Waku Specifications
Waku builds a family of privacy-preserving, censorship-resistant communication protocols for web3 applications. This repository contains specifications for the Waku suite of protocols.
List of Specifications:
- Informational: Waku design issues, general guidelines or background information that does not constitute a new feature.
- Standards
- Core: Standards and protocols for the core Waku p2p communications offering.
- Application: Standards and protocols that describe various applications or encryption use cases built on top of a Waku network.
| Waku Specifications | Description |
|---|---|
| 10/WAKU2 | Core |
| 11/WAKU2-RELAY | Core |
| 12/WAKU2-FILTER | Core |
| 13/WAKU2-STORE | Core |
| 14/WAKU2-MESSAGE | Core |
| 15/WAKU2-BRIDGE | Core |
| 16/WAKU2-RPC | Core |
| 17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY | Core |
| 18/WAKU2-SWAP | Application |
| 19/WAKU2-LIGHTPUSH | Core |
| 20/TOY-ETH-PM | Application |
| 21/WAKU2-FAULT-TOLERANT-STORE | Application |
| 22/TOY-CHAT | Informational |
| 23/WAKU2-TOPICS | Informational |
| 26/WAKU2-PAYLOAD | Application |
| 27/WAKU2-PEERS | Informational |
| 29/WAKU2-CONFIG | Informational |
| 30/ADAPTIVE-NODES | Informational |
| 33/WAKU2-DISCV5 | Core |
| 36/WAKU2-BINDINGS-API | Core |
| 53/WAKU2-X3DH | Application |
| 54/WAKU2-X3DH-SESSIONS | Application |
| ADVERSARIAL-MODELS | Informational |
| RELAY-STATIC-SHARD-ALLOC | Informational |
| DANDELION | Application |
| WAKU2-DEVICE-PAIRING | Application |
| WAKU2-PEER-EXCHANGE | Core |
| WAKU2-ENR | Core |
| WAKU2-NOISE | Application |
| TOR-PUSH | Application |
| WAKU2-INCENTIVIZATION | Core |
| WAKU2-METADATA | Core |
| WAKU2-NETWORK | Core |
| RELAY-SHARDING | Core |
| WAKU2-STOREV3 | Coming Soon |
Resources
Relevant Waku resources related to the specifications located in this repository:
Contributions
Contributions are welcome from any party. Contributors can create specifications relating to the Waku domain and create a pull request to begin discussion. The recommended template may be used for new proposed specifications.
New specifications are considered a proof of concept. Once a rough consensus is reached towards stabilization, the specification may be considered to receive the draft status and further discussion will continue on the Vac RFC-Index repository.
NOTE: Specifications located in this repository should be considered not production ready. Discussion should be conducted with the intention of maturing each specification.
Head over to the Vac RFC-Index repository where other Waku specifications live.