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Contains one requested object, which might be one of: Contains one requested object, which might be one of:
\listinginfo{}{getpubkey}{A request for a public key, which is needed to encrypt a message to a specific user.}{} \listinginfo{}{getpubkey}{A request for a public key, which is needed to encrypt a message to a specific user.}{}
\listinginfo{}{pubkey}{A public key. See \ref{subsec:addrenc} \nameref{subsec:addrenc}}{} \listinginfo{}{pubkey}{A public key. See \ref{subsec:addr} \nameref{subsec:addr}}{}
\listinginfo{}{msg}{Content intended to be received by one user.}{} \listinginfo{}{msg}{Content intended to be received by one user.}{}
\listinginfo{}{broadcast}{Content sent in a way that the Addresses public key can be used to decrypt it, allowing any subscriber who knows the address to receive the such a message}{} \listinginfo{}{broadcast}{Content sent in a way that the Addresses public key can be used to decrypt it, allowing any subscriber who knows the address to receive the such a message}{}
\subsubsection{ping / pong} \subsubsection{ping / pong}
\subsection{Addresses \& Encryption} \subsection{Addresses}
\label{subsec:addrenc} \label{subsec:addr}
TODO
\textit{BM-2cXxfcSetKnbHJX2Y85rSkaVpsdNUZ5q9h}: Addresses start with "BM-" and are, like Bitcoin addresses, Base58 encoded\footnote{Which avoids the easily confused characters I, l, 0 and O.}.
\listinginfo{}{version}{Address version.}{}
\listinginfo{}{stream}{Stream number.}{}
\listinginfo{}{ripe}{Hash of both public signing and encryption key. Please note that the keys are sent without the leading 0x04 in \obj{pubkey} objects, but for creating the ripe it must be prepended. This is also necessary for most other applications, so it's a good idea to do it by default.}{ripemd160(sha512(pubSigKey + pubEncKey))}
\listinginfo{}{checksum}{First four bytes of a double SHA-512 hash of the above.}{sha512(sha512(version + stream + ripe))}
\subsection{Encryption}
TODO
\section{Issues} \section{Issues}