2025-06-23 Waku Weekly

Highlights §

• nwaku:
  • Enhanced algorithm for detecting network disconnection
  • Strengthen libwaku and Nim C library template against possible segfaults
  • Allow creation of libwaku DLL for Windows
  • Simplify health monitor code base in nwaku
• js-waku:
  • upgraded libp2p to latest
  • upgraded typescript to 5.8

RLN Mainnet §

• Implement RLN smart contract for paid, multilevel memberships

  • achieved: [research] Merged updated RLN tests with PR for updates to contract abi
  • next: [research] Finalising PR for updates to contract abi
  • blockers:

• 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 on Windows

  • next: [nwaku] Bring libwaku dll for status go

• Nwaku in Status Desktop

  • achieved: [nwaku] Implemented the logic for efficient network disconnection tracking and handling using go-waku’s keepalive as a reference
  • next:
    • [nwaku] Finish testing and raise PR for the network disconnection PR
    • [nwaku] Integrate metrics
    • [nwaku] Check circuit-relay

Hardening and scaling foundations for private chats §

• Global Network Metrics
  • next: [nwaku] Add shard info metrics

Upgrade Waku for the Web §

• Improved browser bootstrap

  • next:
    • [js-waku] improve dialing recurrence and API
    • [js-waku] revisit connection pruning and management

• Browser simulations

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

Messaging API §

• Define Messaging API

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

• Messaging API: js-waku

  • achieved:
    • [js-waku] store peer selection
    • [js-waku] fix store peer configuration usage
    • [js-waku] remove IBaseProtocol usage
  • next:
    • [js-waku] enforce peer selection across protocols
    • [js-waku] improve peer codec matching for Filter
    • [js-waku] implement Messaging Storage API first iteration

Create Chat SDK MVP §

• Chat SDK Developer Preview

  • achieved:
    • [chat] prototyped Encoding/Decoding pathway
    • [chat] explored ways to integrate sds payload into chatSDK
  • next: [chat] template specifications for conversation invites

• Create Segmentation Library

  • achieved:
    • [chat] identify the segmentation layer bug
    • [chat] refactored the sds implementation
  • next: [chat] continue sds integration

• Create Rate Limit Manager

  • achieved: [chat] rate limit no storage yet
  • next: [chat] rate limit storage

Maintenance H1 2025 §

• achieved:
  • [nwaku] fix: dnsName servers is not properly set to waku node
  • [nwaku] Refactor to unify online and health monitors
  • [nwaku] Remove sleep in TestDisconnectAllPeers
  • [nwaku] Add prefix to exported C types and functions
  • [nwaku] fix: status-go compatibility issues
  • [nwaku] fix: dealloc segfault
  • [nwaku] Add sds prefix to exported C types and functions
  • [nwaku] Update Nim C library guide templates
  • [nwaku] Add library name prefix to function names
  • [nwaku] fix: dealloc segfault in nim library template
  • [nwaku] Add prefix to exported C types and functions
  • [js-waku] wakuPeerExchangeDiscovery pubsub matching
  • [js-waku] enforce fixed libp2p dependencies
  • [js-waku] upgrade libp2p versions
  • [js-waku] upgrade typescript to 5.8
  • [js-waku] upgrade Node JS to 22
• next:
  • [nwaku] Prepare release 0.36.0
  • [js-waku] release js-waku