seperate between these very different protocols.
A "ping" is a small message that should be responded by a pinged peer within a
-time else the ping would loose some karma. When a "ping" is issued it should not
-be resend within a time period to not ping the peer to death.
+time period else the ping would loose some karma. When a "ping" is issued it
+should not be resend within a time period to not ping the peer to death.
So pings are not issued while there is no trouble with the peer. This does
reduce network load for certain. Troubleous peers are being detected by the