Example

P2P Node Lifecycle

Illustrative behavior for a node joining the network and beginning normal operation.

Docs · P2P Network

Protocol status: Draft architecture. eCoin is under development. These pages describe the Version 0.1 design direction and illustrative developer models, not a finalized wire protocol, production API, or live mainnet.

Pseudocode

peers = discovery.findCompatiblePeers(configuredNetwork)

for peer in peers:
    session = p2p.connect(peer)
    assert session.network == configuredNetwork
    assert session.protocolVersion is supported

sync.verifyFinalizedState()

loop:
    message = p2p.receive()
    if message.isStructurallyInvalid(): reject(message)
    else if message.isTransaction(): validateAndRelay(message)
    else if message.isLedgerData(): verifyAndStore(message)
    else if message.isConsensusData() and node.isValidator(): consensus.process(message)

This demonstrates responsibilities, not production method names or message types.

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