The rule that no two connections to addresses within the same /16 should be attempted, was generalized by defining address groups:
IPv4 addresses are grouped in /16 blocks
IPv6 addresses are grouped in /32 blocks
that just sucks, sorry. i can see why, but it still sucks.
It's far from optimal, but we need some measure to prevent sybil attacks. The problem is the diversity of the IPv6 network... in some ranges the user-specific part is below /48, in others it is below /16.
A local IPv6 address is used instead of an IPv4 one if no routable IPv4 address is available. In this case, it is not advertized through IRC (obsolete).
how the hell are nodes going to find each other then? just asking, im trying to make an alternative client.
the way im finding nodes now are connecting to the official client at 127.0.0.1:8333 , and send a getaddr.
Such nodes will still get IPv4 nodes from IRC, and connect to those. It will also advertize its own IPv6 address on the network, which will hopefully propagate that address (current clients don't). Eventually, its address will hopefully end up in DNS seeds, where it can be found by all IPv6-capable nodes.
