Identification
A storage node uses a combination of multi-address and Peer ID to uniquely identify itself. Let's take the following example:
ip4: the communication is based on an IPv4 address
127.0.0.1: the IP address for communication
tcp: the communication is using TCP Protocol
p2p: it is a P2P communication
16Ui...zZq6: the node ID
This unique identifier enables a peer to establish a correct connection and verifies the peer's identity and data information.
Please refer to libp2p-Addressing to learn more on multi-address, and libp2p-PeerID on Peer ID.
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