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# Peer
Represents a node from the p2p bitcoin network. The Peer class supports connecting directly to other nodes or through a socks5 proxy like Tor.
The code to create a new peer looks like this:
```javascript
var bitcore = require('bitcore');
var Peer = bitcore.transport.Peer;
// default port
var livenetPeer = new Peer('5.9.85.34');
var testnetPeer = new Peer('5.9.85.34', bitcore.testnet);
// custom port
var livenetPeer = new Peer('5.9.85.34', 8334);
var testnetPeer = new Peer('5.9.85.34', 18334, bitcore.testnet);
// use sock5 proxy (Tor)
var peer = new Peer('5.9.85.34').setProxy('localhost', 9050);
```
A peer instance is always in one of the following states:
* `disconnected`: No connection with the remote node.
* `connecting`: While establishing the connection.
* `connected`: Exchanging version packages.
* `ready`: Connection ready for sending and receiving messages.
You can subscribe to the change of those states as follows:
```javascript
var bitcore = require('bitcore');
var Peer = bitcore.transport.Peer;
var peer = new Peer('5.9.85.34');
peer.on('ready', function() {
// peer info
console.log(peer.version, peer.subversion, peer.bestHeight);
});
peer.on('disconnect', function() {
console.log('connection closed');
});
peer.connect();
```
Once connected, a peer instance can send and receive messages. Every time a message arrives it's emitted as a new event. Let's see an example of this:
```javascript
var bitcore = require('bitcore');
var peer = new bitcore.transport.Peer('5.9.85.34');
// handle events
peer.on('inv', function(message) {
// message.inventory[]
});
peer.on('tx', function(message) {
// message.transaction
});
peer.on('addr', function(message) {
// message.addresses[]
});
peer.connect();
```
In order to send messages the Peer class offers the `sendMessage(message)` method, which receives an instance of a message. All supported messages can be found on the `bitcore.transport.Messages` module. For more information about messages refer to the [protocol specification](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification).
An example for requesting other connected nodes to a peers looks like this:
```javascript
var bitcore = require('bitcore');
var peer = new bitcore.transport.Peer('5.9.85.34');
peer.on('ready', function() {
var message = new bitcore.transport.Messages.GetAddresses();
peer.sendMessage(message);
});
peer.on('addr', function(message) {
message.addresses.forEach(function(address) {
// do something
});
});
peer.connect();
```

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/**
* Send a Message to the remote peer.
*
* @param {Message} message - A message instance
*/
Peer.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
this.socket.write(message.serialize(this.network));

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