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title: "2023-08-21 Waku weekly"
tags:
  - "waku-updates"
date: 2023-08-21
lastmod: 2023-08-22
draft: false
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# 2023-08-21 Waku weekly
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## Eco Dev

**[Aug 2023](https://github.com/waku-org/internal-waku-outreach/issues/103)** {E:2023-eco-growth}

- *achieved:* +20% increase on twitter followers and had a discussion with digital comms team regarding improving Waku's metrics on social handles. Migration of all ecodev elements from github to notion has also been initiated.
- *next:* publish the metrics dashboard after call with Vaclav and publish draft for advocates program. Also coordinate with Lou regarding ETHRome hackathon.
- *blocker:* none

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## Docs

**[Advanced docs for js-waku](https://github.com/waku-org/docs.waku.org/issues/104)**

- _achieved_: added guide for `js-waku` debugging and running in NodeJS - [PR111](https://github.com/waku-org/docs.waku.org/pull/111)
- _next_: `js-waku` encryption guides

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## Research

**[1.1 Network requirements and task breakdown](https://github.com/waku-org/research/issues/6)** {E:2023-1mil-users}

- _achieved_: Breakdown and assign tasks under each milestone for the 1 million users/public Waku Network epic.
- _next_: Refine/discuss task breakdown. Start working on Waku Network RFC.

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## nwaku

**[Sharded peer management and discovery](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1919)** {E:2023-peer-mgmt}

- _achieved_: discv5 ENR update & filter predicate run-time updating
- _next_: PRs feedback updates

**[Autosharding v1](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1846)** {E:2023-1mil-users}

achieved: Complete! FILTER, LIGHTPUSH and RFC merged.

**[HTTP REST API: Store, Filter, Lightpush, Admin and Private APIs](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/issues/1076)** {E:2023-many-platforms}

- _achieved_: Legacy Filter - v1 - interface Rest Api support added. V2 implementation done wait for PR review
- _next_: Testing and add even more tests for failure cases.

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## js-waku

**[Maintenance](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1455)** {E:2023-qa}

- _achieved_: breaking change for `@noble/secp256k1` PR in progress, redo trailing commas PR

**[Developer Experience (2023)](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1453)** {E:2023-eco-growth}

- _achieved:_ set default fallback fro `NodeRequirements`

**[Peer Exchange is supported and used by default](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/issues/1429)** {E:2023-light-protocols}

- _achieved_: peer-exchange included by default (PR opened)
- _next_: tasks breakdown and followup from dogfooding feedback

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## go-waku

**[RLN enabled by default](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/655)** {E:2023-rln}

- _achieved_: removed registration capability from the wakunode and created a separate subcommand to do the registration
- _next_: run rln-relay on all configured pubsub topics and content topics

**[Maintenance](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/634)** {E:2023-qa}

- _achieved_: refactored wakuv2 metrics to make each protocol responsible for registering and defining its own metrics

**[RLN: Post-Testnet3 Improvements](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/605)** {E:2023-rln}

    achieved: interop with nwaku.

**[Introduce Peer Management](https://github.com/waku-org/go-waku/issues/594)** {E:2023-peer-mgmt}

- _achieved_: implement relay connectivity loop, log reachability status reported with help of AutoNAT service, local testing using waku simulator and bug fixes
- _next_: work towards dogfooding new peer mgmt with Status

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