peer_id.h File Reference

Self-certifying peer identity. More...

#include "core/bytes.h"
#include <array>
#include <cstdint>
#include <optional>
#include <string>
#include <string_view>

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Classes
class	librats::PeerId
struct	librats::PeerId::Hash
	Hash functor for use as an unordered_map/set key. More...

Namespaces
namespace	librats

Detailed Description

Self-certifying peer identity.

A PeerId is the SHA-256 of a peer's static (Noise) public key. Because the Noise XX handshake proves possession of that key, a completed handshake also proves the remote's PeerId — identity is cryptographically bound to the key and cannot be forged (libp2p uses the same self-certifying scheme).

This is a value type: cheap to copy, hashable, and ordered, so it slots straight into unordered_map / set as a key.

Definition in file peer_id.h.