Central repository for work on libp2p

This repository is the central place for Rust development of the libp2p spec.

Getting started

• Main documentation can be found on https://docs.rs/libp2p.

• The examples folder contains small binaries showcasing the many protocols in this repository.

• For security related issues please file a private security vulnerability report . Please do not file a public issue on GitHub.

• To report bugs, suggest improvements or request new features please open a GitHub issue on this repository.

• For rust-libp2p specific questions please use the GitHub Discussions forum https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p/discussions.

• For discussions and questions related to multiple libp2p implementations please use the libp2p Discourse forum https://discuss.libp2p.io.

• For synchronous discussions join the open rust-libp2p maintainer calls or the biweekly libp2p community calls.

Repository Structure

The main components of this repository are structured as follows:

• core/: The implementation of libp2p-core with its Transport and StreamMuxer API on which almost all other crates depend.

• transports/: Implementations of transport protocols (e.g. TCP) and protocol upgrades (e.g. for authenticated encryption, compression, ...) based on the libp2p-core Transport API.

• muxers/: Implementations of the StreamMuxer interface of libp2p-core, e.g. (sub)stream multiplexing protocols on top of (typically TCP) connections. Multiplexing protocols are (mandatory) Transport upgrades.

• swarm/: The implementation of libp2p-swarm building on libp2p-core with the central interfaces NetworkBehaviour and ConnectionHandler used to implement application protocols (see protocols/).

• protocols/: Implementations of application protocols based on the libp2p-swarm APIs.

• misc/: Utility libraries.

• libp2p/examples/: Worked examples of built-in application protocols (see protocols/) with common Transport configurations.

Community Guidelines

The libp2p project operates under the IPFS Code of Conduct.

tl;dr

• Be respectful.
• We're here to help: abuse@ipfs.io
• Abusive behavior is never tolerated.
• Violations of this code may result in swift and permanent expulsion from the IPFS [and libp2p] community.
• "Too long, didn't read" is not a valid excuse for not knowing what is in this document.

Maintainers

(In alphabetical order.)

• Guillaume Michel (@guillaumemichel)
• João Oliveira (@jxs)

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(open a pull request if you want your project to be added here)

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lib.rs:

A node's network identity keys.

Such identity keys can be randomly generated on every startup, but using already existing, fixed keys is usually required. Though libp2p uses other crates (e.g. ed25519_dalek) internally, such details are not exposed as part of libp2p's public interface to keep them easily upgradable or replaceable (e.g. to ed25519_zebra). Consequently, keys of external ed25519 or secp256k1 crates cannot be directly converted into libp2p network identities. Instead, loading fixed keys must use the standard, thus more portable binary representation of the specific key type (e.g. ed25519 binary format). All key types have functions to enable conversion to/from their binary representations.