2025-06-16 Waku Weekly

Highlights §

• nwaku:
  • Retrieve metrics from libwaku.
  • Enable change log level dynamically through REST in wakunode2 app.
• js-waku:
  • Smart peer management for Store.
  • Process all messages synchronously SDS.

End-to-end reliability protocol §

• End-to-end reliability protocol - Status integration
  • achieved: [chat] test the SDS integration in status-desktop
  • next: [chat] help with the bug in nim-sds go bindings

RLN Mainnet §

• Implement RLN smart contract for paid, multilevel memberships

  • achieved: [research] Updated RLN tests in nwaku are now passing
  • next: [research] Test zerokit BE implementation for credentials and merge PRs for next review

• RLNv2 Web management interface

  • next: [js-waku] idCommitmentBigInt generated are some times rejected by the contract
  • blockers: [js-waku] update nwaku-compose

Nwaku in Status Desktop (relay mode) §

• Nwaku in Status Desktop
  • achieved:
    • [nwaku] Retrieve metrics from libwaku
    • [nwaku] Bug fixed discv5 protocol id in libwaku

Acquire first 10 Customers §

• 5-10 Highly qualified leads
  • achieved:
    • [chat] Prepared talks and workshops for Devconf and Logos Circles meetup
    • [bd] Waku BD Update 6/16
  • next: [chat] Talk for ETHCluj

Hardening and scaling foundations for private chats §

• next: [nwaku] Add shards info metrics

Upgrade Waku for the Web §

• Scalable Data Sync in browser

  • achieved: [js-waku] process all messages synchronously

• Improved browser bootstrap

  • next: [js-waku] improve dialing recurrence and API

• Browser simulations

  • blockers: [js-waku] waiting for the feedback on js-waku Docker image

Logos Web apps §

• Reliable Qaku & library

  • achieved: [chat] Minor Trollbox improvements
  • next: [chat] Explore what do we need for Trollbox to be “production ready”

• Forum PoC

  • achieved: [chat] moderation for OpChan
  • next: [chat] SDS in OpChan

Messaging API §

• Define Messaging API

  • next: [js-waku] address last iteration comments

• Messaging API: js-waku

  • achieved:
    • [js-waku] smart peer management for store
    • [js-waku] store.options.peer fails to select a peer
  • next:
    • [js-waku] ensure Filter peers selection based on codec
    • [js-waku] implement Messaging Storage API first iteration
    • [js-waku] dogfood Store peer selection

Maintenance H1 2025 §

• achieved:
  • [nwaku] Remove discv5-only wakunode2 parameter
  • [nwaku] Enable change log level dynamically through REST in wakunode2 app
  • [nwaku] Fix rest-relay-cache-capacity parameter in wakunode2 app
• next:
  • [nwaku] Adapt lite-protocol-tester to Lightpush v3
  • [nwaku] Unify online and health monitors