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slug: 30
title: 30/ADAPTIVE-NODES
name: Adaptive nodes
status: raw
editor: Oskar Thorén <oskar@status.im>
contributors:
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This is an informational spec that show cases the concept of adaptive nodes.

# Node types - a continuum

We can look at node types as a continuum, from more restricted to less restricted, fewer resources to more resources.

![Node types - a continuum](../../../../rfcs/30/adaptive_node_continuum.jpg)

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# Node protocol selection

Each node can choose which protocols to support, depending on its resources and goals.

![Protocol selection](../../../../rfcs/30/adaptive_protocol_selection.jpg)

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# Waku network visualization

We can better visualize the network with some illustrative examples.

## Topology and topics

The first one shows an example topology with different PubSub topics for the relay protocol.

![Waku Network visualization](../../../../rfcs/30/adaptive_network_topology_protocols.jpg)

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## Node Cross Section

This one shows a cross-section of nodes in different dimensions and shows how the connections look different for different protocols.

![Node Cross Section](../../../../rfcs/30/adaptive_node_cross_section.jpg)

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# Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).