ethereum/devp2p

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Ethereum peer-to-peer networking specifications

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Last GitHub push: Aug 27, 2026
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42 open issues indexed

Proposal: Indexed cell masks for heterogeneous GetCells requests Open

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ethereum/devp2p#282 · Opened Sep 1, 2026
discv5: topic index should check ENR endpoint is equal to source IP of reg traffic Open

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ethereum/devp2p#279 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 18, 2026
TopDisc spec clarification Open

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ethereum/devp2p#277 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 27, 2026
discv5/EIP-778: unspecified ENR port range and NODES per-record tolerance Open

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ethereum/devp2p#273 · 4 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Jul 6, 2026
discv5: generic sub-protocol notification message Open

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ethereum/devp2p#261 · Opened Mar 11, 2025
Creating a "Partial" Node Open

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ethereum/devp2p#260 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 2, 2025
What are the application scenarios for encryption? Open

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ethereum/devp2p#256 · Opened Apr 24, 2024
DiscV5: New HDWallet based identity scheme. Open

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ethereum/devp2p#254 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 21, 2024
Do I need my own bootnodes and will the static peers be used for discovery? Open

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ethereum/devp2p#247 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 25, 2023
discv5: sub-protocol data transmission Open

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ethereum/devp2p#229 · 12 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 1, 2023
discv5: protocol version v5.2 Open

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ethereum/devp2p#226 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 31, 2023
Inconsistency among different clients on when to use a specific diconnect reason Open

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ethereum/devp2p#221 · 1 comment · Opened Jan 27, 2023
sig missing from handshake's auth spec Open

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ethereum/devp2p#218 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 15, 2022
discv5: NAT traversal via Rendezvous protocol [WIP] Open

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ethereum/devp2p#207 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened May 5, 2022
discv5: support multi-packet talk. Open

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ethereum/devp2p#192 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 30, 2021
design rationale behind eth Open

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ethereum/devp2p#184 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 12, 2021
besu / snap sync questions Open

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ethereum/devp2p#179 · Opened Apr 29, 2021
LES: change the GetHelperTrieProofs message in the les4 Open

ethereum/devp2p#171 · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 25, 2020
Access to Ethereum data using web browsers Open

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ethereum/devp2p#166 · 7 comments · Opened Oct 7, 2020
discv5: include plain id-nonce into HANDSHAKE packet Open

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ethereum/devp2p#164 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 6, 2020
discv5: implementations list Open

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ethereum/devp2p#163 · 5 comments · Opened Oct 3, 2020
Use utils.Limiter for discv5 Open

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ethereum/devp2p#162 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 1, 2020
discv5: attacks mitigation proposal Open

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ethereum/devp2p#161 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 30, 2020
discv5: add FINDNODEATT message Open

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ethereum/devp2p#151 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened May 20, 2020
discv5: passive topic registration Open

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ethereum/devp2p#144 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 19, 2020
ABNF packets Open

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ethereum/devp2p#139 · 7 comments · Opened Feb 28, 2020
discv5: topic index design thread Open

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ethereum/devp2p#136 · 9 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2020
discv5: decide on proof-of-work for node identities Open

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ethereum/devp2p#122 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 22, 2019
discv5: consider that clients may want to advertise servers Open

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ethereum/devp2p#113 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 19, 2019
discv5: collect more eclipse attack countermeasures Open

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ethereum/devp2p#109 · 6 comments · Opened Aug 6, 2019
Are there any real numbers/metrics on the current state of the network? Open

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ethereum/devp2p#94 · Opened Apr 24, 2019
Elaborate on the streaming capabilities of RLPx and devp2p Open

transport

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ethereum/devp2p#90 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 18, 2019
Review FlyClient proposal for possible impact on Light client direction Open

ethereum/devp2p#86 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 17, 2019
licensing and other legal concerns Open

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ethereum/devp2p#76 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 1, 2019
LES: Server load management proposal - detail Open

proposal

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ethereum/devp2p#74 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 27, 2019
Low-level transport protocol based on TLS+yamux Open

proposal transport

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ethereum/devp2p#71 · 27 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 20, 2019
Meta Capabilities Open

proposal

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ethereum/devp2p#70 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 16, 2019
LES: client load management discussion Open

proposal

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ethereum/devp2p#66 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 14, 2019
LES Server Capacity Management - Specific Proposal Open

proposal

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ethereum/devp2p#65 · Opened Mar 14, 2019
Consider alternatives to XOR distance metric Open

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ethereum/devp2p#52 · 4 comments · Opened Nov 3, 2018
EIP-1459: Node Discovery via DNS Open

eip proposal

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ethereum/devp2p#50 · 9 comments · Opened Sep 29, 2018
libp2p integration Open

transport

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ethereum/devp2p#45 · 28 comments · 19 reactions · Opened Sep 20, 2018

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