XCHG Documentation

Definitions

Node

is a router

has Address

usually has a public IP-address. Through it, traffic is exchanged.

accepts connections via TCP/IP

verifies Addresses

provides information about connected peers

translates calls/responses to/from connected peers

Peer

is a peer connection to the xchg-node

has Address confirmed by PrivateKey

chooses a node suitable for it to receive/send traffic

can be receive call from XCHG (server role)

can send call to another peer (client role)

should connect to prescribed nodes to be detected in the network.

Address

is a string of 48 characters. base32(sha256(publicKey)[0:30]). case insensitive

example: kqfc2fwogggtlsf7vnh46hhgdjmheiqvqycapj2f2xe2d5jz

Network Map

contains IP-addresses of all the nodes of the network

is divided into at least 16 sections