status-go/WAKU.md

Waku spec support

Last updated February 21, 2020

status-go client of Waku is spec compliant with Waku spec v0.4 with the exception of:

• Currently nodes with higher version don't automatically disconnect if versions are different

It doesn't yet implement the following recommended features:

• It doesn't apply a timeout to receive Status message
• Partial support for rate limiting
• No support for DNS discovery to find Waku nodes
• No support for negotiation with peer supporting multiple version

Additionally it makes the following choices:

• It doesn't enforce rate limit policy