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BIP324 Proxy: easy integration of v2 transport protocol for light clients (PoC)

BIP324 Proxy: easy integration of v2 transport protocol for light clients (PoC)

Original Postby 0xB10C

Posted on: March 14, 2024 01:28 UTC

The discussion focuses on an intriguing project centered around determining the remote peer address from the initial VERSION message received in peer-to-peer (P2P) networking, which contains the addr_recv field specifying this information.

However, a potential issue arises with certain P2P clients that do not accurately input their address into the addr_recv field, opting instead to use placeholders such as 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0. This discrepancy raises concerns about the reliability of using the addr_recv field for identifying the remote peer's address.

Moving forward, there is an ambitious plan to undertake an efficient rewrite of the project in Rust, a language known for its performance and safety features. The rationale behind choosing Rust stems from its growing popularity and the lack of existing implementations for BIP324, a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal, within the Rust ecosystem. The suggestion is made to integrate this work within the rust-bitcoin library, or potentially another related part of their ecosystem, highlighting an opportunity to contribute to and enhance the robustness of Rust's Bitcoin-related libraries.