Solved python3 database issue and now network connection created via using the python3 db

src/network/bmproto.py

@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class BMProto(AdvancedDispatcher, ObjectTracker):
                         continue
                 except KeyError:
                     pass
-                if len(knownnodes.knownNodes[stream]) < BMConfigParser().safeGetInt("knownnodes", "maxnodes"):
+                if len(knownnodes.knownNodes[stream]) < int(BMConfigParser().safeGet("knownnodes", "maxnodes")):
                     with knownnodes.knownNodesLock:
                         try:
                             knownnodes.knownNodes[stream][peer]["lastseen"] = seenTime

src/network/connectionpool.py

@@ -326,7 +326,11 @@ class BMConnectionPool(object):
                         continue
 
                     try:
-                        if chosen.host.endswith(".onion") and Proxy.onion_proxy:
+                        if type(chosen.host) == bytes:
+                            onion= '.onion'.encode()
+                        else:
+                            onion = '.onion'
+                        if chosen.host.endswith(onion) and Proxy.onion_proxy:
                             if onionsocksproxytype == "SOCKS5":
                                 self.addConnection(Socks5BMConnection(chosen))
                             elif onionsocksproxytype == "SOCKS4a":

src/network/tcp.py

@@ -69,9 +69,14 @@ class TCPConnection(BMProto, TLSDispatcher):
         else:
             self.destination = address
             self.isOutbound = True
+            try:
                 self.create_socket(
                     socket.AF_INET6 if ":" in address.host else socket.AF_INET,
                     socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+            except TypeError:
+                self.create_socket(
+                    socket.AF_INET6 if ':'.encode() in address.host else socket.AF_INET,
+                    socket.SOCK_STREAM)
             self.socket.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
             TLSDispatcher.__init__(self, sock, server_side=False)
             self.connect(self.destination)

src/protocol.py

@@ -96,9 +96,17 @@ def isBitSetWithinBitfield(fourByteString, n):
 
 def encodeHost(host):
     """Encode a given host to be used in low-level socket operations"""
-    if host.find('.onion') > -1:
+    if type(host) == bytes:
-        return '\xfd\x87\xd8\x7e\xeb\x43'.encode('utf-8') + base64.b32decode(host.split(".")[0], True)
+        onion = 'onion'.encode()
-    elif host.find(':') == -1:
+        colon = ':'.encode()
+        full_stop = '.'.encode()
+    else:
+        onion = 'onion'
+        colon = ':'
+        full_stop = '.'
+    if host.find(onion) > -1:
+        return  '\xfd\x87\xd8\x7e\xeb\x43'.encode('raw_unicode_escape') + base64.b32decode(host.split(full_stop)[0], True)
+    elif host.find(colon) == -1:
         return '\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xFF\xFF'.encode('raw_unicode_escape') + \
             socket.inet_aton(host)
     return socket.inet_pton(socket.AF_INET6, host)