Litecoin MimbleWimble August Replace.

The August MimbleWimble replace from David Burkett has simply been printed, masking the most recent work executed 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 upfront for the much-briefer-than-usual replace. I’ve been busy with tying up unfastened ends, that are vital & obligatory, however not very thrilling to write down about.
August Progress:
As deliberate, I used to be capable of wrap up the Preliminary State Obtain, specifically the validation of the MWSTATE messages. There are nonetheless a lot of methods the place malicious friends can use these new messages to DoS nodes. I’m not but guarding in opposition to all of these assaults, however there can 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 among the extra fragile logic, significantly round administration of the UTXO set (the gathering of unspent cash).
Remaining work:
All the things is on monitor for a testnet launch on the finish of this month. I’m nonetheless determining a couple of last particulars, however I’ll share extra data later this month about what the testnet will appear to be, and the way everybody can become involved. I’m hoping to have a fundamental CLI or JSON-RPC choice for superior customers to experiment with whereas I transition to specializing in including non-interactive transaction help.
Sidenote:
For these , I not too long ago 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 remedy these. Right here’s a recording of the discuss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5vJzp1ehaI&function=youtu.be 16