WIP: chat example

peer/id.py

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+import base58
+
+class ID:
+
+    def __init__(self, id_str):
+        self._id_str = id_str
+
+    def pretty(self):
+        return base58.b58encode(self._id_str).decode()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        pid = self.pretty()
+        if len(pid) <= 10:
+            return "<peer.ID %s>" % pid
+        return "<peer.ID %s*%s>" % (pid[:2], pid[len(pid)-6:])
+
+    __repr__ = __str__