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bip155: mark torv2 as no longer in use #1975

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Expand Up @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ The list of reserved network IDs is as follows:
| <code>0x03</code>
| <code>TORV2</code>
| 10
| Tor v2 hidden service address
| Tor v2 hidden service address (no longer used<ref name="torv2">Tor v2 is no longer operational; clients MUST NOT gossip or relay Tor v2 addresses and MUST ignore them on receive</ref>)
|-
| <code>0x04</code>
| <code>TORV3</code>
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- Gregory Maxwell: various suggestions regarding extensibility

==Appendix A: Tor v2 address encoding==
==Appendix A: Tor v2 address encoding (no longer used<ref name="torv2" />)==

The new message introduces a separate network ID for <code>TORV2</code>.

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Yggdrasil addresses are simply IPv6 addresses in the <code>0200::/7</code> range<ref>[https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/faq.html#will-yggdrasil-conflict-with-my-network-routing Yggdrasil FAQ]</ref>. They MUST be sent with the <code>YGGDRASIL</code> network ID.

== Changelog ==

* 0.2.0 (2025-10-01):
** Add note that Tor v2 is no longer operational.
* 0.1.0 (2019-02-27):
** Initial version
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Actually, per BIP3 which specifies the Changelog section, the initial version should be 1.0.0. And this may well be considered a breaking change of the specification?


==References==

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