2025-12-08 Waku Weekly

Integrate nwaku in status desktop relay mode only §

• [Deliverable] Nwaku in Status Desktop
  • achieved: [nwaku] Complete nwaku integration (timesource)
  • next: [nwaku] Remove all go-waku references from within status-go/messaging/waku/nwaku.go file

Introduce E2E Reliability in Status Communities §

• [Deliverable] SDS protocol in Status - basic integration
  • achieved: [nwaku] Confirm current sds integration fits well in Status-Desktop

Improve DevEx: API, TWN, Metrics, Docs §

• [Deliverable] Introduce Waku API in the Browser

  • next:
    • [js-waku] implement Send API
    • [js-waku] define Health API

• [Deliverable] Waku as a Signal Network (WebRTC) PoC

  • next:
    • [js-waku] implement WebRTC signaling API
    • [js-waku] define WebRTC signaling spec

• [Deliverable] Introduce Waku API in nwaku

  • achieved: [nwaku] EventBroker has been introduced
  • next:
    • [nwaku] Implement simple send API.
      • WIP: test and fix the phase of reliable send in a different configuration and failure/fallback modes.

Streamline DevEx: Mobile, Rust and Web dev §

• [Deliverable] Local Dev RLN Harness
  • next:
    • [nwaku] pin rln dependencies to specific version
    • [nwaku] Review gas fee calculation and Anvil testnet config

Create Chat SDK MVP §

• [Deliverable] Chat SDK Developer Preview
  • achieved:
    • bootstrap chat-sdk connections with dns discovery, https://github.com/logos-messaging/nim-chat-poc/pull/35
    • add tests ci tasks, https://github.com/logos-messaging/nim-chat-poc/pull/37

Upgrade Nim Usage §

• Create nim-ffi
  • next: [nwaku] Use external nim-ffi repository

Integrate RLN With the Waku API §

• Implement RLN Onchain Tree Proof generation and verification in the Browser
  • achieved: [js-waku] replace manual smart contract classes/functions with generate typings
  • next:
    • [js-waku] generate proofs from roots without merkle tree
    • [js-waku] integrate browser proof verification with nwaku proof validation
    • [js-waku] re-introduce rln encoder/decoder

Maintenance §

• achieved:
  • [logos] building nwaku for ios (first try: running waku_start and waku_version)
  • [nwaku] fetch peers from local peerStore instead of caching them as a temporary fix
  • [nwaku] bump waku-rlnv2-contract submodule commit to fix broken dep
  • [js-waku] rename to logos-messaging-js and fix CI
• next:
  • [js-waku] SDS persistent storage for history
  • [js-waku] SDS optimise lookups
  • [nwaku] WSS handler socket leak
  • [nwaku] Implement Health API