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* feat(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): multiple acceptable roots * chore(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): fix inconsistency with naming * fix(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): waku-relay naming Co-authored-by: fryorcraken.eth <110212804+fryorcraken@users.noreply.github.com> * chore(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): naming Co-authored-by: Hanno Cornelius <68783915+jm-clius@users.noreply.github.com> * fix(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): clear reasoning behind why nodes have diff roots * fix(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): sembr and wording * chore(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): s/merkle/Merkle/ and network delay * chore(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): contributor notes * fix(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): formula for window size * chore(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): add explanation of formula * chore(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): address review Co-authored-by: Sanaz Taheri <35961250+staheri14@users.noreply.github.com> * chore(17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY): block_time var Co-authored-by: fryorcraken.eth <110212804+fryorcraken@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Hanno Cornelius <68783915+jm-clius@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Sanaz Taheri <35961250+staheri14@users.noreply.github.com>
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@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Waku is using gossiping to disseminate messages throughout the network.
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See [11/WAKU2-RELAY](/spec/11) spec for more details.
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For an experimental privacy-preserving economic spam protection mechanism, see [17/WAKU2-RLNRELAY](/spec/17).
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For an experimental privacy-preserving economic spam protection mechanism, see [17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY](/spec/17).
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See [23/WAKU2-TOPICS](/spec/23) for more information about recommended topic usage.
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@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ This includes Waku v1 specs, as they are used for bridging between the two netwo
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|[14/WAKU2-MESSAGE](/spec/14)|✔|✔|✔|✔|
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|[15/WAKU2-BRIDGE](/spec/15)|✔|||
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|[16/WAKU2-RPC](/spec/16)|✔|||
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|[17/WAKU2-RLNRELAY](/spec/17)|🚧|||
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|[17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY](/spec/17)|🚧|||
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|[18/WAKU2-SWAP](/spec/18)|🚧|||
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|[19/WAKU2-LIGHTPUSH](/spec/19)|✔|✔|✔\**|✔\**|
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|[21/WAKU2-FAULT-TOLERANT-STORE](/spec/21)|✔|✔||
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**Economic Spam resistance**:
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We aim to enable an incentivized spam protection technique to enhance `11/WAKU2-RELAY` by using rate limiting nullifiers.
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More details on this can be found in [17/WAKU2-RLNRELAY](/spec/17).
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More details on this can be found in [17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY](/spec/17).
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In this advanced method, peers are limited to a certain rate of messaging per epoch and an immediate financial penalty is enforced for spammers who break this rate.
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**Prevention of Denial of Service (DoS) and Node Incentivization**:
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14. [14/WAKU2-MESSAGE spec](/spec/14)
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15. [14/WAKU2-RLNRELAY spec](/spec/17)
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15. [17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY spec](/spec/17)
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16. [18/WAKU2-SWAP spec](/spec/18)
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At a high level, peers utilize a scoring function to locally score the behavior of their connections and remove peers with a low score.
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`11/WAKU2-RELAY` aims at enabling an advanced spam protection mechanism with economic disincentives by utilizing Rate Limiting Nullifiers.
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In a nutshell, peers must conform to a certain message publishing rate per a system-defined epoch, otherwise, they get financially penalized for exceeding the rate.
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More details on this new technique can be found in [`17/WAKU-RLN-RELAY`](/spec/17).
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More details on this new technique can be found in [`17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY`](/spec/17).
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<!-- TODO havn't checked if all the measures in libp2p GossipSub v1.1 are taken in the nim-libp2p as well, may need to audit the code -->
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- Providing **Unlinkability**, **Integrity** and **Authenticity** simultaneously:
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---
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slug: 17
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title: 17/WAKU-RLN-RELAY
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title: 17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY
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name: Waku v2 RLN Relay
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status: draft
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tags: waku-core
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editor: Sanaz Taheri <sanaz@status.im>
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contributors:
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- Oskar Thorén <oskar@status.im>
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- Aaryamann Challani <aaryamann@status.im>
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---
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The `17/WAKU-RLN-RELAY` protocol is an extension of `11/WAKU-RELAY` which additionally provides spam protection using [Rate Limiting Nullifiers (RLN)](/spec/32).
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The `17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY` protocol is an extension of `11/WAKU2-RELAY` which additionally provides spam protection using [Rate Limiting Nullifiers (RLN)](/spec/32).
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The security objective is to contain spam activity in a GossipSub network by enforcing a global messaging rate to all the peers.
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Peers that violate the messaging rate are considered spammers and their message is considered spam.
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Note that `epoch` refers to epoch in RLN and not Unix epoch. This means a message can only be sent every period, where period is up to the application.
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See see section [Recommended System Parameters](#recommended-system-parameters) for some recommended ways to set a sensible `period` value depending on the application.
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Peers subscribed to a spam-protected `pubsubTopic` are only allowed to send one message per `epoch`.
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The higher-level layers adopting `17/WAKU-RLN-RELAY` MAY choose to enforce the messaging rate for `WakuMessages` with a specific `contentTopic` published on a `pubsubTopic`.
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The higher-level layers adopting `17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY` MAY choose to enforce the messaging rate for `WakuMessages` with a specific `contentTopic` published on a `pubsubTopic`.
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The proof generation relies on the knowledge of two pieces of private information i.e., `sk` and `authPath`.
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The `authPath` is a subset of Merkle tree nodes by which a peer can prove the inclusion of its `pk` in the group. <!-- TODO refer to RLN RFC for authPath def -->
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The proof generation also requires a set of public inputs which are: the Merkle tree root `merkle_root`, the current `epoch`, and the message for which the proof is going to be generated.
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In `17/WAKU-RLN-RELAY`, the message is the concatenation of `WakuMessage`'s `payload` filed and its `contentTopic` i.e., `payload||contentTopic`.
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In `17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY`, the message is the concatenation of `WakuMessage`'s `payload` filed and its `contentTopic` i.e., `payload||contentTopic`.
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## Group Synchronization
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This is to prevent a newly registered peer from spamming the system by messaging for all the past epochs.
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`max_epoch_gap` is a system parameter for which we provide some recommendations in section [Recommended System Parameters](#recommended-system-parameters).
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**Merkle Root Validation**
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The routing peers MUST check whether the provided Merkle root in the `RateLimitProof` is valid.
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It can do so by maintaining a local set of valid Merkle roots, which consist of `acceptable_root_window_size` past roots.
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This allows peers which are not well connected to the network to be able to send messages, accounting for network delay.
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This network delay is related to the nature of asynchronous network conditions, which means that peers see membership changes asynchronously, and therefore may have differing local Merkle trees.
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See [Recommended System Parameters](#recommended-system-parameters) on choosing an appropriate `acceptable_root_window_size`.
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**Proof Verification**
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The routing peers MUST check whether the zero-knowledge proof `proof` is valid.
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It does so by running the zk verification algorithm as explained in [RLN](/spec/32).
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| Parameter | Description |
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| `period` | the length of `epoch` in seconds |
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| `staked_fund` | the amount of ether to be staked by peers at the registration |
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| `staked_fund` | the amount of wei to be staked by peers at the registration |
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| `reward_portion` | the percentage of `staked_fund` to be rewarded to the slashers |
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| `max_epoch_gap` | the maximum allowed gap between the `epoch` of a routing peer and the incoming message |
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| `acceptable_root_window_size` | The maximum number of past Merkle roots to store |
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## Epoch Length
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A sensible value for the `period` depends on the application for which the spam protection is going to be used.
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For example, while the `period` of `1` second i.e., messaging rate of `1` per second, might be acceptable for a chat application, might be too low for communication among Ethereum network validators.
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One should look at the desired throughput of the application to decide on a proper `period` value.
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In the proof of concept implementation of `17/WAKU-RLN-RELAY` protocol which is available in [nim-waku](https://github.com/status-im/nim-waku), the `period` is set to `1` second.
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In the proof of concept implementation of `17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY` protocol which is available in [nim-waku](https://github.com/status-im/nim-waku), the `period` is set to `1` second.
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Nevertheless, this value is also subject to change depending on user experience.
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## Maximum Epoch Gap
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`Network_Delay` and `Clock_Asynchrony` MUST have the same resolution as `period` .
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By this formulation, `max_epoch_gap` indeed measures the maximum number of `epoch`s that can elapse since a message gets routed from its origin to all the other peers in the network.
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`acceptable_root_window_size` depends upon the underlying chain's average blocktime, `block_time`
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The lower bound for the `acceptable_root_window_size` SHOULD be set as $acceptable_root_window_size=(Network_Delay)/block_time$
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`Network_Delay` MUST have the same resolution as `block_time`.
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By this formulation, `acceptable_root_window_size` will provide a lower bound of how many roots can be acceptable by a routing peer.
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The `acceptable_root_window_size` should indicate how many blocks may have been mined during the time it takes for a peer to receive a message.
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This formula represents a lower bound of the number of acceptable roots.
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# Copyright
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Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).
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A wide range of applications can benefit from RLN and provide desirable security features.
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For example, an e-voting system can integrate RLN to contain the voting rate while protecting the voters-vote unlinkability.
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Another use case is to protect an anonymous messaging system against DDoS and spam attacks by containing messaging rate of users.
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This latter use case is explained in [17/Waku-RLN-Relay RFC](/spec/17).
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This latter use case is explained in [17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY RFC](/spec/17).
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# Flow
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- [14/WAKU2-MESSAGE]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/14/README.md" >}})
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- [15/WAKU2-BRIDGE]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/15/README.md" >}})
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- [16/WAKU2-RPC]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/16/README.md" >}})
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- [17/WAKU2-RLNRELAY]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/17/README.md" >}})
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- [17/WAKU2-RLN-RELAY]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/17/README.md" >}})
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- [18/WAKU2-SWAP]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/18/README.md" >}})
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- [19/WAKU2-LIGHTPUSH]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/19/README.md" >}})
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- [21/WAKU2-FTSTORE]({{< relref "/docs/rfcs/21/README.md" >}})
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