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 tags: [progress, update, weekly, high-throughput, protocol-variants, stracciatella, linear-leios, simulation-analysis, cddl]
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-This week, the Leios team achieved significant milestones in protocol development and analysis, successfully demonstrating high-throughput capabilities and exploring new protocol variants. The team completed comprehensive experiments with the Stracciatella variant, conducted analytical analysis of Linear Leios throughput efficiency, and implemented new simulation capabilities.
+This week, the Leios team achieved significant milestones in protocol development and analysis, successfully demonstrating high-throughput capabilities and exploring new protocol variants. The team conducted comprehensive experiments with the Stracciatella variant, analyzed the Linear Leios throughput efficiency, and implemented new simulation capabilities.
 
 ## High-throughput demonstration
 
-- Successfully completed experiments demonstrating 1,000+ TPS capability with the Stracciatella variant of Leios.
-- Achieved spatial efficiency better than 95% with transaction lifecycle times under two minutes.
-- Validated protocol performance under extreme throughput conditions significantly beyond current Cardano capacity.
+- Completed experiments demonstrating over 1,000 TPS capability with the Stracciatella variant of Leios
+- Achieved spatial efficiency above 95% with transaction lifecycle times under two minutes
+- Validated protocol performance under extreme throughput conditions well beyond the current Cardano capacity
 - Documented detailed findings in the [Stracciatella analysis notebook](https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-leios/blob/main/analysis/sims/2025w28/analysis-stracciatella.ipynb).
 
 ## Protocol variants analysis
 
 ### Stracciatella variant
 
-- Completed comprehensive analysis of the Stracciatella variant (no IBs, transaction references in EBs, two-stage pipeline).
+- Completed a comprehensive analysis of the Stracciatella variant (no IBs, transaction references in EBs, two-stage pipeline)
 - Key findings:
-  - 5 slot/stage performs less well but scales better than 8 slot/stage.
-  - Only minimal fraction of transactions fail to reach ledger, likely due to EB expiration.
-  - Network usage is slightly heavy while CPU usage appears suspiciously light.
-  - Congestion appears at 1,000+ TPS throughput levels.
+  - 5-slot/stage performs less well but scales better than 8-slot/stage
+  - Only a minimal fraction of transactions fail to reach the ledger, likely due to EB expiration
+  - Network usage is slightly heavy, while CPU usage appears suspiciously light
+  - Congestion begins to appear at throughput levels above 1,000 TPS.
 
 ### Linear Leios throughput efficiency
 
-- Conducted analytical analysis of Linear Leios variant's probability of including certified EBs on-chain.
-- Results show Linear Leios could achieve approximately 500 times the throughput of Praos at over 50% network resource efficiency.
-- 500 times Praos throughput would exceed 1,000 historically typical transactions per second.
+- Conducted an analysis of the Linear Leios variant's probability of including certified EBs on-chain
+- Results show Linear Leios could achieve approximately 500 times the throughput of Praos at over 50% network resource efficiency
+- 500 times Praos throughput would exceed 1,000 historically typical transactions per second
 - Generated comprehensive throughput and efficiency visualizations available in the [analysis repository](https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-leios/blob/main/analysis/).
 
 ![Throughput of Linear Leios](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-leios/main/analysis/linear-leios-throughput.svg)
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 ### Rust simulation
 
-- Implemented first pass at Linear Leios variant in Rust simulation.
-- Enhanced simulation capabilities for protocol variant testing and analysis.
-- Continued optimization of simulation performance for high-throughput scenarios.
+- Implemented a first pass of the Linear Leios variant in the Rust simulation
+- Enhanced simulation capabilities to support protocol variant testing and analysis
+- Continued optimizing simulation performance for high-throughput scenarios.
 
 ### Small transaction experiments
 
-- Completed analysis of small-transaction, high-throughput experiments with 300-byte non-Plutus transactions.
+- Completed the analysis of small-transaction, high-throughput experiments with 300-byte non-Plutus transactions
 - Key findings:
-  - 1,000 tx/s with 300 B/tx is feasible in Leios variants.
-  - Clear time vs space tradeoff between variants.
-  - `full-with-ib-references` uses space more efficiently than `full-without-ibs`.
-  - `full-without-ibs` has shorter transaction lifecycle than `full-with-ib-references`.
-  - 2 CPU cores are sufficient for high-throughput operation.
-  - Network usage remains modest under high load.
-- Supporting materials available in [analysis documentation](https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-leios/blob/main/analysis/sims/2025w28/ReadMe.pdf) and [analysis notebook](https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-leios/blob/main/analysis/sims/2025w28/analysis.ipynb).
+  - 1,000 tx/s with 300 B/tx is feasible in Leios variants
+  - Clear time–space tradeoff between variants
+  - `full-with-ib-references` uses space more efficiently than `full-without-ibs`
+  - `full-without-ibs` has a shorter transaction lifecycle than `full-with-ib-references`
+  - 2 CPU cores are sufficient for high-throughput operation
+  - Network usage remains modest under high load
+- Supporting materials are available in [analysis documentation](https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-leios/blob/main/analysis/sims/2025w28/ReadMe.pdf) and [analysis notebook](https://github.com/input-output-hk/ouroboros-leios/blob/main/analysis/sims/2025w28/analysis.ipynb).
 
 ## Next steps
 
-- Continue investigation of protocol variants for CIP convergence.
-- Expand simulation capabilities for additional protocol variants.
-- Refine performance optimization strategies for high-throughput scenarios.
+- Continue investigation of protocol variants for CIP convergence
+- Expand simulation capabilities for additional protocol variants
+- Refine performance optimization strategies for high-throughput scenarios
 - Complete documentation of protocol variant comparisons and recommendations.