Open a new P2P connection and initialize it with the PeerManager at m_msgproc.

Synopsis

Declared in <net.h>

bool
OpenNetworkConnection(
    CAddress const& addrConnect,
    bool fCountFailure,
    CountingSemaphoreGrant<>&& grant_outbound,
    char const* pszDest,
    ConnectionType conn_type,
    bool use_v2transport,
    std::optional<Proxy> const& proxy_override);

Return Value

whether the connection was opened successfully.

Parameters

Name

Description

addrConnect [in]

Address to connect to, if pszDest is nullptr.

fCountFailure [in]

Increment the number of connection attempts to this address in Addrman.

grant_outbound [in]

Take ownership of this grant, to be released later when the connection is closed.

pszDest [in]

Address to resolve and connect to.

conn_type [in]

Type of the connection to open, must not be ConnectionType::INBOUND.

use_v2transport [in]

Use P2P encryption, (aka V2 transport, BIP324).

proxy_override [in]

Optional proxy to use and override normal proxy selection.

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