2025-09-22 Waku Weekly

Highlights §

• nwaku:
  • Enhance heaptrack documentation
  • Configure storenode ring connection in waku and status fleets
  • Bump nim-libp2p to v1.13
• js-waku:
  • Release 0.0.35 SDK with peer longevity improvements
  • Experimental Reliable Channels released

Incentivise running a Waku infrastructure node §

• [Deliverable] Service Incentivisation - Service incentivisation roadmap & spec
  • achieved:
    • [research] continued work on roadmap design, comparing different options for service incentivisation
    • [research] published details of custodial payment protocol (one option for payment)
    • [research] continued research into fractional message transfer and related cryptographic derivatives
  • next:
    • [research] publish comparison of different approaches to payment for service incentivisation
    • [research] consider RLN for double-spend protection, consolidated probabilistic and ZK ticket design

Improve DevEx: API, TWN, Metrics, Docs §

• [Deliverable] Global Network Metrics

  • next:
    • [nwaku] Add shard and user agent label to peer manager and relay
    • [nwaku] Add shard metrics board in nwaku-compose

• [Deliverable] Introduce Waku API in the Browser

  • next:
    • [js-waku] introduce Codec entity
    • [js-waku] messaging storage
    • [js-waku] update improve sender and receiver types
    • [js-waku] implement Send API

Introduce Mixnet For Message Sending §

• [Deliverable] Integrate libp2p mix into lightpush
  • achieved: [research] deployed mix nodes on the Waku Network, continued dogfooding
  • next: [research] address issue of ENR size out of bands when deploying mix to fleets

Create Chat SDK MVP §

• [Deliverable] Chat SDK Developer Preview
  • achieved:
    • [chat] clear the nwaku nimble for integration
    • [chat] test nimble features for running scripts before install
  • next: [chat] implement inbox noise KN protocol

Formalize and Expand Waku Web Apps §

• [Deliverable] Forum PoC
  • achieved:
    • [chat] Vibe COding on OpChan
    • [chat] iterations on feedback from internal waku dogfooding
    • [chat] library extraction and usage in the app (starting)
  • next: [chat] continue library extraction & usage in the app

Acquire first 10 Customers §

• [Deliverable] 5-10 Highly qualified leads
  • achieved:
    • [chat] RLN + ZKPassport + Waku integration https://x.com/vpavlin/status/1968936081581060388
    • [chat] zkpassport explanatory call https://www.notion.so/ZKPassport-2708f96fb65c8058b22cf0e9d9fcdfa3?source=copy_link
    • [chat] Privacy Hub got accepted for Devconnect - planning call + figuring out logistics

Harden RLN Testnet Deployment §

• Zerokit is used in the Browser for Credentials Management

  • next: [js-waku] upgrade zerokit in @waku/rln

• Minting of (Sepolia) ERC-20 Tokens for RLN Deposits Burns Sepolia Eth

  • achieved: [research] merged PR that burns ETH for TST, token contract improvements
  • next: [research] start and coordinate dogfooding, merge token contract improvements

BD §

• achieved: BD Update

Maintenance §

• achieved:
  • [js-waku] fix when using js-waku in NodeJS with TCP transport redialing doesn’t work
  • [js-waku] enable js-waku to keep connections after suspension
  • [js-waku] prepare new release and dogfood
  • [js-waku] fix E2E tests on master
  • [nwaku] storenode config setting for waku test nodes
  • [nwaku] Infra added pg_stat_statements Postgres extension so that we can check waku.sandbox databases if they reach high load (20+) again.
  • [nwaku] bump libp2p to v1.13
  • [nwaku] Fix node break issue when RLN is unregistered
  • [nwaku] Enhance heaptrack documentation
• next:
  • [nwaku] ABI Encoding support and Zerokit endianness issue.
  • [js-waku] consolidate headless-tests and browser-tests packages
  • [js-waku] add nwaku-style logs for browser simulations
  • [js-waku] refactor browser simulations package
  • [js-waku] update docs, remove redundant