Litecoin MimbleWimble August Replace.

The August MimbleWimble replace from David Burkett has simply been revealed, protecting the most recent work accomplished on the mission within the final month, together with discussing future plans and the testnet launch on the finish of September. So with out additional ado, over to David:

I apologize prematurely for the much-briefer-than-usual replace. I’ve been busy with tying up unfastened ends, that are essential & obligatory, however not very thrilling to put in writing about.
August Progress:
As deliberate, I used to be in a position to wrap up the Preliminary State Obtain, specifically the validation of the MWSTATE messages. There are nonetheless various methods the place malicious friends can use these new messages to DoS nodes. I’m not but guarding towards all of these assaults, however there will likely be loads of time to concentrate on that after the testnet is launched.
I additionally took benefit of the chance to return and clear up some code & strengthen a number of the extra fragile logic, notably round administration of the UTXO set (the gathering of unspent cash).
Remaining work:
All the pieces is on observe for a testnet launch on the finish of this month. I’m nonetheless determining a couple of ultimate particulars, however I’ll share extra data later this month about what the testnet will appear like, and the way everybody can become involved. I’m hoping to have a primary CLI or JSON-RPC possibility for superior customers to experiment with whereas I transition to specializing in including non-interactive transaction help.
Sidenote:
For these , I lately gave a speak about future instructions in Mimblewimble which highlighted the weaknesses of vanilla Mimblewimble, and what we are able to do/are doing to attempt to resolve these. Right here’s a recording of the discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5vJzp1ehaI&function=youtu.be 16