Weekly Updates

Weekly Development Snapshot

QRL

• Resolved public API (gRPC) connection exhaustion issue by using middleware

Go-qrllib

• Updating XMSS cryptography with latest changes in go-qrllib

Other updates

• Custom message signing functionality is being added in Zond Web3 Wallet along with the UI changes
• API and backend code are being developed to process Smart Contract based Internal transaction into database

Weekly Development Snapshot

Go-qrllib

• Updated Dilithium 5 to ML-DSA-87 both cryptography & wallet
• Updated unit tests
• XMSS related update with latest implementation is in progress

Other updates

• Zond units (such as ZND, Zond, Planck) has been updated to all repositories
• New address size of 24 bytes are being updated

Weekly Development Snapshot

Go-qrllib updates

• Implemented new address format of 24 bytes instead of 20 bytes to eliminate ambiguity with Ethereum related blockchains
• Address generation algorithm changed for both XMSS and Dilithium
• Added 3 bytes descriptor which is a bit different from the legacy QRL descriptor, to differentiate between cryptography used for signing & metadata related to cryptography
• Verify function for both XMSS and Dilithium will now need descriptor
• Cryptography and wallet implementation has been separated out into different packages
• Legacy XMSS wallet implementation has been separated out into a different package, along with the new XMSS wallet implementation for Zond.
• More unit tests added

Other updates

• Unit changes for Zond web3.js in progress
• zondjs a new repository being developed for VortexIDE
• API and backend code are being developed to fetch and store data from Zond blockchain to database

Weekly Development Snapshot

• go-qrllib - Address size changed from 20 bytes to 24 bytes to differentiate it from other blockchains having address of 20 bytes
• go-qrllib - XMSS & Dilithium refactoring is still in progress, unit tests has been updated for the currently refactored code
• Units for Zond has been updated in go-zond, qrysm, hyperion, web3.js, tx-fuzz. Unit-related updates for other repositories are currently under review.

Weekly Development Snapshot

• More types like Seed, ExtendedSeed, Descriptor, XMSSDescriptor, DilithiumDescriptor are being added in go-qrllib
• Further refactoring for go-qrllib in progress
• Some unit tests for go-qrllib has been updated, remaining are still in progress as new types are being added
• Units for Zond, such as ETH -> Zond are being updated in all repositories including go-zond, qrysm, web3.js etc.

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Refactored go-qrllib separating out the cryptography and wallet implementation for XMSS
• The Descriptor for XMSS and Dilithium has been separated from the Public Key into a distinct field
• Descriptor has been removed from the address
• Unit tests for the go-qrllib are still being updated to support the new changes as well as the
• Name related changes for go-zond such as ERC to ZRC, ENS to ZNS

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Address format are being updated for both Dilithium & XMSS to support XMSS on Zond
• There are several thousands of spec tests, some of the spec tests are being updated for go-zond & qrysm
• CI/CD fix for some of the repositories are still in progress

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Released Testnet v1
• Bug fix for Vortex IDE is still in progress
• PoC in progress to commence XMSS integration in the upcoming weeks
• Added more tests for go-zond and qrysm, and some tests are being fixed
• CI/CD fix for zvmone, zvmc, Hyperion is still in progress

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Bug fixed for staking deposit cli while generating new staking deposit wallets
• Some of the upstream library for Vortex IDE is being replaced with the customized library for Zond compatibility
• Ledger app with Dilithium 5 wallet generation, signing and signature verification integration tested on Nano Ledger S Plus & Nano Ledger X
• Ledger WalletConnect protocol is in progress for Ledger app with Dilithium 5

Weekly Development Snapshot

• hypc-bin repo is still in progress to maintain the historical builds of Hyperion compiler
• Added random mnemonic generation for the new staking deposit accounts
• Some bugs have been identified for validator cli while importing staking wallet and currently being fixed and tested for any other bugs
• Some upstream libraries for VortexIDE are being replaced by customized libraries to make it compatible with the Zond