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Network Address
Specifies the basic information necessary to connect to a peer node.
Format
| Field | Length | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| timestamp* | 4 bytes | unix timestamp(LE) | Last known time (in seconds) that the peer was known to be "live." |
| services | 8 bytes | bitfield(LE) | The services this node supports. See Services Bitfield. |
| IP address | 16 bytes | ip address | The IP (v4 or v6) address used to connect to the peer. |
| port | 2 bytes | unsigned integer(BE) | The port used to the connect to the peer. |
* timestamp is not included where network addresses appear in the version message format
IP Address Format
A single format is used to specify IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses:
- If the intended address is IPv6, the standard "network byte order" or big-endian byte encoding is used.
- If the intended address is IPv4, the first 12 bytes are set to 0x00000000000000000000FFFF, followed by the big-endian IPv4 address.