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###### Messages
A `GetPeerList` message requests that the peer sends a `PeerList` message. `GetPeerList` messages contain a bloom filter of already known peers to reduce useless bandwidth on `PeerList` messages.
A `GetPeerList` message requests that the peer sends a `PeerList` message. `GetPeerList` messages contain a bloom filter of already known peers to reduce useless bandwidth on `PeerList` messages. The bloom filter reduces bandwidth by enabling the `PeerList` message to only include peers that aren't already known.
A `PeerList` is the message that is used to communicate the presence of peers in the network. Each `PeerList` message contains signed networking-level metadata about a peer that provides the necessary information to connect to it.
