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Vac 2025/12/22

highlights

  • BI: Finance dashboard data transformation completed, with Etherscan fixes and Bitcoin extraction added.
  • BI: GitHub extraction updates aligned dashboards with the new repository organization.
  • BI: Logos website GitHub participation endpoint delivered and circle data issues fixed.
  • BI: LLM RAG context update work started, with vLLM benchmark scripting underway.
  • BI: Comms X analytics extraction updated and Status X tags dashboard refreshed.
  • DST: Vaclab 2.0 bandwidth operator PR opened with CRD/controller logic and local tests.
  • DST: Vaclab 2.0 bandwidth-aware scheduling documentation published with workflow details and limitations.
  • DST: Waku v0.37 bandwidth regression experiments completed and analysis reports updated.
  • DST: Waku v0.37 store regression analysis produced a connection-limit impact report.
  • DST: JsWaku bootstrapping tests confirmed reconnect propagation within one second after disconnects.
  • DST: Libp2p evaluation showed go-libp2p succeeds under conditions where nimlibp2p fails.
  • Infra: MEV-Boost metrics and validator performance dashboards advanced for Lido monitoring.
  • Infra: Hoodi missing proposal investigation progressed alongside layout fleet update planning.
  • Infra: Status App Android and iOS signing pipelines updated and validated.
  • Infra: Windows E2E registry issue debugging continued for Status App builds.
  • Infra: Waku services updated with waku.sandbox enablement and Logos chat node deployment.
  • Nescience: AMM-wallet integration PR merged to advance testnet readiness.
  • Nescience: Quick deploy implementation merged while testnet machine work progressed.
  • Nescience: Sequencer Docker CI build and CI parallelization improvements merged.
  • Nescience: CLI and facades unification work started under the nice-to-have track.
  • Nescience: LSSA consulting advanced with freeze-authority review and payment-streams documentation.
  • Nim: Nimble improvements advanced for lockfile defaults, special versions, and git error reporting.
  • Nim: Confutils PRs progressed across obsolete pragma, env var handling, and decoding fixes.
  • Nim: Intops refactor progressed with merged PRs, nimibook publication, and benchmark research.
  • Nim: Langserver failure diagnosis completed with upstream issue identification.
  • P2P: QUIC stabilization continued with lsquic refactors, API exports, and Windows build fixes.
  • P2P: C bindings advanced for streams, kademlia, and core APIs across multiple PRs.
  • P2P: IPv6 transport support progressed with Linux success and macOS/Windows CI issues noted.
  • P2P: Kademlia lookup, data retrieval, and interop improvements landed in nim-libp2p.
  • P2P: Maintenance work reduced Docker image size and optimized gossipsub queue limits.
  • QA: Status-go token gated community tests advanced for TC 7128 and TC 7129.
  • QA: Mix and Kademlia test plan drafts shared for review.
  • QA: Status Desktop QA tracked Windows build failures and Aragon permission creation issues.
  • QA: Simplify SignalClient work continued for status-go maintenance.
  • RFC: RFC index maintenance addressed feedback and open reviews.
  • RFC: opChan RFC drafted and ready for review.
  • RFC: Cryptarchia fork-choice rule RFC started and in progress.
  • RFC: New drafts opened for proof-of-leadership and total stake inference.
  • RFC: Website replacement work started and Q4 retro completed.
  • SC: StakeManager helper view functions PR progressed.
  • SC: MP_APY removal work advanced.
  • SC: StakeVault migration safeguards and Emergency Exit/Leave fixes progressed.
  • SC: Pause signaling and distributor isPaused() changes progressed.
  • SC: Karma overslash and claim safety fixes progressed across multiple PRs.
  • Security: Endpoint security detection tool evaluation completed with conclusions documented.
  • Security: Cold-signing workstation review completed with risks and concerns noted.
  • Security: Status Desktop and Wallet reviews completed for cryptography and key handling.
  • Security: Vulma/IR incident checks completed across Status, Waku, and VAC repos.
  • Security: Remediation tracking advanced for CodeQL findings and security fixes.
  • Security: Finance automation testing progressed with new duplicate PO logic.
  • TKE: Logos digital twin stock/flow diagrams progressed in Machinations.
  • TKE: Realistic transaction demand model completed for stress testing.
  • TKE: Karma incentives APY review and SC discussions advanced.
  • TKE: Betfundme extension design finalized with implementation details.
  • TKE: Q4 retrospective held and next-quarter commitments prepared.
  • Web: Status Hub WETH vault enablement progressed alongside TVL debugging on VPN.
  • Web: Status Hub post-release fixes shipped, including FAQ and promo bar updates.
  • Web: Status web SEO improvements shipped for status.app and status.network.
  • Web: Wallet extension token detail performance improved with Suspense and TokenSkeleton.
  • Web: Contribution portal UI updates and leaderboard backend work progressed.
  • Web: Community dapp shard fixes and Logos site maintenance tasks advanced.

vac:bi:

  • vac:bi:ift:2025q4-finance-dashboard
    • Complete data transformation.
    • Fix Etherscan data extraction.
    • Add Bitcoin extraction.
  • vac:bi:ift:2025q4-github-extractions
    • Update extractions to match new repo organization.
  • vac:bi:logos:2025q4-logos-circle-dashboard
    • Update dashboard following new requests.
  • vac:bi:logos:2025q4-logos-website
    • Provide new data endpoint for GitHub participation.
    • Fix circle data.
  • vac:bi:logos:2025q4-logos-funnels
    • Prepare tasks for Q1 2026.
    • Dashboard for monitoring Take Action clicks on the Logos website.
  • vac:bi:ift:2025q4-llm-rag
    • Start working on context update.
    • vLLM test: preparing benchmark script to evaluate models.
  • vac:bi:ift:2025q4-comms-x-analytics
    • Update extraction to match new reorganization.
    • Dashboard for Status X tags.

vac:dst:

vac:infra:

  • lido
    • Adding metrics and dashboard for MEV-Boost.
    • Dashboard for validator performance.
    • Hoodi missing proposal investigation.
    • Proposal of layout fleet update.
    • Fix GitHub runners.
  • nimbus
    • Fix Geth-01 memory issue.
    • Investigation on Nethermind memory leak.
  • ci
    • Debugging Status App E2E test on Windows issue with registry entries.
    • Status-go build debugging.
    • Signing Status App Android build, updating pipeline and Docker image.
    • Status App iOS signing build: pipeline working.
    • Investigation on Nimbus build system for mac cross-compilation compatibility (x86_64 and aarch64).
  • waku
    • Deploying Logos chat node.
    • Enabling new waku.sandbox protocol.
    • Minting tokens for waku.test RLN.
  • misc
    • Discord bridge: adding new channel and investigating missing messages.
    • Deployment of website dev-rfc.vac.dev.
    • Update eth-rpc-proxy to enable Linea and Eth mainnet for sn-api.
    • Deploying minutes.logos.co.
    • CiviCRM deployment.

vac:nescience:

  • state-separation-architecture-poc:testnet-readiness
    • Finalized lssa#245 on AMM-wallet integration.
  • state-separation-architecture-poc:nice-to-have
    • Started lssa#251 on CLI and facades unification.
    • Opened and merged lssa#248 for sequencer Docker CI build, removal of no_docker, CI parallelization, and other improvements.
  • state-separation-architecture-poc:testnet-machine
    • Merged lssa#231 with quick deploy implementation.
  • other
    • Fixed a RocksDB dependency issue related to macOS builds in lssa#247.
  • vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:simple-amm
    • Addressed comments for the AMM PR.
  • vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:non-harden-keys
    • Worked on lssa#210 and lssa#206; discovered key protocol gaps and began a lattice-based document.
  • vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:freeze-authority
    • Investigated freeze authority in LSSA and prepared a document.
  • vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:lssav03
  • vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:nfts-implementation
  • vac:acz:nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:payment-stream-questions
  • nes:2025q4-nescience-consulting:freeze-authority

vac:nim:

vac:p2p:

vac:qa:

vac:rfc:

vac:sc:

vac:sec:

  • ift:2025q4-secure-signing-environment:endpoint-security-evaluation
    • Finished evaluation of detection tools and wrote conclusion.
  • ift:2025q4-secure-signing-environment:build-cold-signing-workstation
    • Wrote reviews and concerns regarding the secure signing environment built.
  • ift:2025q4-treasury-continuity-plan:signing-accounts-revalidation
    • Continued the annual revalidation of signing accounts (request for signing).
  • ift:2025q4-treasury-continuity-plan:implement-backup-requirements
    • Tested local safe environment multisig (prepare tx for rejection).
  • ift:2025q4-cicd-security-review:status-design-reviews
    • Reviewed Status Desktop and Wallet PRs focusing on cryptography usage, key lifecycle handling, and sensitive data flows (status-go#7214, status-go#7198).
    • Validated dApp rendering and navigation changes for origin checks and sandbox assumptions.
    • Reviewed NIM message schemas and handlers for strict validation and safe deserialization.
    • Audited storage and persistence refactors (Nimbus/Logos/Keycard), including ERC20 token metadata handling.
    • Verified build and packaging scripts for hidden dependency additions or unsafe download patterns (status-go#7127).
    • Spot-checked GitHub Actions and CI workflows for permission creep and new secret usage (secret scanning).
  • ift:2025q4-vulma-and-ir:incidents
  • ift:2025q4-vulma-and-ir:remediation-tracking
    • Reviewed open CodeQL findings and validated relevance after recent code changes.
    • Reviewed security fix PRs to ensure mitigations addressed root causes.
    • Identified recurring issue patterns (serialization, parsing, auth) and flagged areas needing structural fixes.
    • Verified lockfile updates and version bumps for correctness and cross-repo consistency.
    • Paired with maintainers on security-sensitive PRs to unblock reviews and accelerate safe merges.
  • ift:2025q4-finance-automation-enhancements
    • Daily monitor of finance executions.
    • Provided support on demand.
    • Finalized testing for new PO logic to identify duplicate POs.
    • Identified additional use cases and developed logic for them.
  • ift:2025q4-revalidation-of-github-and-discord-handles
    • Tested logic for revalidation.
    • Started testing retrieval of missing identifiers by extracting more system data.
  • ift:2025q4-create-hierarchy-boards-in-miro
    • Finalized testing for new boards vs BBHR data (get department data, match vs existing boards, create new board).
    • Created accessible subprocess logic for each new board.
    • Completed testing for new boards.

vac:tke:

  • admin
    • Prepared for and joined the TKE Q4/2025 retrospective meeting.
  • vac:tke:ift:logos-token:logos-digital-twin
    • Continued implementing Logos stock and flow diagrams in Machinations.
  • vac:tke:nomos:stress-test::realistic-tx-model
    • Finalized implementing realistic demand for transactions.
  • vac:tke:ift:support-to-ift-units::ecodev-support
    • Supported EcoDev with Virtuals.
    • Synced with EcoDev.
  • vac:tke:ift:support-to-ift-units:reading-by-jarrad
    • Continued reading about virtual worlds and economies.
  • vac:tke:status:karma-incentives
    • Further discussions with SC team.
    • Reviewed the APY formula.
  • vac:tke:ift:tokenomics-research-forum:betfundme
    • Continued work and finalized the design of the extension.
    • Figured out how to implement within Grantico.
  • vac:tke:annoncomms:services-incentive
    • Reviewed Sergei's RFC.
  • misc
    • Prepared for the retrospective.
    • Prepared commitments for next quarter.
    • Attended Prague Logos Circle.
    • Went through LSSA tutorials.

vac:web: