Comment by nikcub

BIP150[0] adds peer authentication, BIP151 adds encrypted peer communication. Having them implemented and enforced is probably overdue - afaik so far i've only seen bcoin[2] implement it

[0] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0150.mediawi...

[1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0151.mediawi...

[2] https://github.com/bcoin-org/bcoin