2025-03-03 Waku Weekly

Direct Message Reliability §

• Reliability Protocol for Resource-Restricted Clients
  • next:
    • [nwaku] implementation of the new lightpush protocol version https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/2722
      • lightpush v2

End-to-end reliability protocol §

• End-to-end reliability protocol - Status integration
  • achieved: [research] addressing reliability manager PR suggestions. wrappers around C func for API integration with status-go is close to completion.
  • next: [research] merge ongoing PRs, continue status-go integration

RLN Mainnet §

• Implement RLN smart contract for paid, multilevel memberships

  • next: [research] continue with updates to RLN contract tests and registration tools in nwaku

• RLNv2 Web management interface

  • next: [js-waku] migrate to RLNv2 contract

Nwaku in Status Desktop (relay mode) §

• Nwaku on Windows

  • achieved: [nwaku] Simplified prerequisites and fine-tuned configurations for Wakunode and Libwaku
  • next: [nwaku] Test the Windows build (“dogfooding”) across various environments and machines

• Nwaku in Status Desktop

  • achieved:
    • [nwaku] fix: subscribing to RelaydefaultHandler in libwaku
    • [nwaku] Set up env, reproduced, and progressed investigating nwaku crash on linux
      • fix: using nimMainPrefix in libwaku

Incentivise running a Waku infrastructure node §

• Service Incentivisation - Pay for RLN provision PoC
  • achieved: [research] merged parts of client-side reputation for the POC
  • next: [research] continue with implementation

Hardening and scaling foundations for private chats §

• Specify private chat protocol
  • achieved:
    • [chat] High level description of the implementation of one to one message flows
    • [chat] Small PoC of message flows to learn and consider difficulty of extracting Status protocol logic, here
    • [chatresearch] Small PRs fixing Spec CI configuration, and small formatting errors 1, 2, 3
  • next: [chatresearch] Understand & document the areas that are most suspect. Namely; Multi Device handling, Session Initiation, Authentication

Upgrade Waku for the Web §

• Scalable Data Sync in browser
  • next: [js-waku] implement periodic maintenance tasks for incoming and outgoing buffers

Logos Web apps §

• Reliable Qaku & library
  • achieved: [chat] extracting library from front end

Explore Peer Discovery Gap §

• Waku Sync
  • next: [research] dashboard, testing, fixes and furps

Debugging Tools §

• Local Metrics Dashboard
  • achieved:
    • [chat] add reliability panel to status metrics
    • [chat] arrange different panels into its category

Messaging API §

• Define Messaging API

  • next: [js-waku] publish rfc covering event based API and basic capabilities

• Messaging API: js-waku

  • achieved: [js-waku] enabled auto dial feature option
  • next: [js-waku] event based Filter SDK

Maintenance H1 2025 §

• achieved:
  • [js-waku] removed go-waku code from interop test suit
  • [js-waku] simplified protocol creation
• next: [js-waku] js-waku interoperability flakiness investigation
• blockers:
  • [js-waku] flakiness of interop CI