# EPF6 - Week 2

## Overview

- Finalized my project proposals presentations for EPF Day at EthCC
- Followed discussions on Kurtosis evolution in Lodestar Discord dev channels
- Deep-dived into Lodestar's current simulation testing framework
- Tested Kurtosis workflow

## Updates and details

This week was dedicated to preparing for **EPF Day** during EthCC in Cannes, where each fellow will give a presentation on their initial project proposal. My presentation slides are available in the '**Useful Resources Check**' section.
For optimal presentation preparation, I continued research and documentation study while conducting tests.

This is the ongoing research - **Lodestar's testing framework** and **Kurtosis** tests according to the epf.wiki [docs](https://epf.wiki/#/wiki/testing/kurtosis?id=working-with-logs):

I read through Lodestar’s simulation test [documentation](https://chainsafe.github.io/lodestar/contribution/testing/simulation-tests/#simulation-assertions) and codebase to better understand how simulation assertions are currently defined and integrated. Alongside, I reviewed [Kurtosis YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@kurtosistech3632), the [PandaOps Assertoor introduction guide]( https://ethpandaops.io/posts/assertoor-introduction/) and I monitored the evolution of core developer discussions on Discord about Kurtosis’ roadmap.

To familiarize myself with practical workflows, I tested Kurtosis with Lighthouse/Geth pair:

Since I'll be working with Lodestar, I ran another enclave with inline parameters for this specific client using the following command:

kurtosis run --enclave my-testnet github.com/ethpandaops/ethereum-package \
  '{
    "participants": [
      {
        "el_type": "besu",
        "cl_type": "lodestar",
        "count": 1
      }
    ]
  }'

The CLI output is a simple testnet with two client pairs, Lodestar and Besu:

Now it's time to get ready for Cannes!

## Week 3 TODOs
- Meet other Cohort 6 fellows
- Attend EPF Day and present my project idea
- Meet in person with Lodestar core dev and gain feedbacks

### Useful resources checked

[Lodestar simulation assertions](https://chainsafe.github.io/lodestar/contribution/testing/simulation-tests/#simulation-assertions)

[ethereum-package](https://github.com/ethpandaops/ethereum-package)

[Kurtosis YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@kurtosistech3632)

[PandaOps assertoor guide]( https://ethpandaops.io/posts/assertoor-introduction/)

**Presentation slides:**