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The node will act as a node for the Validana blockchain. It will connect to the 'processor-node' which gives basic information about the blockchain as well as an initial list of peers. Nodes will then share blocks they have with other nodes and (aside from the 'processor-node') will verify the blocks and transactions inside the blocks, as well as execute their smart contracts to construct the state.

(processor) Port forwarding should be enabled or it should have its own ip address to ensure other nodes can connect to the processor node. It should also provide the public key, whether tls is used and the host and port to other nodes so they can connect.
(non-processor) Enabling port forwarding or having its own ip will make it possible to find more peers and increase download speed, though it can do without.

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