# EPF Cohort 6 Updates – Week 3
Earlier this week I had finalized to work on the project Benchmark zkVM Performance on Ream's Beacon State Transition Functions. I also [presented the project proposal](https://drive.google.com/file/d/17qbStA3Jr4My91L1TV-1JMljyCDu_FX7/view) in Office hours #3.

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## Ream Client – A Beam Client in Rust: Benchmark zkVM Performance on Ream's Beacon State Transition Functions

**This week’s focus:**
I was able to resolve the ussue I was having with[ Jolt ZkVM](https://github.com/a16z/jolt/issues/732)
The STF successfully executes on Jolt, having a talk with Michael(Jolt's maintainer), Jolt is currently working on a feature to enable guest benchmarking and then I'll be able to publish the results by probably next week.
I have been reading the [ethStark documentation](https://x.com/0x_senpai_x/status/1943594201733546472) as well in order to understand zkVm internals better.
Along with this I had also gone through RiscZero codebase in depth and fully understood how it works.

**Links:**
- Repo: https://github.com/x-senpai-x/consenJolt

For those interested to work on Grandine: Exploring Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) Compatibility, I'd be happy to share my findings as I worked on it for some time.

## Next Week's Goals
I have my exams from 17-19 July and some personal matters to attend as well so I'll be working a little less the upcoming week.
- [x] Continue reading ethStarks documentation

- [ ] Try completing the work on Jolt if the feature is shipped by next week
- [x] Study more about the [ere framework](https://github.com/ReamLabs/ream-study-group/issues/47) to create a universal backend for zkVms.
- [x] Start working with Pico ZkVm
- [x] Work on writing a proposal for this project.

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