monero-site/_i18n/en/resources/moneropedia/destination.md

---
tags: ["kovri"]
terms: ["Destination", "Destinations"]
summary: "A in-net address that serves as a final endpoint (either local or remote)"
---

### The Basics

A @destination is the @I2P @in-net address of the final endpoint you are trying to connect to (example: an @I2P website, service, or Monero node). This can also include a *local destination* of which *other* peers need to connect to in order to make contact for communication (similar to how, in @clearnet, your IP address is given to a website when you connect so it knows *where* to send the information back to).

### In-depth Information

An @I2P destination can be encoded into a @base32-address or @base64-address. Most users will only care about @base32-addresses or a `.i2p` hostname while, internally, @Kovri / @I2P @address-book uses @base64-addresses. Ultimately, all @destinations in @I2P are 516-byte (or longer) keys:

`256-byte public key + 128-byte signing key + a null certificate = 516 bytes in Base64 representation`

Note: certificates are not used now but, if they were, the keys would be longer.
Enabled all site except user guides to be multilingual ready - Moved technical specs out of 'Resources' and into root 2017-12-05 19:43:20 +00:00			`---`
			`tags: ["kovri"]`
			`terms: ["Destination", "Destinations"]`
			`summary: "A in-net address that serves as a final endpoint (either local or remote)"`
			`---`

			`### The Basics`

			`A @destination is the @I2P @in-net address of the final endpoint you are trying to connect to (example: an @I2P website, service, or Monero node). This can also include a local destination of which other peers need to connect to in order to make contact for communication (similar to how, in @clearnet, your IP address is given to a website when you connect so it knows where to send the information back to).`

			`### In-depth Information`

Moneropedia relocalized + correction on Italian Account + Removed leftover miners.md (replaced by mining.md) + Removed Dust and update Copyright + Code improvement to avoid reading the config file and to use the builtin jekyll config variable passed in the content + Ammount.md:25/26 glitch "\@transaction-privacy" corrected. PL to be checked twice. + Italian ammount.md moneropedia links corrected (terms added to destination entries, unnecessary markdown links removed) + Polish corrections + extend ruby \word-boundary in regex to match `-based` `-like` `-form` + Updated readme according to the new way to add or translate a moneropedia entry + fix mining with CryptoNight variant + rebased to include AR + chery picked #820 to avoid conflicts 2018-07-05 15:04:14 +00:00			An @I2P destination can be encoded into a @base32-address or @base64-address. Most users will only care about @base32-addresses or a `.i2p` hostname while, internally, @Kovri / @I2P @address-book uses @base64-addresses. Ultimately, all @destinations in @I2P are 516-byte (or longer) keys:
Enabled all site except user guides to be multilingual ready - Moved technical specs out of 'Resources' and into root 2017-12-05 19:43:20 +00:00
			`256-byte public key + 128-byte signing key + a null certificate = 516 bytes in Base64 representation`

			`Note: certificates are not used now but, if they were, the keys would be longer.`