Deprecate mplex

specs/phase0/p2p-interface.md

@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ It consists of four main sections:
     - [What are the advantages of using TCP/QUIC/Websockets?](#what-are-the-advantages-of-using-tcpquicwebsockets)
     - [Why do we not just support a single transport?](#why-do-we-not-just-support-a-single-transport)
     - [Why are we not using QUIC from the start?](#why-are-we-not-using-quic-from-the-start)
-  - [Multiplexing](#multiplexing-1)
-    - [Why are we using mplex/yamux?](#why-are-we-using-mplexyamux)
   - [Protocol Negotiation](#protocol-negotiation-1)
     - [When is multiselect 2.0 due and why do we plan to migrate to it?](#when-is-multiselect-20-due-and-why-do-we-plan-to-migrate-to-it)
     - [What is the difference between connection-level and stream-level protocol negotiation?](#what-is-the-difference-between-connection-level-and-stream-level-protocol-negotiation)
@@ -157,15 +155,6 @@ During connection bootstrapping, libp2p dynamically negotiates a mutually suppor
 This applies to transports that are natively incapable of multiplexing (e.g. TCP, WebSockets, WebRTC),
 and is omitted for capable transports (e.g. QUIC).
 
-Two multiplexers are commonplace in libp2p implementations:
-[mplex](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/mplex) and [yamux](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/yamux/README.md).
-Their protocol IDs are, respectively: `/mplex/6.7.0` and `/yamux/1.0.0`.
-
-Clients MUST support [mplex](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/mplex)
-and MAY support [yamux](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/yamux/README.md).
-If both are supported by the client, yamux MUST take precedence during negotiation.
-See the [Rationale](#design-decision-rationale) section below for tradeoffs.
-
 ## Consensus-layer network interaction domains
 
 ### Custom types
@@ -1121,20 +1110,6 @@ On the other hand, TLS 1.3 is the newest, simplified iteration of TLS.
 Old, insecure, obsolete ciphers and algorithms have been removed, adopting Ed25519 as the sole ECDH key agreement function.
 Handshakes are faster, 1-RTT data is supported, and session resumption is a reality, amongst other features.
 
-### Multiplexing
-
-#### Why are we using mplex/yamux?
-
-[Yamux](https://github.com/hashicorp/yamux/blob/master/spec.md) is a multiplexer invented by Hashicorp that supports stream-level congestion control.
-Implementations exist in a limited set of languages, and it’s not a trivial piece to develop.
-
-Conscious of that, the libp2p community conceptualized [mplex](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/blob/master/mplex/README.md)
-as a simple, minimal multiplexer for usage with libp2p.
-It does not support stream-level congestion control and is subject to head-of-line blocking.
-
-Overlay multiplexers are not necessary with QUIC since the protocol provides native multiplexing,
-but they need to be layered atop TCP, WebSockets, and other transports that lack such support.
-
 ### Protocol Negotiation
 
 #### When is multiselect 2.0 due and why do we plan to migrate to it?
@@ -1159,7 +1134,7 @@ All libp2p connections must be authenticated, encrypted, and multiplexed.
 Connections using network transports unsupportive of native authentication/encryption and multiplexing (e.g. TCP) need to undergo protocol negotiation to agree on a mutually supported:
 
 1. authentication/encryption mechanism (such as SecIO, TLS 1.3, Noise).
-2. overlay multiplexer (such as mplex, Yamux, spdystream).
+2. overlay multiplexer (such as Yamux, spdystream).
 
 In this specification, we refer to these two as *connection-level negotiations*.
 Transports supporting those features natively (such as QUIC) omit those negotiations.