From 5d0f33b5f65e8a5a71a48105d6322227ee6d53f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "fryorcraken.eth" Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 15:44:32 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] tackle comments --- ...waku-for-all-decentralize-applications.md} | 41 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) rename research/{2022-08-20-introducing-waku-product.md => 2022-11-09-waku-for-all-decentralize-applications.md} (84%) diff --git a/research/2022-08-20-introducing-waku-product.md b/research/2022-11-09-waku-for-all-decentralize-applications.md similarity index 84% rename from research/2022-08-20-introducing-waku-product.md rename to research/2022-11-09-waku-for-all-decentralize-applications.md index 3d732e8..0c9df00 100644 --- a/research/2022-08-20-introducing-waku-product.md +++ b/research/2022-11-09-waku-for-all-decentralize-applications.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: post -name: "Waku for All Decentralized Application and Infrastructure" -title: "Waku for All Decentralized Application and Infrastructure" +name: "Waku for All Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures" +title: "Waku for All Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures" date: 2022-11-09 00:00:00 +0000 author: franck published: true @@ -24,31 +24,32 @@ discuss: TODO - Ideas on how to contribute/participate/play with Waku --> -# Waku for the Web +# Background -We are building Waku to be the communication layer for Web3: -a network and suite of protocols to enable secure, censorship-resistant, privacy-preserving communications that can run on any device. +We have built Waku to be a communication layer for Web3. Waku is a collection of protocols to chose from for your +messaging needs. It enables secure, censorship-resistant, privacy-preserving, spam-protected communication for its user. +It is designed to run on any device, from mobile to the cloud. -This involves research efforts in various domains: -conversational security, protocol incentivization, zero-knowledge, anonymity to name a few. -To ensure we reach our goals, we knew that early dogfooding of Waku was necessary, even if research was still _in progress_ [[1]](#footnote1). -Thus, we started to push for the adoption of Waku by projects other than the Status app starting 2021. + -Waku is the communication component of the Web3 trifecta, -which originally was Ethereum (contracts), Swarm (storage) and Whisper (communication). -Hence, it made sense to first target dApps which already uses one of the Web3 pillars: Ethereum. +This involves research efforts in various domains: conversational security, protocol incentivization, zero-knowledge, +anonymity to name a few. -As most dApps are web apps, -we naturally started the development of [js-waku for the browser](https://vac.dev/presenting-js-waku). +To ensure we reach our goals, we knew that early dogfooding of Waku was necessary, even if research was still +_in progress_ [[1]](#footnote1). Thus, as soon as Waku protocols and software were usable, we started to push for the +adoption of Waku. This started back in 2021. -Once ready, -we reached out to dApps to integrate Waku, -added [prizes to hackathons](https://twitter.com/waku_org/status/1451400128791605254?s=20&t=Zhc0BEz6RVLkE_SeE6UyFA) +Waku is the communication component of the Web3 trifecta, which originally was Ethereum (contracts), Swarm (storage) +and Whisper (communication). Hence, it made sense to first target dApps which already uses one of the Web3 pillars: Ethereum. + +As most dApps are web apps, we naturally started the development of [js-waku for the browser](https://vac.dev/presenting-js-waku). + +Once ready, we reached out to dApps to integrate Waku, added [prizes to hackathons](https://twitter.com/waku_org/status/1451400128791605254?s=20&t=Zhc0BEz6RVLkE_SeE6UyFA) and gave [talks](https://docs.wakuconnect.dev/docs/presentations/). -We also assumed that we would see patterns in the usage of Waku, -that we would facilitate with the help of [SDKs](https://github.com/status-im/wakuconnect-vote-poll-sdk). +We also assumed that we would see patterns in the usage of Waku, that we would facilitate with the help of +[SDKs](https://github.com/status-im/wakuconnect-vote-poll-sdk). Finally, we created a number of web apps: [examples](https://docs.wakuconnect.dev/docs/examples/) @@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ We understood that we should see the whole Waku software suite [etc](https://github.com/waku-org)) as an asset for the success of Waku. Outreach, marketing, documentation must not be limited to the web, but target all platforms, from mobile to desktop to the cloud to the web. -# Waku for All DApps +# Waku for All Decentralized Applications and Infrastructures In 2022, we shifted our focus to make the various Waku implementations **usable and used**.