---
title: "2024-12-16 Vac weekly"
tags:
  - "vac-updates"
date: 2024-12-16
lastmod: 2024-12-16
draft: false
---

## Vac 2024/12/16

### vac:p2p:
- `ift:gossipsub-perf-improvements`
  - Finalized staggered message sending article. The article is ready for review.
  - Worked on 2nd large message handling article (IWANT optimization + IMReceiving)
- `ift:nimlibp2p-maintenance`
    - Use [nim 2.x](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1228) in CI
    - [PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1229) to use latest NimPNG and nico
- `vac:libp2p-mix-consulting`
    - Assist in coding issues

### vac:tke:
- `admin`
  - prepared for the quartely retrospective
  - prepared TKE Commitments for Q1/2025
- `vac:tke:codex:v1-supply-tokenomics:token-dynamics`
  - replaced the Uniswap V2 amm with the V3 model, and ran simulations
- `vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:tx-fees`
  - wrote down report with comparisons
  - moved all hardcoded parameters of the simulation into a parameters class
- `vac:tke:nomos:intro-base-layer-economy:da-fee`
  - reviewed the modeling of the NomosDA market
- `vac:tke:status:aura-incentives:xp-program`
  - following up with connections and intros from the Emergence conference
  - updates and discussion with the SN team after 2 weeks
  - looking into L2 governance models/solutions (based on the discussion with the Tally founder)
  - Revisited this work
  - attended meeting for updates and discussion with the SN team after 2 weeks
- `vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:ve3`
  - revisiting and polishing the ve(3,3) blogpost - adding some formulas and analyzing some dynamics of the system
- `vac:tke:ift:catsfishing-mvp:whitepaper` 
  - Met with Ned to discuss whitepaper
  - Met with legal team and smarts contracts team to discuss constraints, limitations etc
  - worked towards simulations and parameters
  - reviewing Juan's work on the whitepaper
- `vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:points`
   - Going back to the points blog post

### vac:dst:
- `admin/misc`
    - 1 CC OOO whole week
- `vac:dst:ift:visualiser-tool:debug-visualiser`
    - Changed Jupyter Notebook for Dash
    - Finished: [Closed PR](https://github.com/vacp2p/10ksim/pull/44)
    - Closed [tracking issue](https://github.com/vacp2p/vaclab/issues/40)
- `waku:waku-evaluation:regression-testing`
    - Created new [Notion Report](https://www.notion.so/Stuck-Issue-ONGOING-2fb05e6b5cfb4c3c820865e5bf2eef11)
    - Blocking issue is not dependant on waku sharing virtual machine or physical host
    - Planned next simulations with lower available CPU

### vac:qa:
- `waku:2024q4-interop-testing:maintenace`
	- Fix flaky [tests](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/94)
    - fix: comment out on chain RLN tests. [PR 95 - merged](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/95) 
    - bug: node won't start with RLN in on-chain dynamic mode 2. [Issue 3208 - open](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/3208) - confirmed with Infura and Alchemy RPC 
- `waku:2024q4-status-go-functional-testing:migrate-to-status-backend`
	- Meeting with status team to discuss priorities and blockers
	- Fixed comments and merged [contact-requests PR](https://github.com/status-im/status-go/pull/6167)
	- Add python [linters and formatters PR](https://github.com/status-im/status-go/pull/6212)
	- Started working at private groups messages
- `nomos:2024q4-da-testing:outline-distributed-test-framework`
    - chore: Small scale cluster tests
[PR 936 - closed](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-node/pull/936)
    - New repo [nomos-e2e-tests](https://github.com/logos-co/nomos-e2e-tests) created with basic sctructure
    - Built Nomos docker image localy (x86)
- `waku:2024q4-interop-testing:faster-runners`
	- Work on shards (managed to reduce time to <25 mins) [PR 88](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/88)
	- Fix issues occured with shards 
	- Fix rln tests failing issues 
- `waku:2024q4-interop-testing:ci-integration`
	- Use tag "SMOKE_TESTS" Instead of checkout on master based on review comments 
	- Create branch [PR 90](https://github.com/waku-org/waku-interop-tests/pull/96)
- `admin-misc`
	- Q4 Retro
	- 2025 Q1 commitments
    - OOO 1 Day

### vac:acz:

### vac:sc:

### vac:nim:
- `ift:nim_ide_tooling_2024q4`
     - Review community PRs
     - Uses setup-nimble-action in CI #268 https://github.com/nim-lang/langserver/pull/268
- `ift:nimble_2024q4`
    - Adds latest https://github.com/nim-lang/setup-nimble-action/pull/2
    - nimble install nimble works again in posix. Adds SAT test https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1299
    - Makes nimble compile with nim 1.6 https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1300
    - Bumps 0.16.4 by @jmgomez in https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1304
    - When in local tagged cache is local as well https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1305
    - Fixes pkgcache in https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1306
    - Automatically attach binaries to a release  in https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1308
    - Allows to continue if tag fetching fails Fixes #1309  https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1311
    - Fixes nimble hanging when there is a cycle in the requirements #Fixes #1307 by 
    - Fixes Nim CI
    - Release nimble

### vac:rfc:
- `ift:rfc:waku:updates-of-mature-waku-rfcs-2024q4`
    - Continued work on update for 13/WAKU2-STORE and 14/WAKU2-MESSAGE. Will be ready for feedback next week.
- `ift:rfc:vac:rfc-index-maintenance-2024q4`
    - Fixed sds.md markdown errors - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/115
- `ift:rfc:status:status-specs-to-rfc-index-migration`
    - Did second round of feedback for status depracted specs - https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/109
- `ift:rfc:vac:rfc-culture-establishment-2024q4`
    - Contiuned work on AA informational post, should be ready for feedback next week.
    - Continued exploration of FURPS and how we can integrate the best.
- `admin/misc`
    - NCT planning - added new commitments, if it is fine, will add tasks. Need to see whether to add new units/projects (p2p, Status, etc.) - https://github.com/vacp2p/roadmap/pull/51/commits 
    - NCT Retrospective: Took a look down the format and questions, have a plan on how to answer most of these (maybe even all) https://www.notion.so/Vac-Retrospective-Template-2024q1-1538f96fb65c801eb8aad0de1cccbf49 
- `ift:rfc:nomos:data-availability-raw-rfc-2024q4:da-documentation-research`
    - Still in progress, will touchbase with the team.


### vac:nes:


