# 2025-08-25 Vac weekly
Vac 2025/08/25 § highlights § P2P: Universal Connectivity App work’s been completed Achieved interop between diff implementations Kademlia support will be added once Kademlia commitment is completed so in the meantime, connection to peers must be done manually TKE: Waiting for libp2p reviews on UC nim-peer and AutoTLS client spec QA: Merged multiple Status accounts service test PRs and logged new issues QA: Keycard Shell OS v0.

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# 2025-08-25 Vac weekly

Aug 25, 2025, 9 min read

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## Vac 2025/08/25 §

### highlights §

- P2P: Universal Connectivity App work’s been completed
  - Achieved interop between diff implementations
  - Kademlia support will be added once Kademlia commitment is completed so in the meantime, connection to peers must be done manually
- TKE: Waiting for libp2p reviews on UC nim-peer and AutoTLS client spec
- QA: Merged multiple Status accounts service test PRs and logged new issues
- QA: Keycard Shell OS v0.10 retest completed with 3rd party wallets and SLIP39
- QA: Waku interop REST API tests finalized and PR #134 ready for merge; issues logged for WebSocket failures
- QA: Status Desktop maintenance tasks fixed multiple failing tests; backlog cleanup ongoing
- QA: Initial Status mobile framework merged with additional test fixtures and documentation PRs submitted
- DST: Discovered potential connectivity issue in js-waku
- DST: Discovered malfunctioning metrics in Quic
- DST: Created docker utility for nwaku interaction
- SC: Found a couple of security bugs in light of the latest changes done to the Staking protocol
- SC: Upgraded the testnet stake manager to allow for setting rewards while a reward period is pending
- ACZ: Released first version of de-MLS RFC on rfc.vac.dev/eth-mls-offchain
- NES: Finished implementing the public and private components of NSSA v0.1 protocol

### vac:p2p: §

- `vac:p2p:ift:2025q3-nimlibp2p-mix:mix-core`
  - vacp2p/mix#73 feat: create surbs and send response back
    - From the flow described in #41 implemented:
      - Sender-side flow (Entry)
      - Exit-side flow (Sending Reply)
      - Currently working on Sender-Side Flow (Receiving Reply)
    - Refactor the entry layer to make it easier to understand whether exit is destination or not
    - Added `proc registerFwdBehavior*(mixProto: MixProtocol, codec: string, fwdBehavior: fwdBehaviorCb)` which lets you customize the read behavior in the exit node, for cases in which exit is not destination.
- `vac:p2p:ift:2025q3-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance`
  - QUIC improvements
    - refactor: stream state nim-quic#96
    - chore(stream): improvements nim-quic#101
    - test(stream): cosmetics nim-quic#99
    - test(ci): split test job into compile and run steps nim-quic#98
  - QUIC debugging
    - FIN flag not received by FrameSorter nim-quic#100
      - found easier test case where this issue could be reproduced (integration with nim-libp2p not needed)
      - identified some clues that are hopefully narrowing down source of the issue
- `vac:p2p:ift:2025q3-nimlibp2p-universal-connectivity-app`
  - Finished the app vacp2p/universal-connectivity#1
  - Addressed Richard’s comments on the PR
  - Submitted a PR for nim-peer to libp2p’s UC repository
- `vac:p2p:ift:2025q3-nimlibp2p-autonat-v2`
  - Read the spec
  - Read the autonatV1 nim-libp2p code
- `misc/admin`
  - 1 CC 5d off
  - 1 CC 5d off

### vac:tke: §

- `admin`
  - 2 CC day off + 1 day sick leave
- `vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::review-block-rewards`
  - addressed all comments from the Nomos team and adapted the text accordingly
- `vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::review-nomos-da`
  - addressed all comments from the Nomos team and adapted the text accordingly
- `vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::review-blockspace`
  - addressed all comments from the Nomos team and adapted the text accordingly
- `vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::review-cryptoeconomics`
  - reviewed Nomos cryptoeconomic review and suggested modifications
- `vac:tke:ift:logos-token:logos-strategy`
  - review Frederico’s doc and catch up on recent progress
  - ad-hoc research
  - Read Logos docs
- `vac:tke:waku:services-incentive`
  - catching up on latest developments
  - mapping open questions and kicking off research
- `vac:tke:status:karma-incentives`
  - review and check staking system’s docs
  - catch up on the latest StakeManager & StakeVault refactor
- `vac:tke:status:cf`
  - Met with Matt to discuss GTM
- `vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum::control`
  - Kept pushing reserch on Control Problem

### vac:qa: §

- `status:2025q3-status-go-functional-testing:critical-flows`
  - test_: accounts service tests P1
  - test_: accounts service tests P2
  - test_: accounts service tests P3
  - bug: addKeypairViaSeedPhrase and addKeypairViaPrivateKey don’t require a password
  - bug: messages lost during nightly test_light_client_rate_limiting
- `waku:2025q3-rln-smart-contract-testing:edge-cases`
  - PR 31: RLN contract unit test expansion - in progress
- `keycard:2025q3-keycard-testing:shell-os-v0.10`
  - 3rd Party Wallet Integration Smoke Test finished
  - SLIP39 tests finished
- `waku:2025q3-interop-testing:REST-APIs-Extended`
  - Added final admin/debug API tests in PR #134
  - Issues opened: #3542, #3541
  - Job triggered to verify new tests pass
  - PR #134 ready for review
- `waku:2025q3-interop-testing:rendezvous-peer-discovery`
  - Multiple scenarios tried; reported to Simon; PR #132 updated
- `waku:2025q3-interop-testing:wakucanary`
  - All WebSocket sandbox nodes failed; Issue #3546 opened
  - PR #130 updated with one node example
- `vac:2025q3-nim-libp2p-testing:yamux`
  - PR 1625: header unit tests - merged
  - PR 1634: frame handling & stream initiation tests - merged
  - yamux marked for deprecation
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:maintenance`
  - Fixed tests in PR 18672
  - Fixed tests in PR 18603
  - Fixed tests in PR 18574
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-desktop:release-testing`
  - Opened Issue 18601
- `status:2025q3-status-qa-mobile:framework-adjustments`
  - PR 18366: initial framework merged
  - PR 18670: add documentation submitted
  - PR 18698: login via recovery phrase fixture submitted
- `admin/misc`
  - Reviewed Alejandro solution
  - Candidates interviews
  - OOO: 1 cc Day

### vac:dst: §

- `admin/misc`
  - Created requested VM for ACZ
  - Created job description for DevOps
- `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:python-uv`
  - Was finished, only closing PR was missing
- `vac:dst:status:2025q3-status-go-chat-protocol-benchmarks:delay-and-store`
  - Status-waku discovered an issue with bootstraping. Trying to get more info
- `vac:dst:vac:2025q3-libp2p-evaluation:regression-testing`
  - Final adjustments to the lab, weird results came up again.
- `vac:dst:vac:2025q3-libp2p-evaluation:evaluate-quic-v0.2.9`
  - Did new experiments with suggested PR
  - Connectivity and delays looks more stable, but cant give accurate results because metrics missbehaving.
- `vac:dst:vac:2025q3-libp2p-evaluation:mix-re-evaluation`
  - Coordinated with Pearson for help
  - “Only” rerun and analysis is needed.
- `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-waku-evaluation:js-waku`
  - Github PR: jswaku nodes don’t connect to peers (blocking issue)
  - Github PR: lightpush client and getAddress fixes
- `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:workdir-experiments-track`
  - Github PR: Organize experiment output better
- `vac:dst:waku:2025q3-dst-tooling:improve-tooling`
  - Github PR: BaseExperiment deploy
  - Github PR: Events refactor
  - store_msg_retriever debug mode additions
    - Github PR: Add debug mode for store_msg_retriever
    - Github repo: pod-api-requester
  - Github PR: Add cls.name when registering experiments
- `vac:dst:ift:2025q3-dst-tooling:shadow-integration-scaffold`
  - Extract and log nim-libp2p prometheus metrics in shadow
  - Able to extract binaries from nimlibp2p docker image and run in shadow.
    - Running existing docker images still requires addressing at-least two issues.
      - nimp2p-service (discovery) not available in shadow. Supporting this can allow running existing docker images as well.
      - prometheus metrics are exposted to server in existing images. Still need to try curl/other options to use these metrics.
  - New shadow release failing many compatibility tests on my machine (probably an issue with hypervisor)

### vac:sc: §

- `vac:sc:ift:2025q3-fv-tools-research`
  - trying Kontrol with our repos tests
  - trying the opensource version of certora in local
- `vac:sc:status:2025q3-maintaining-status-contracts`
  - Review of staking system
    - Found bug in leave system: withdraw allows immediate release of funds after leave #247
    - Found bug in leave system: withdrawFromVault allows withdraw after lockEnd without StakeManager notification (no leave precondition) #248
  - Improve coverage of staking system
    - Added tests that find the bugs above
  - Implemented change in stakemanager to allow for setting rewards when reward period is already pending
  - Upgrade testnet deployment
  - PR: https://github.com/vacp2p/staking-reward-streamer/pull/251
- `ift:2025q3-sc-learnup-sessions`
  - Prepared and presented lending protocol deep dive session
    - Recording
    - https://www.notion.so/Understanding-Lending-Protocols-2578f96fb65c80e09ebaec1527ca2935

### vac:acz: §

- `ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:consensus-layer`
  - Added real voting into PoC and made consensus service as event-based PR
- `ift:2025q3-zerokit:merkle-tree-revising`
  - Merged this PR (completed task)
  - Reviewed PR
- `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:update-rfc`
  - Resumed Section 8 refactor in PR PR #173.
  - Began adding payload encryption and handler logic (WiP).
- `ift:2025q3-libp2p-mix-testnet:multi-surb-design`
  - Encountered issues running Mixnet with `nim-libp2p v2.2.4`.
  - Debugged Sphinx reply processing: destination was incorrectly embedded in final hop.
  - Implemented SURB handling changes in feat/surbs-process branch.
  - Identified issue behind SURB test failing — identifier `I` must be non-zero.
- `ift:2025q3-zerokit:libp2p-mix-repo`
  - Synced with P2P team on achieving uniform behavior in Mix core regardless of `exit != destination` or not.
  - Aligned that hop selection remains a challenge: in `exit == destination`, the last hop must be the destination, which introduces a special case.
  - Discussed options: either expose hop selection to top-level applications or allow Mix core to be aware of the destination — both are not desirable.
  - Explored possibility of defining a custom client-relay protocol for GossipSub (suggested by Richard) to avoid this.
- `ift:2025q3-zerokit:pmtree-config-builder`
  - Addressed PR review feedback on PR.
- `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:maintaining`
  - Review PR Test case timeout fix & dependencies cleanup
  - Fixing issue with PR
  - Addressed PR review feedback on PR
  - Merge these PR PR
- `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:stress-test`
  - PR for benchmark: release profile optimisations PR & benchmark name fix
  - Setup tailscale & setup the env for stress tests
- `ift:2025q3-zerokit:zerokit-maintaining`
  - Read about ffi article 1 ffi uninit
    - article 2 safer_ffi at ditto
    - article 3 wasm bindgen opaque structs
    - article 4 wasm bindgen doc
  - Created Github discussion about ffi rework
  - Review PR
  - Discussed with Sylvain on FFI rework task
  - Reviewed and merged external PR
- `ift:2025q3-rln-status-l2:rln-spec-maintain`
  - Drafted decentralizes slashing doc and discuss it. Option two looks reasonable.
  - Researched current existing Web2 solutions for DDoS protection for the Linea Network.
- `nes:2025q3-nescience-consulting:dex-research`
  - Began preliminary research in DEX; specifically security and privacy concerns of DEX/AMM systems.
- `ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:multi-steward-rfc`
  - Merged PR.
- `ift:2025q3-de-mls-tesnet:consensus-rfc`
  - Applied feedbacks to the PR ready to merge.
- `nes:2025q3-nescience-consulting:privacy-projects-analysis`
  - Review notes on existigng projects.
  - Continued write up for privacy-preserving projects with focus on how Nescience compares; some projects took longer than expected to understand
- `admin/misc`
  - Added RFC link to the de-MLS blog post ready to merge.
  - Improve description for ACZ think tanks: RLNv1, RLNv2, RLNv3, and zerokit.
  - 1 cc is ooo for 1 day

### vac:rfc: §

- `vac:rfc:waku:2025q3-rfc-iteration:qaku`
  - Continued work on qaku rfc, work still in progress - https://github.com/waku-org/specs/pull/77
- `vac:rfc:codex:2025q3-rfc-iteration`
  - Started reviewing the new codex rfc, Slot-builder and DHT
- `vac:rfc:nomos:2025q3-rfc-iteration:da-network`
  - Worked and finished a fix: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/160
- `vac:rfc:nomos:2025q3-rfc-iteration:p2p-network`
  - Fixed the enhancement: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/169
- `vac:rfc:nomos:2025q3-rfc-iteration:hardware-requirements`
  - Removed the extra stuff: https://github.com/vacp2p/rfc-index/pull/172
- `vac:rfc:logos:2025q3-rfc-iteration:logos-pocs`
  - Started reading the documentation and creating a wireframe according to COSS: https://github.com/logos-co/logos-core-poc/blob/develop/docs/specs.md

### vac:sec: §

- `ift:2025q3-wallet-policy-update:write-and-review-new-version`
  - Drafted and reviewed the runbook proposal for onboarding new signatories (identity verification)
- `ift:2025q3-awareness-program:web3-security-essentials`
  - Shared web3 news about crime, phishing, malware, hacks and IoC with Finance
- `ift:2025q3-multisig-secondary-interface-deployment:write-guides-and-best-practices`
  - Started writing the guidelines to use Onchain Den when required
- `ift:2025q3-cicd-security-review:status-design-reviews`
  - Performed secure code review on the latest Status wallet PRs (authentication, key management, storage handling)
  - Audited CI pipeline secrets usage and validated enforcement of rotation policies
  - Held architecture discussion with Status team on wallet security design and integration boundaries
- `ift:2025q3-vulma-and-ir:incidents`
  - Ran endpoint scans on impacted accounts/devices to confirm containment and verified antivirus presence
- `ift:2025q3-finance-automation`
  - Updated processes with changes in Iplicit API
- `ift:2025q3-security-automation:automatic-wallet-index-updates`
  - Started testing for Etherscan API integration
- `ift:2025q3-security-automation`
  - Finalized 1st version of workflow for web3 security news alert

### vac:nes: §

- `vac:nes:2025q3:state-separation-architecture-poc:specs`
  - Worked on the sequencer specs and sequencer pseudocode doc: we polished the docs and removed the retry mechanism for the time being, also discussed how to solve the DoS attach issue.
- `vac:nes:2025q3:state-separation-architecture-poc:token-design`
  - Researched and designed the token program for NSSA.
  - Reflected a new idea on how to treat native token as a normal token owned by the token program.
- `vac:nes:2025q3:state-separation-architecture-poc:fee`
  - Started working on fee mechanism.
- `state-separation-architecture-poc:wallet`
  - Returned and updated PR 101 for CLI expansion.
- `state-separation-architecture-poc:specs-impl`
  - Finished key protocol update public part. PR 104
  - Finished implementing privacy-preserving components of NSSA v0.1 in the testnet (PR 103 draft).

### vac:nim: §

- `ift:2025q3-nimble`
  - MacOs random CI failure (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1453)
  - WIP Support for filepath in requires (https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/pull/1452)
    - WIP Support for filepath
    - Dont install filePath packages
    - Adds `tfilepathrequires` suite. Fixes minor issues
    - Disables unrelated failing test. Will be fixed in a following PR
    - fileUrl packages takes precedence over published packages, even if the version dont meet the requirements
    - Autoenable `patch` feature for toplevel packages
    - Adds various tests
    - Removes debug line
    - Only allow filepath requires inside the patch feature when in a nimble file
    - adds alias patch`to`features “patch”:
- `vac:nim:ift:2025q3-nim-core-libs:add-cbor-support-to-json`
  - `nim-cbor-serialization` (https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-cbor-serialization/pull/1)
    - tests on par with nim-json
    - bignum support optional