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// The bootstrapping module uses the glossary in peers.json (later will use members from DB?)
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// to look up tor addresses for the give shortname or SSH public key.
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// We could just do all this in the AO, but the bootstrapper is for public / loose ties and the AO's explicit p2p is for close / private ties.
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// The other main difference is that the AO stores data, and the chat server does not (ao-cli only uses database for Use AO Features).
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// The bootstrapper occasionally queries all of the tor addresses in your address book.
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// If they are an AO with bootstrapping turned on, the AO server will respond with its public directory information.
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// Since you have connected to them via their .onion address, it is assumed they are a known trusted party,
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// so the information received will update your local directory information in your address book.
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// Be careful to only connect to bootstrap servers you trust, with owners who will not add unsafe .onions to their own directory!
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// An AO contacted at a tor address is considered a known party and an authority on announcing its own SSH key (if you trust the party).
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// Therefore it works to receive an initial trusted .onion address, connect, get their directory, and use it to connect to others.
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// You can copy the directory of each new peer, however these are marked with a hops: field to count how far away the trust gets.
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// Maybe there should be a setting you announce to other nodes about whether they can share your .onion address or not (reshare)
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// Start bootstrapping in the background
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export function startPublicBootstrap() {
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// Go through all the address book entries in my peers.json
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// For each one that has a .onion address, do a fetch on it at the /bootstrap route
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// If it responds with JSON containing directory information, increment the hops: field on all of it, and merge it with my file
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// Must use entire new or old record. Use whichever one has fewer hops. Only replace if timestamp is newer.
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// Again we are assuming that we know the owner of the .onion address and trust them, because a .onion is not spoofable.
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}
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// Kill the bootstrapping process
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export function stopPublicBootstrap() {
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}
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