Dev Update
1. Last Week by the Numbers
neptune-core
Pull Requests: 2 merged
Commits: 30 merged into master
twenty-first
Pull Requests: 1 opened
2. Stand-up Summary
Alan Szepieniec
- Last Week: Worked on resolving vulnerabilities identified in recent reports and made continued progress on transaction chaining.
- Coming Week: Collaborating on fixing remaining issues and continue with transaction chaining.
Thorkil Værge
- Last Week: Addressed high and medium severity bugs based on recent audit reports. Released neptune-core versions 0.15.0 and 0.15.1.
- Coming Week: Focus on addressing remaining vulnerabilities and evaluating succinctness priorities.
Ferdinand Sauer
- Last Week: On leave.
- Coming Week: Visiting the office for alignment and handover discussions.
3. Technical Discussion
- Triton VM Soundness Assessment: Analyzed an audit report regarding potential vulnerabilities in the Triton Virtual Machine. The analysis is confused: it identified an issue requiring a hash collision with a 1/p^2 probability bound. While this represents a theoretical soundness concern for Triton VM when analyzed in isolation, it poses no risk of funds theft or token inflation within the current Neptune Cash system architecture. Alan and Thorkil are prioritizing fixes to resolve the collision vulnerability and guarantee full component soundness.
- Viewing Keys and Address Balance Tracking: Released updates introducing full viewing key support across key types. Users can import viewing keys to observe incoming transactions and pair them with receiver pre-images to trace address-specific balances. While functionally providing an intuitive user experience akin to Monero or Zcash viewing keys, the underlying cryptographic mechanics remain tailored to Neptune’s architecture.
- Transaction Chaining: Progress continues on enabling and stabilizing transaction chaining capabilities in
neptune-core.