# EPF Cohort 6 Updates - Week 1 For the last 3 months, I have been deeply studying the Ethereum architecture to prepare for EPF. As a result, I now have a clear understanding of the shared project ideas and, after careful research, I have shortlisted **4 project ideas** that align with my interests and background. --- ## Ream Client – A Beam Client in Rust: Benchmark zkVM Performance on Ream's Beacon State Transition Functions I have been actively following updates on the Beam chain, attending Beam calls, and engaging with the maintainers of Ream. I have already been working on benchmarking zkVMs using Ream's state transitions. Currently, I am benchmarking **JoltVM’s** performance on the Beacon State Transition Function. **Progress repo**: [consenJolt](https://github.com/x-senpai-x/consenJolt) --- ## Teku / Nimbus / Lodestar / Grandine: Implement EIP-7917 – Deterministic Proposer Lookahead This project interests me due to my prior exploration of RANDAO and proposer selection. I had previously worked on designing an alternative to RANDAO to reduce bias. I'll be interested to implement this in Grandine due to my familiarity with Rust **RANDAO alternative repo**: [rdao_alternative](https://github.com/x-senpai-x/rdao_alternative) --- ## Implement the Fast Confirmation Rule I am familiar with Casper-FFG and LMD GHOST, both of which I find very intriguing. While I haven't studied every detail of the project yet, this project caught my attention due to its potential for impactful research. --- ## Grandine: Exploring Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) Compatibility I have explored current DVT solutions and am familiar with their architecture and design principles. This project seems like a great opportunity to dive deeper and explore their compatibility with the Grandine client. --- ## Next Week's Goals - Read more about: - [ ] EIP-7917 - [ ] Fast Confirmation Rule - [ ] Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) - Complete benchmarking of JoltVM on Ream's Beacon State - Begin exploration of **ZISK's zkVM** --- Looking forward to deepening my understanding and contributing meaningfully to one of these projects.