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title: Open Research Problems
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# Open Research Problems
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We are seeking to collaborate with researchers in the following topic areas.
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Feel free to join our [Discord](https://discord.gg/PQFdubGt6d) for discussion.
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### DHT (distributed hash table) security / privacy / anonymity
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Compared to unstructured P2P overlay networks, DHTs offer efficient and (theoretically) reliable discovery.
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However, they are prone to eclipse attacks and [typically offer weak privacy properties](https://github.com/gpestana/notes/issues/8).
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This topic comprises researching novel techniques mitigating or even thwarting [eclipse attacks](https://www.gemini.com/cryptopedia/eclipse-attacks-defense-bitcoin#section-what-is-an-eclipse-attack) against DHTs.
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A focus on [Node Discovery Protocol v5 (discv5)](https://github.com/ethereum/devp2p/blob/master/discv5/discv5.md) is of special interest to the Vac team.
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Further background on the usage of discv5 in Waku can be found in our [research log](https://vac.dev/wakuv2-apd).
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A new version of discv5 that is both efficient and provides eclipse mitigation is [currently being researched](https://github.com/harnen/service-discovery-paper).
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### Privacy-Preserving Incentivizations of waku protocols
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* Incentivise relay
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### Devising novel applications of the Waku protocol stack
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examples comprise
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* p2p social network
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* evoting system
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### Waku simulator
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### Halo2 in a browser
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### Meshnet transports and libp2p
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### Applied ZK
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