Fast Confirmation Rule #005
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Targets
- •End of this week - Previous-epoch block tests completion — 00:08:59
- •March 23, 3PM UTC - RPC standards call presentation — 00:12:38
- •Next couple weeks - FCR spec finalization and PR merge — 00:05:31
Decisions
- •Spec will be finalized in next couple weeks; no further substantial changes expected — 00:05:31
- •Algorithm in spec is at final state; testing does not depend on research paper completion — 00:11:26
Highlights
- Spec Status:
- ·Spec approaching final state; PR #28 merged (Etan's edge case fix with underflow safeguard) — 00:03:34
- ·Spec finalization targeted for next couple weeks; follow-up bug fixes will be submitted separately — 00:05:31
- ·Gloas tests failing due to fork choice updates; need to catch up with changes — 00:06:03
- Client Updates:
- ·No client developers attended this call; likely due to ePBS devnet-0 work — 00:03:03
- Organizational:
- ·Next call (March 31) may be cancelled due to EthCC; decision pending — 00:25:09
- ·FCR booklets being printed for distribution at EthCC Cannes — 00:26:00
- Testing Progress:
- ·Previous-epoch block tests targeted for completion this week; ~90-95% coverage expected — 00:08:59
- ·Test vectors published; Lighthouse and Lodestar running them successfully — 00:10:00
- Ecosystem Outreach:
- ·RPC standards call presentation scheduled for March 23; educating providers on FCR awareness — 00:12:38
- ·fastconfirm.it website launched; receiving positive feedback and intake form submissions — 00:14:07
Action Items
- •Mikhail/Luca — Complete previous-epoch block confirmation tests by end of week — 00:09:25
- •Mikhail + CL teams — Standardize FCR metrics across CL clients; coordinate with Katya on process — 00:21:29
- •Julian — Present FCR at RPC standards call March 23 at 3PM UTC — 00:12:38
Meeting chat24
- Mikhail Kalinin
- Mikhail Kalinin
- Antoine James
Reacted to "https://github.com..." with 👏
- Mikhail Kalinin
- Jihoon
Do we need to handle that underflow case or is just returning 0 sufficient?
- Will Corcoran
- Will Corcoran
John Church from Nethermind made this 🙂
- Mercy Boma Naps-Nkari
- Will Corcoran
- Luca Zanolini
Reacted to "https://fastconfirm...." with 🔥
- Jihoon
Is the FCR spec like an ad-hoc to the CL spec? In other words, is it unidirectional from the CL spec to FCR? (sorry I just skimmed it on mobile and I wonder if there is anything I can help with in advance)
- Jihoon
Got it, thank you!
- Mercy Boma Naps-Nkari
how should RPC providers communicate the security difference between a safe (fast-confirmed) block and a finalized block to downstream customers, especially those in high-value use cases like exchanges or bridges?
- Mercy Boma Naps-Nkari
Thanks
- Julian Ma
Replying to "Thanks" We have one-pagers for exchanges, solvers and bridges, and L2s. They are retrievable from the fastconfirm.it website. RPC providers could share these with their customers. The one-pagers clearly lay out the security differences. The website has even more information [Full message cannot be displayed on this version]
- Mikhail Kalinin
Metrics in LH: https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/pull/8951/changes#diff-fe6de6423ae06427536ba37b48b6d913837e63de2b7d04c32d128e476eface68
- Mercy Boma Naps-Nkari
- Mikhail Kalinin
Reacted to "https://github.com/K..." with ❤️
- Mercy Boma Naps-Nkari
This is the right link https://github.com/ethereum/beacon-metrics
- Jihoon
I think we should cosider what users would be interested in for the metrics
- Mikhail Kalinin
Reacted to "I think we should co..." with 👍
- Mercy Boma Naps-Nkari
Is there like list of clients
- Mercy Boma Naps-Nkari
That have implemented this cl
- Will Corcoran
Replying to "https://fcrdashboard..." here