---
title: "2024-06-17 Vac weekly"
tags:
  - "vac-updates"
date: 2024-06-17
lastmod: 2024-06-17
draft: false
---

## Vac 2024/06/17

### vac:p2p:
- `nimlibp2p:vac:webrtc-transport`
  - Fix nim-mbedtls MacOS installation
  - Merge small chore PR https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/pull/13
  - DTLS ready to review https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-webrtc/pull/10
- `nimlibp2p:vac:maintenance`
  - https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/843
    - Older PR about races conditions; Find/implement solutions to fix it
  - fix(CI): rebuild website job https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1125
  - fix(readme): update links https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1126
  - fix(CI): generate website job https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1124
  - fix(tests): testautorelay https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1121
  - fix(tests): flaky testdaemon https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1123
  - chore(formatting): format the whole codebase using nph 0.5.1 https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1118
  - fix(gossipsub): pubsubpeer is created with wrong gossipsub version https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1116

### vac:tke:
- `admin`
  - 2 (Frederico) + 5 (Martin) days off
  - changed the TKE milestones after getting feedback (Frederico)
  - analysis of Risk Quant Lead candidate task (Frederico)
  - Met with Martin to discuss hand-off (Juan)
- `codex:cdx`
  - cleaned up Litepaper (Frederico)
  - Kept working on simulations code, greatly improved efficiency (Juan)
  - Wrote piece on Filecoin government (Juan)
- `codex:testnet-incentive`
  - caught up the current thinking of the Codex team (Frederico)
- `status:SNT-staking` 
  - Commented Cyp's blogpost (Juan)
  - Discussed further directions on the swap aggregator (Juan)
- `status:L2-deployment`
  - Started work on catsfishing (Juan)

### vac:dst:
- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:codex:testnet`
    - Meeting with Codex team members comparing DSNs and offering a competive analysis
- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:10k`
    - Running attempts at "10k with metrics", new tests with noise dampening
    - Brought back missing nodes
- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale`
    - Continued debugging [waku regression](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2780)
    - Repeated deployments with 0.28, and compared with 0.27.
    - Gave feedback to Gabriel@Waku about [change in Waku logging](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/pull/2800#issuecomment-2165558380)
    - 0.28 deployment for Ivan/Hanno, plotting message time distribution to all peers.
        - Ivan specifically requested different sizes and latencies- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:waku:midscale`
- `vac:dst:tooling:vac:visualiser-tool`
    - Continue work on injecting elastic information in visualiser
- `vac:dst:deployment-and-analysis:vac:libp2p-version-testing`
    - Tried to repeat simulations with different message size and latency witn 1.2.0 and 1.3.0
        - Couldn't obtain data, still trying to figure out why

### vac:qa:
- `waku:test-automation-status-go-cli`
	- contact request [tests](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/3) - merged(@Florin)
	- private groups [tests](https://github.com/status-im/status-cli-tests/pull/4) - in progress(@Florin)
	- reviewed Pablos's PR where he fixed and added new functionality to status-cli(@Florin)
- `waku:interop-testing-02`
    - Test/peer connection management [in progress](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/45)(@Roman)
- `nomos:test-automation-cryptarchia`
    - chore: cryptarchia unit tests update [on hold till 17th June](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node/pull/657)(@Roman)
    - chore: cryptarchia ledger unit tests update [in progress](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node/pull/660)(@Roman)
- `waku:test-automation-rln`
    - Investigate and fix waku-simulator issues with docker/podman on windows and fedora(@Alex)
    - Began running tests(@Alex)
- `waku:maintenance-nwaku`
    - Answer open issues(@Alex)

### vac:acz:
- `rlnp2p:waku:rlnv2-e2e`
    - [chore(tests): add kats test for merkle proof](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rlnv2-contract/pull/7)
    - [chore: integrate uups proxy](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rlnv2-contract/pull/8)
    - [chore: scaffold deployments](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rlnv2-contract/pull/6)
    - merged [tests PR](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-rlnv2-contract/pull/5/files) after addressing reviews
- `stealth-address-kit:vac:maintenance`
    - [chore: refactor into 2 crates, example and sdk](https://github.com/vacp2p/stealth-address-kit/pull/10)
    - [chore: v0.2.0-beta release](https://github.com/vacp2p/stealth-address-kit/pull/11)
    - [chore: refactor deps, make lib lighter](https://github.com/vacp2p/stealth-address-kit/pull/12)
- `validator-privacy:nimbus:productionize-tor-push`
    - reviewed codebase and paper
- `secure-channels:waku:mls-design`
    - Study on login and authentication options for MLS design in terms of decentralization, adding a conclusion to [doc](https://www.notion.so/A-Proposal-on-Decentralized-Authentication-and-Login-Mechanism-for-mls-poc-ea5337c383a341a5a796dad85284a1dd?pvs=4)
    - Examine login mechanism of a self-hosted messaging app based on matrix named [element](https://app.element.io/#/welcome) see in [github](https://github.com/element-hq/element-web)
    - Finished the (first version) of the [presentation](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XxHiah4vQd0uEXr0glSiqHaiTShDBsJiNhAZhL7kjbM/edit?pli=1#slide=id.g157ea0519b8_0_104) for the EthCC Brussels. 
- `secure-channels:waku:mls-poc`
    - tried to implement poc using openmls and centralised DS -> not finished, found that using decentralised approach is better 
    - started to investigate how to use waku as DS
- `consulting:codex:proxy-re-encryption`
    - attended kick-off call, [meeting notes](https://notes.status.im/5QweMmx4QXurti8_5kWijQ?view) with action points for next steps
- `admin/misc`
    - added codex proxy re-encryption to roadmap [pr](https://github.com/logos-co/roadmap/pull/66) and merged

### vac:sc::
- `vac:maintenance/misc`
    - Setting up first certora rules in Codex repo
    - ENS usernames migrate remaining tests to forge
    - ENS usernames forge 
        - https://github.com/status-im/ens-usernames/issues/129
        - https://github.com/status-im/ens-usernames/tree/foundry-template-test
  - Researched EIP4626 tokenized vaults and security vulnerabilities
  - Presented research to team
  - Meeting with Finance and Security to discuss plans with Zodiac modules
      - Finance will set up deploy script to create a SAFE with multisig and zodiac roles modifier + scope guard
          - SC team and Security team will review deploy scripts
          - SC team will deploy contracts on behalf of finance
  - Rebased Ricardos work on ENS username repo refactor
      - Branch: https://github.com/status-im/ens-usernames/commits/foundry-template/
      - Also had session with him about ironing out some processes


### vac:nim:
- `tooling:vac:compiler`
  - Fix an issue in nimsuggest where unknown files werent being handled: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/23696
  - Backports: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/23702 and https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/23701
  - Fix: "#23695: On Linux, "nimsuggest" crashes if Nim is installed in /usr/bin and the library in /usr/lib/nim" https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/23697
- `tooling:vac:lsp`
    - Implements the `extension/status` endpoint (https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/commit/3879966eed20f04ce4254b67c5c6496c06358b79)
		It's useful for asserting in tests in a reliable way as it exposes the langserver and nimsuggest instances current status (i.e. main file, known files, etc.) It can also be useful to create a specific window in extension to quickly inspect the current status for a given project
- `tooling:vac:editor`
  - Implements Show NimLangServer Status command. (https://github.com/nim-lang/vscode-nim/pull/67)
	  Right now is just outputing into the output window. In the near future we are going to build a separate window to inspect it.

### vac:rfc:
- `nomos:specs-init`
    - Worked on data availability rfc, not ready for feedback, still in draft - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/41
- `admin/misc`
    - Closed and moved issues from rfc old repo; archived old repo (https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc)
    - Updated readme on rfc-website - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc.vac.dev/pull/2

### vac:dr:
- `vac:admin`
    - Team synced outside of standup for additional feedback.
    - (Marvin) Began investigating gossipsub lazy message  [issue](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/issues/850) as prep for testing.
- `gsub-scaling:vac:unstructured-p2p-improvements-survey`
  - Began work on research blog post for gossipsub improvements for large messages: [WIP draft](https://github.com/vacp2p/vac.dev/pull/144)
-  `zk:codex:zk-consulting`
    -  Wrote [notes](https://www.notion.so/Notes-on-Codex-Proposal-WIP-efba941dbdb444b783d4bdf6f415e801?pvs=4#17279e7a85cc465b82418cbc6478c0a6) on a binding issue in Codex proposal notes along with a solution.
    -  Wrote brief [notes](https://www.notion.so/Notes-on-Codex-Proposal-WIP-efba941dbdb444b783d4bdf6f415e801?pvs=4#c77f71993e174df3bb86a71a3d6b9c7a) for [PolyMath](https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/916).
- `vac:dr:anon:vac:gossipsub-anonymity`
    - Started writing [Anonymized GossipSub Transport Protocol (AGTP)](https://www.notion.so/Anonymized-GossipSub-Transport-Protocol-AGTP-Wip-cbcbcd6067b347bb812041bce9c110ce) specification -WiP.
      - (AGTP will be renamed as the name is not fitting; just WiP atm)
      - Researched ways to prevent adversarial senders from abusing the mixnet to DoS single exit nodes; current issue: this could potentially lead to honest exit nodes being penalized and ignored. 
    - Investigated mining techniques; selected proof of work for now.

### vac:nes:
- `virtual-machine-creation:vac:vm-foundations`
    - work on [list of ZkVMs](https://github.com/vacp2p/zk-explorations/issues/40)
      - Finished entering data on missing Zkvms info. [Moudy]
      - Started going through codebases ov zkVMs. [Rostyslav]
      - Updated and integrated additional information on [Github](https://github.com/vacp2p/zk-explorations/issues/40) and [Table](https://notes.status.im/ugF2lAAKTuG_t5PcdWwuwg) lists. [Moudy]
      - Started discussions about the selection of Zkvms and how to add privacy requirements.[Team]
- `state-separation:vac:state-separation-architecture-01`
    - Reviewed the state separation architecture prototype. [Moudy]
    - Started defining important traces and working through a first draft. [Moudy]
    - Reviewed the prototype and extracted the rest of possible topics to obtain the scope of the blogpost. [UGUR] [ACZ]
    - Work on a demo example of state separation execution for the prototype for each kind of TX. [UGUR + MOUDY] [ACZ]
    - Examine the private execution project named [sarma](https://github.com/jordan-public/evm-private-execution)

