2023-08-03 Vac weekly

NOTE: This is a first experimental version moving towards the new reporting structure:

Last week

• vc
• vc::Deep Research
  • milestone (15%, 2023/11/30) paper on gossipsub improvements ready for submission
    • related work section
  • milestone (15%, 2023/08/31) Nimbus Tor-push PoC
    • basic torpush encode/decode ( https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p-experimental/pull/1 )
  • milestone (15%, 2023/11/30) paper on Tor push validator privacy
    • (focus on Tor-push PoC)
• vsu::P2P
  • admin/misc
    • EthCC (all CCs)
• vsu::Tokenomics
  • admin/misc
    • Attended EthCC and side events in Paris
  • milestone (30%, 2023/09/30) Codex economic analysis, Codex token utility, Codex collateral management
    • Kicked off a new approach for Codex collateral problem
  • milestone (50%, 2023/08/30) SNT staking smart contract
    • Integrated SNT staking contracts with Python
  • milestone (50%, 2023/07/14) SNT litepaper
    • (delayed)
  • milestone(30%, 2023/09/29) Nomos Token: requirements and constraints
• vsu::Distributed Systems Testing
  • milestone (95%, 2023/07/31) Wakurtosis Waku Report
    • Add timout to injection async call in WLS to avoid further issues (PR #139 https://github.com/vacp2p/wakurtosis/pull/139)
    • Plotting & analyse 100 msg/s off line Prometehus data
  • milestone (90%, 2023/07/31) Nomos CI testing
    • fixed errors in Nomos consensus simulation
  • milestone (30%, …) gossipsub model analysis
    • add config options to script, allowing to load configs that can be directly compared to Wakurtosis results
    • added support for small world networks
  • admin/misc
    • Interviews & reports for SE and STA positions
    • EthCC (1 CC)
• vip::zkVM
  • milestone(50%, 2023/08/31) background/research on existing proof systems (nova, sangria…)
    • (write ups will be available here: https://www.notion.so/zkVM-cd358fe429b14fa2ab38ca42835a8451)
    • Solved the open questions on Nova adn completed the document (will update the page)
    • Reviewed Nescience and working on a document
    • Reviewed partly the write up on FHE
    • writeup for Nova and Sangria; research on super nova
    • reading a new paper revisiting Nova (https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/969)
  • milestone (50%, 2023/08/31) new fair benchmarks + recursive implementations
  • zkvm
    • Researching Nova to understand the folding technique for ZKVM adaptation
  • zerokit
    • Rostyslav became circom-compat maintainer
• vip::RLNP2P
  • milestone (100%, 2023/07/31) rln-relay testnet 3 completed and retro
    • completed
  • milestone (95%, 2023/07/31) RLN-Relay Waku production readiness
  • admin/misc
    • EthCC + offsite

This week

• vc
• vc::Deep Research
  • milestone (15%, 2023/11/30) paper on gossipsub improvements ready for submission
    • working on contributions section, based on https://hackmd.io/X1DoBHtYTtuGqYg0qK4zJw
  • milestone (15%, 2023/08/31) Nimbus Tor-push PoC
    • working on establishing a connection via nim-libp2p tor-transport
    • setting up goerli test node (cont’)
  • milestone (15%, 2023/11/30) paper on Tor push validator privacy
    • continue working on paper
• vsu::P2P
  • milestone (…)
    • Implement ChokeMessage for GossipSub
    • Continue “limited flood publishing” (https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p/pull/911)
• vsu::Tokenomics
  • admin/misc:
    • (3 CC days off)
    • Catch up with EthCC talks that we couldn’t attend (schedule conflicts)
  • milestone (50%, 2023/07/14) SNT litepaper
    • Start building the SNT agent-based simulation
• vsu::Distributed Systems Testing
  • milestone (100%, 2023/07/31) Wakurtosis Waku Report
    • finalize simulations
    • finalize report
  • milestone (100%, 2023/07/31) Nomos CI testing
    • finalize milestone
  • milestone (30%, …) gossipsub model analysis
    • Incorporate Status control messages
  • admin/misc
    • Interviews & reports for SE and STA positions
    • EthCC (1 CC)
• vip::zkVM
  • milestone(50%, 2023/08/31) background/research on existing proof systems (nova, sangria…)
    • Refine the Nescience WIP and FHE documents
    • research HyperNova
  • milestone (50%, 2023/08/31) new fair benchmarks + recursive implementations
    • Continue exploring Nova and other ZKPs and start technical writing on Nova benchmarks
  • zkvm
  • zerokit
    • circom: reach an agreement with other maintainers on master branch situation
• vip::RLNP2P
  • maintenance
    • investigate why docker builds of nwaku are failing [zerokit dependency related]
    • documentation on how to use rln for projects interested (https://discord.com/channels/864066763682218004/1131734908474236968/1131735766163267695)(https://ci.infra.status.im/job/nim-waku/job/manual/45/console)
  • milestone (95%, 2023/07/31) RLN-Relay Waku production readiness
    • revert rln bandwidth reduction based on offsite discussion, move to different validator
• blockers