# EPF | week 1

Hey, I am excited to join 5th cohort of the Ethereum Prtocol fellowship. Looking forward to learn more about the core protocol research and development.

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## Updates

During this week , I researched about the following topics:

### P2P networking in light clients

1. I explored on the P2P networking in the light clients and took an overview of a cohort-3 project, [helios-cl-p2p](https://github.com/a16z/helios/tree/refcell/p2p).
2. Read the [Consensus layer p2p networking](https://mirror.xyz/brechy.eth/gE8NFWIQ6sCcW7ayjy-79Uq6UDLKJ5UCvbBVA2XrBNg) blog to understand networking.
3. I took an overview of [Portal Network](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/networking-layer/portal-network/) and completed the [Portal Network | Devcon Bogotá](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0stc9jnQLXA)

### PeerDAS

I delved deeper in peerDAS and also went through this [discussion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P86Dr9ABGeg) to get updates on its current state.
Following are the references to articles, blogs and videos I used:
1. [A simpler DAS approach](https://ethresear.ch/t/peerdas-a-simpler-das-approach-using-battle-tested-p2p-components/16541)
2. [SubnetDAS - an intermediate DAS approach](https://ethresear.ch/t/subnetdas-an-intermediate-das-approach/17169)
3. [Danksharding Workshop | Devcon Bogotá](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L2C6RDMV9Q)
4. [Design choices in DAS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al7Jns8bCO4)
5. [FullDAS: towards massive scalability with 32MB blocks and beyond](https://ethresear.ch/t/fulldas-towards-massive-scalability-with-32mb-blocks-and-beyond/19529)
6. [From 4844 to Danksharding: a path to scaling Ethereum DA](https://ethresear.ch/t/from-4844-to-danksharding-a-path-to-scaling-ethereum-da/18046)
7. [Sharding proposal](https://hackmd.io/@vbuterin/sharding_proposal)
8. [DAS fork-choice](https://ethresear.ch/t/das-fork-choice/19578)
9. [PeerDAS fork-choice part 2](https://hackmd.io/@fradamt/peerdas-fc2)

From the above topics I find peerDAS most interesting, because I think this project will give me a great overview of how DAS can be implemented along with p2p networking.

## week 2 roadmap

* I am developing a keen interest in learning about cryptography in peerDAS, understanding p2p networking protocols like discv5, gossips, req/resp etc and topics like light client slashing , peer scoring mechanisms etc.
* I will try to research more about projects related to light clients and peerDAS and try to contribute to them.
* Finalise a topic to make my project proposal.
* attend ACDC