2025-MM-DD Waku Weekly

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Direct Message Reliability §

• [Deliverable] PostgreSQL Optimisation phase 1
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Foundation for Communities Optimization §

• [Deliverable] Define and implement sharding for Communities messages
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Deploy RLN onchain tree on L2 Testnet §

• [Deliverable] Implement RLN smart contract for paid, multilevel memberships

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• [Deliverable] Testnet L2 with on-chain tree

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Hardening and scaling foundations for private chats §

• [Deliverable] Baseline benchmarks
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Incentivise running a Waku infrastructure node §

• [Deliverable] Service Incentivisation - Pay for RLN provision PoC

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• [Deliverable] Service Incentivisation - Service incentivisation roadmap & spec

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Integrate nwaku in status desktop relay mode only §

• [Deliverable] Nwaku in Status Desktop
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Introduce E2E Reliability in Status Communities §

• [Deliverable] SDS protocol in Status - basic integration

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• [Deliverable] SDS protocol in Status - basic recovery

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Improve DevEx: API, TWN, Metrics, Docs §

• [Deliverable] Global Network Metrics

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• [Deliverable] Introduce Waku API in the Browser

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• [Deliverable] Review Documentation and Define Guidelines

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• [Deliverable] Trial QUIC

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• [Deliverable] Optimise Browser Bootstrapping

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• [Deliverable] Introduce Waku API in nwaku

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Introduce Mixnet For Message Sending §

• [Deliverable] Integrate libp2p mix into lightpush
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Streamline DevEx: Mobile, Rust and Web dev §

• [Deliverable] Waku Rust SDK
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Create Chat SDK MVP §

• [Deliverable] Chat SDK Developer Preview

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• [Deliverable] Chat SDK Bindings

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• [Deliverable] Create Segmentation Library

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• [Deliverable] Create Rate Limit Manager

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Formalize and Expand Waku Web Apps §

• [Deliverable] Forum PoC

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• [Deliverable] Reliable Qaku & library

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• [Deliverable] Codex for message archival PoC

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• [Deliverable] Web3 RPC fallback for service nodes

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Nwaku in Status Mobile and Light Mode MVP §

• [Deliverable] Status mobile build with nwaku MVP
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Acquire first 10 Customers §

• [Deliverable] 5-10 Highly qualified leads

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• [Deliverable] Review current integrations

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RLN Mainnet §

• [Deliverable] Create nim-ffi
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Upgrade Nim Usage §

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Integrate RLN With the Waku API §

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Incentivisation and Marketplace Follow-Up Outline §

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Extend Chat SDK with Group Conversations §

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Define Incentivisation for RLNaaS §

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Harden RLN Testnet Deployment §

• Minting of (Sepolia) ERC-20 Tokens for RLN Deposits is permissioned
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Orphan Deliverables §

• Nim C library guide
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Maintenance §

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