Struct Hand

pub struct Hand {
    pub version: ProtocolVersion,
    pub capabilities: Capabilities,
    pub nonce: u64,
    pub genesis: Hash,
    pub total_difficulty: Difficulty,
    pub sender_addr: PeerAddr,
    pub receiver_addr: PeerAddr,
    pub user_agent: String,
}

First part of a handshake, sender advertises its version and characteristics.

Fields

version: ProtocolVersion

protocol version of the sender

capabilities: Capabilities

capabilities of the sender

nonce: u64

randomly generated for each handshake, helps detect self

genesis: Hash

genesis block of our chain, only connect to peers on the same chain

total_difficulty: Difficulty

total difficulty accumulated by the sender, used to check whether sync may be needed

sender_addr: PeerAddr

network address of the sender

receiver_addr: PeerAddr

network address of the receiver

user_agent: String

name of version of the software

Trait Implementations

impl Readable for Hand

fn read<R: Reader>(reader: &mut R) -> Result<Hand, Error>

Reads the data necessary to this Readable from the provided reader

impl Writeable for Hand

fn write<W: Writer>(&self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), Error>

Write the data held by this Writeable to the provided writer