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Waku v1 was a fork of Whisper with some added tweaks for efficiency. Waku v2 introduces a fully revamped suite of protocols designed to address the goals set out previously.
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2013
The Ethereum White Paper was published, unveiling the holy trinity of Web3, comprising:
- Ethereum for consensus.
- Swarm for decentralized storage.
- Whisper for peer-to-peer messaging.
2015-2018
The development of the Whisper protocol lagged behind the advancements made by the Ethereum EVM and Swarm, primarily because there was no dedicated team working on building the protocol.
2018
Due to the lack of progress made on Whisper and growing concerns around scalability, Vac was established to focus on researching and developing more scalable peer-to-peer messaging solutions.
2020
Waku v1 replaces Whisper as the messaging protocol in Status, resulting in the following:
- Enhanced performance.
- Better scalability.
- Ability to work in resource-limited environments.
- And many more.
2021
Waku v2 releases with a fully revamped suite of protocols that not only supersedes but also surpasses the performance of Waku v1.
Present Day
Waku has continued to evolve and enhance itself, solidifying its position as the standard for Web3 communication.