CKB Dev Log 2025-04-01

[eval-exec]

Updates

As CKB matures, development is increasingly focused on optimization, verification efficiency, and reproducible infrastructure. CKB continues to receive steady improvements at the core protocol level, ensuring the system remains robust and scalable

Going forward, the CKB Dev Log will shift to a monthly cadence, reflecting a more focused and incremental development cycle.

Features

• Further CKB-VM performance improvements, including arm64 assembly optimizations: SHxADD / ADDUW Instruction Optimization on AArch64 ckb-vm#504

Improvements & Fixes

• Optimized SP1 verification

  Reduced cycles from ~6000M to ~63M (~100x improvement), significantly improving verification efficiency: Optimize SP1 verification

• SMT verification benchmark on ckb-vm:

  Latest results indicate performance reaching a production-viable level: Verification benchmark on ckb-vm sparse-merkle-tree#58

• Further improvements to SP1 / ckb-vm performance, along with updates to supporting tooling and expanded fuzzing coverage.

In Pipeline

• Reproducible builds progressing across platforms

  Linux x86_64 and Windows x86_64 already working, with continued work underway: build: add Guix reproducible release flow for Linux, MacOS, Windows #5149

• QUIC support for tentacle under exploration, aiming to improve networking performance and reliability: Feature: QUIC Support Plan tentacle#428

Community Discussion

• Pre-RFC: Activating the Nervos DAO Treasury
  A high-level discussion is underway on transitioning from the current treasury burn mechanism to an on-chain, governance-controlled treasury model.

  The proposal explores:

  • Modification of the “burn” mechanism
  • Voting & DAO contracts
  • Possible consensus change
  • Delegation mechanisms
  • Potential ZK-assisted verification
  • Evaluation of inflation impact and governance risks

  Forum link: https://talk.nervos.org/t/pre-rfc-discussion-activating-the-nervos-dao-treasury/