Bitcoin full node and query server

May 13, 2018

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James C.16:12
Hi @evoskuil @neillm - reposting this Q in case it got pushed back to far 😉
James
Hello Libbitcoin Team! Quick question regarding setting certificate for zmq curve. I can't find any official documentation on the following comment in the protocol::socket object source: ```// Use on client for both set_public_key and set_private_key from a cert. // If CURVE is not required by server, call set_certificate({ null_hash }) // to generate an arbitrary client certificate for a secure socket.``` Is the null_hash passed to zmq with ZMQ_CURVE_SECRETKEY/ZMQ_CURVE_PUBLICKEY set to null, and zmq automatically generates a temp pair? If "curve is not required by server", doesn't the clien…