Description

dhtproto is a library that contains the protocol for the Distributed Hash Table (DHT), including:

• The DHT client (src.dhtproto.client).
• Base classes for the protocol handling parts of the DHT node (src.dhtproto.node).
• A simple, "fake" DHT node, for use in tests (src.fakedht).
• A turtle env extension (src.turtle.env.Dht) providing a fake DHT node for use in tests, including methods to inspect and modify its contents.
• A thorough test of the DHT protocol, using the client to connect to a node. The test is run, in this repo, on a fake node, but it can be reused in other repos to test real node implementations. (src.dhttest)

Dependencies

Dependency	Version
ocean	v3.1.4
swarm	v4.0.x
turtle	v8.0.x

Versioning

dhtproto's versioning follows Neptune.

This means that the major version is increased for breaking changes, the minor version is increased for feature releases, and the patch version is increased for bug fixes that don't cause breaking changes.

Support Guarantees

• Major branch development period: 6 months
• Maintained minor versions: 1 most recent

Maintained Major Branches

Major	Initial release date	Supported until	Notes
v13.x.x	v13.0.0: 01/08/2017	30/07/2018	First open source release
v14.x.x	v14.0.0: 30/01/2018	TBD

Contributing

See the guide for contributing to Neptune-versioned libraries.