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### [Waku Relay](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/11/)
`WAKU2-RELAY` is a privacy-focused peer-to-peer messaging protocol that extends the `libp2p GossipSub` protocol. It utilizes a Pub/Sub approach to enable secure communication channels, encryption, and protection against censorship. With a strong emphasis on privacy, `Waku Relay` ensures scalability, allowing many peers and messages to coexist within the network.
`WAKU2-RELAY` is a privacy-focused peer-to-peer messaging protocol that extends the [libp2p GossipSub protocol](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/pubsub/gossipsub/README.md). It utilizes a Pub/Sub approach to enable secure communication channels, encryption, and protection against censorship. With a strong emphasis on privacy, `Waku Relay` ensures scalability, allowing many peers and messages to coexist within the network.
### [Waku Filter](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/12/)

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## Waku as a Service Network
Waku offers incentivization mechanisms to run nodes, whereas libp2p does not. Additionally, a user or a developer does not have to deploy own infra as a prerequisite to use Waku, it is a service network.
Waku intends to incentivize mechanisms to run nodes, but it's not part of libp2p's scope. Additionally, users or developers do not have to deploy their infra as a prerequisite to use Waku. It is a service network.
However, it is encouraged to [run your own node](https://github.com/status-im/nwaku/tree/master/docs/operators) to support and decentralize the network.
However, you are encouraged to [run your node](https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku/tree/master/docs/operators) to support and decentralize the network.
## Waku as a Keyturn Solution
Waku includes a number of protocol covering the following domains like privacy preservation, censorship resistance, portability/runs anywhere.
Waku includes various protocols covering the following domains: privacy preservation, censorship resistance, and platform agnosticism, allowing it to run on any platform or environment.
libp2p does not provide out of the box protocols to enable mostly offline/resource restricted devices, [WAKU-STORE](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/13/)/[WAKU-LIGHTPUSH](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/19/)/[WAKU-FILTER](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/12/) caters to those use cases.
libp2p does not provide out-of-the-box protocols to enable mostly offline/resource-restricted devices, [WAKU-STORE](/overview/concepts/protocols#waku-store)/[WAKU-LIGHTPUSH](/overview/concepts/protocols#waku-light-push)/[WAKU-FILTER](/overview/concepts/protocols#waku-filter) caters to those use cases.
## Economic Spam Protection
libp2p does not have strong spam protection guarantees, [RLN (Rate Limit Nullifier)](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/32/) is a protocol being developed by the Waku team towards this goal.
libp2p does not have strong spam protection guarantees, [RLN (Rate Limit Nullifier)](/overview/concepts/protocols#waku-rln-relay) is a protocol being developed by the Waku team towards this goal.

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3. Preserve bandwidth usage for resource-limited environments.
4. Implementing economic spam protection (rate limits) while ensuring privacy.
5. Developing methods to protect against mass deanonymization (currently being researched).
6. Designing strategies to scale [Waku Relay/GossipSub](/overview/concepts/protocols#waku-relay) securely.
If you want to learn more about how Waku operates, the [10/WAKU2](https://rfc.vac.dev/spec/10/) RFC provides an in-depth look under the hood.