QRL Weekly: Zond Private Testnet V1 Preview (internal), 2025-February-18

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Released Zond Private Testnet V1 Preview (internal) to the team for extended testing and documentation.
• Full network (gzond & qrysm) running in a Docker network using the Zond Package (a Kurtosis fork) that automatically establishes state on boot, providing access to prefunded wallets and a Web3 endpoint for application development.
• Zond Roadmap progression update

Those paying close attention might have noticed a bunch of new updates and repositories in our GitHub:

• [New Repository] gozvmlab: Modified for ZVM; features a minimal “compiler,” tooling for trace visualization in the UI, and the ability to execute scripts against ZVMs (gzond).
• [New Repository] FuzzyVM: A framework for fuzz testing Zond Virtual Machine implementations.
• [New Repository] tx-fuzz: Provides helpful functions to create random transactions, enabling easy access to fuzzed transactions from within other programs.
• [Update] go-zond: Introduced a new address format, removed obsolete byte codes, implemented bug fixes, and increased maxRequestContentLength to 10 MB to accommodate transaction-heavy blocks. Updated Go version and resource_class for macOS. Also includes Clef and CircleCI updates.
• [Update] qrysm: Updated tests, fixed bugs, added support for the new address format, and more. Enabled testTxGeneration for 1000 transactions, updated Docker build parameters, added publish-docker-images in CircleCI, and provided Clef example configuration pointing to the Zond package’s main branch.
• [Update] web3.js: Updated with a new address format, improved tests, and additional enhancements.