Appendix C: Network Information

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Masternode Information

The fields below are represented as networkInfo and are applicable to all masternodes types as defined in Appendix B

FieldTypeSizeDescription
ipAddressbyte[]16IPv6 address in network byte order. Only IPv4 mapped addresses are allowed
portuint_162Port (network byte order)

Validation Rules

  • ipAddress MUST be a valid IPv4 address that is routable on the global internet

  • ipAddress MUST NOT be already used in the registered masternodes set

  • port MUST be within the valid port range [1, 65535]

  • On mainnet, port MUST be set to the following value

    FieldValue
    port9999

Platform Information

The fields below are represented as platformNetInfo and are only applicable for evonodes as defined in Appendix B

FieldTypeSizeDescription
platformP2PPortuint_160 or 2TCP port of Dash Platform peer-to-peer communication between nodes.
platformHTTPPortuint_160 or 2TCP port of Platform HTTP/API interface.

Validation Rules

  • platformP2PPort and platformHTTPPort MUST be within the valid port range [1, 65535]

  • platformP2PPort, platformHTTPPort, and port from networkInfo MUST be distinct

  • On mainnet, platformP2PPort and platformHTTPPort MUST be set to the following values

    FieldValue
    platformP2PPort26656
    platformHTTPPort443