# Waku Waku v2 is a family of modular peer-to-peer protocols for secure communication. These protocols are designed to be secure, privacy-preserving, censorship-resistant, and able to run in resource-restricted environments. At a high level, Waku v2 implements a Pub/Sub messaging pattern over libp2p and adds capabilities to it. [Learn more about Waku](https://waku.org/) ## Requirements - GNU Make - [Buf CLI](https://docs.buf.build/installation) - [Protobuf Compiler (protoc)](https://grpc.io/docs/protoc-installation/) (Optional)