropy S(O)=log₂ k! achieved when message timelines overlap
 - Most recent developments in anonymous communication systems review of “Mix-networks with restricted routes” article completed
 
 
Development
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Cryptarchia Core:
- Genesis transaction initialization reviewed
 - Time service API for block slot queries implemented
 - Conditional blob validation by block slot implemented
 
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SDP, Ledger and Transaction Processing:
- SDP API for Declare/Withdrawn/Active messages merged
 - SDP API logic implementation completed
 - Active messages definition for Blend and DA activity proofs
 - Validate and reject invalid transactions merged preventing invalid transactions from blocking block production
 - Integration tests checks merged ensuring nodes are ready before starting work
 - Compute transaction costs with signed transaction size prediction
 - Fund transactions from wallet implemented
 - KMS Preload backend preparation for non-test uses
 - KMS with Preload backend integration in nomos-node
 
 
Nomos Bedrock Services
Development
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Blend Network:
- Epoch transition support merged with session and epoch change handling for all Blend services
 - ZK keys, roots, and paths integration merged with core nodes sorted according to PoQ spec and merkle root derivation
 - Unified API for swarm session and epoch rotation merged
 - Blend config refactoring merged with common structure for edge and core service configs
 - Activity proof integration merged into blend service
 
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Data Availability:
- SDP adapter in DA network for posting sampling opinions
 - DA network subscribes to SDP from chain service merged with genesis transaction declarations update and tests passing
 - DA dispersal from non-membership peers allowing anyone to disperse transactions and shares
 - DA dispersal SignedTx from wallet adapter with simplified API
 
 
Road to Production, Testnet and Tooling
Development
- Node Improvements:
- Tauri bundler bump completed
 - Testing Framework for unified workloads across local binaries, Docker Compose, and K8s in progress
 
 
Documentation
- Tutorials:
- Building an EVM Compatible Sovereign ZK Rollup sovereign rollup light node tutorial completed