Open Problems

This page tracks open areas where outside help would be especially valuable.

It is not a formal roadmap. It is a list of problems that are either actively relevant now or likely to become relevant soon.

Documentation structure and writing

Eternix has protocol specifications, but it still needs a proper public-facing documentation layer.

Open needs:

explaining the project clearly to non-experts
splitting large protocol concepts into readable pages
writing contributor-friendly docs
improving conceptual examples and diagrams
translating specification language into practical explanations

This is one of the highest-leverage contribution areas right now.

MetaMask transaction status bug

Eternix has been tested with MetaMask-oriented RPC behavior, but one known issue is that a transaction may execute while MetaMask continues to show it as pending.

Potentially relevant areas:

receipt behavior
transaction lookup RPC methods
status fields
block inclusion reporting
MetaMask assumptions inherited from Ethereum

Help diagnosing this would be immediately useful.

Wallet software

Eternix needs native wallet tooling, especially because some protocol features are not naturally represented by existing Ethereum wallets.

Initial useful scope:

generate/import accounts
show balances
send ETX
later, support First-Class Tokens and Eternix-specific transaction fields

A minimal CLI wallet would already be valuable.

Online discovery and P2P networking

The local blockchain foundation needs to become a real networked testnet.

Open work includes:

node discovery
peer connection strategy
block and transaction propagation
faulty or malicious peer behavior
initial sync behavior

This is a major systems milestone.

XVM integration

Eternix plans an EVM-compatible execution environment called XVM.

The chain is not yet at the point where full VM integration is the immediate blocker, but this will become important after the lower-level testnet foundation is ready.

Relevant areas may include:

transaction execution model
gas accounting
state persistence
contract deployment and calls
preserving compatibility while supporting Eternix-specific features

Protocol review targets

The following protocol areas are especially worth attacking:

Proof of Ash incentive assumptions
burn-offset validator incentives
same-slot conflict neutralization
protocol-generated block edge cases
validator slashing and cooldown rules
governance-controlled fee-token pricing

If you believe one of these systems can be exploited, distorted, or simplified, that feedback is useful.