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# Waku Rust bindings
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Rust layer on top of [`go-waku`](https://github.com/status-im/go-waku) [c ffi bindings](https://github.com/status-im/go-waku/blob/v0.2.2/library/README.md).
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## About [Waku](https://waku.org/)
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Waku is the communication layer for Web3. Decentralized communication that scales.
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Private. Secure. Runs anywhere.
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### What is Waku?
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Waku is a suite of privacy-preserving, peer-to-peer messaging protocols.
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Waku removes centralized third parties from messaging, enabling private, secure, censorship-free communication with no single point of failure.
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Waku provides privacy-preserving capabilities, such as sender anonymity,metadata protection and unlinkability to personally identifiable information.
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Waku is designed for generalized messaging, enabling human-to-human, machine-to-machine or hybrid communication.
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Waku runs everywhere: desktop, server, including resource-restricted devices, such as mobile devices and browsers.
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How does it work?
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The first version of Waku had its origins in the Whisper protocol, with optimizations for scalability and usability. Waku v2 is a complete rewrite. Its relay protocol implements pub/sub over libp2p, and also introduces additional capabilities:
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1. Retrieving historical messages for mostly-offline devices.
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2. Adaptive nodes, allowing for heterogeneous nodes to contribute.
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3. Bandwidth preservation for light nodes.
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This makes it ideal for running a p2p protocol on mobile, or in other similarly resource-restricted environments.
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Read the [Waku docs](https://docs.wakuconnect.dev/) |