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# RLNP2P
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**NOTE: This page is a very early work in progress.**
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## About RLNP2P
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RLNP2P gives p2p protocols and applications economic, anonymous spam protection using RLN.
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RLN stands for Rate Limiting Nullifier and uses Zero Knowledge Proofs to enforce a certain message rate, without linking a publisher to a message. When a message rate is exceeded, a user's financial or social stake gets slashed.
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In a p2p setting, this means that each node keeps the necessary state required and validates messages before passing them on.
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This means that we get a decentralized, sybil-resistant and privacy-preserving communication channel in a p2p network.
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## Examples
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[Waku RLN Relay](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/17/) is an example of using RLNP2P applied to Waku in a GossipSub network.
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The same technique can trivally be used on top of stock libp2p GossipSub as well.
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With some modifications, it can also likely be used in other topologies such as [Dandellion++](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues/119) and [Tor/onion routing](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues/149).
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p2p applications that use use RLN on the social layer, as opposed to on the networking layer, can also likely use RLNP2p. For example, [zkchat](https://github.com/kayleegeorge/zk-chat).
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We are also currently working on a variant that combines [RLN+Interrep](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues/147), using social stake instead of financial stake. This paves the way for users who do not currently have crypto assets to use RLNP2P.
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### Contribute
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Check out links below and join the #rln channel in our [Vac Discord](https://discord.gg/PQFdubGt6d)
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## Links
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### RLN
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- [Rate Limiting Nullifier (PSE)](https://rate-limiting-nullifier.github.io/rln-docs/)
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- [RLN spec (PSE/Vac)](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/32/)
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- [RLN GH org (PSE)](https://github.com/Rate-Limiting-Nullifier)
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- [Zerokit RLN library (Vac)](https://github.com/vacp2p/zerokit/)
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### RLN Relay
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- [RLN Relay write-up (Vac)](https://vac.dev/rln-relay)
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- [RLN Relay spec (Vac)](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/17/)
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- [RLN Relay testnet (Vac)](https://github.com/status-im/nwaku/blob/master/docs/tutorial/rln-chat-cross-client.md)
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### Work in progress
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- [RLN+Interrep](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues/147)
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- [Waku v2 anonymity roadmap](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues/107)
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- [RLNP2P positioning doc](https://github.com/vacp2p/research/issues/146)
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### Misc
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- [Privacy & Scaling Explorations](https://appliedzkp.org/)
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- [Vac Research](https://vac.dev) |