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we dial a randomly selected seed to get a list of peers to dial. |
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On startup, we will also immediately dial the given list of `persisten_peers`, |
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and will attempt to maintain persistent connections with them. If the connections die, |
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and will attempt to maintain persistent connections with them. If the connections die, or we fail to dail, |
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we will redial every 5s for a a few minutes, then switch to an exponential backoff schedule, |
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and after about a day of trying, stop dialing the peer. |
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So long as we have less than `MaxPeers`, we periodically request additional peers |
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So long as we have less than `MinNumOutboundPeers`, we periodically request additional peers |
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from each of our own. If sufficient time goes by and we still can't find enough peers, |
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we try the seeds again. |
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## Listening |
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Peers listen on a configurable ListenAddr that they self-report during |
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handshakes with other peers. |
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## Address Book |
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Peers are tracked via their ID (their PubKey.Address()). |
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A vetted peer can only be in one bucket. An unvetted peer can be in multiple buckets. |
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If there's no space in the book, we check the bucket for bad peers, which include peers we've attempted to |
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dial 3 times, and then remove them from only that bucket. |
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## Vetting |
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When a peer is first added, it is unvetted. |
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the selection process happens every `ensurePeersPeriod`, we might not end up |
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dialing a peer for much longer than the backoff duration. |
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TODO: put this in the right place. And add more details. |
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AddrBook: If there's no space in the book, we check the bucket for bad peers, which include peers we've attempted to |
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dial 3 times, and then remove them from only that bucket. |
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TODO |
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PEX: if we fail to conenct to the peer after 16 tries (with exponential backoff), we remove from address book completely. |
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## Select Peers to Exchange |
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