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Wishlist: Enable IPv6 for DHT / decentralized storage
I really like the idea of decentralized storage! However in the settings under Network->Peers I usually only see one peer, namely "api.mtgatool.com". So that seems to make this feature quite centralized again?
At least on Linux it seems that mtgatool-desktop only listens on an IPv4 UDP socket:
$ sudo netstat -tulpen | grep mtgatool | head -n1
udp 0 0 192.168.3.47:49850 0.0.0.0:* 1000 2225250 332303/mtgatool-des
udp 0 0 192.168.3.47:49867 0.0.0.0:* 1000 2221187 332303/mtgatool-des
udp 0 0 192.168.3.47:33555 0.0.0.0:* 1000 2218923 332303/mtgatool-des
udp 0 0 192.168.3.47:49946 0.0.0.0:* 1000 2222378 332303/mtgatool-des
...
udp 0 0 224.0.0.251:5353 0.0.0.0:* 1000 2223457 332303/mtgatool-des
udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:5353 0.0.0.0:* 1000 2202378 332210/mtgatool-des
udp 0 0 224.0.0.251:5353 0.0.0.0:* 1000 2220621 332303/mtgatool-des
...
So I guess all peers are currently hidden behind IPv4 NATs? It would be great if the mtgatool-desktop could exchange packets over IPv6, too. That way we should see a lot more peers.
Hm, maybe this is actually a network issue on my side. I noticed that on a different WiFi network I actually do get udp6 sockets in netstat for mtgatool-desktop.
Although the WiFi network I initially tried also has working IPv6, I can ping6 and browse IPv6 websites, it might be that this Fritz!Box Wifi router filters incoming IPv6 or IPv6 UDP more strictly.
Does mtgatool-desktop only open IPv6 UDP sockets after some bidirectional connectivity check?