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# NodeAddress

> NodeAddress is the Hedera protobuf message carrying node metadata such as IP address, port, account ID, and certificate hash for network consensus nodes.

The metadata for a Node – including IP Address, and the crypto account associated with the Node.

| Field             | Type                                                                        | Description                                                                     |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ipAddress`       | bytes                                                                       | The ip address of the Node with separator & octets \[deprecated v0.13.0]        |
| `portno`          | int32                                                                       | The port number of the grpc server for the node \[deprecated v0.13.0]           |
| `memo`            | bytes                                                                       | The memo field of the node \[deprecated v0.13.0]                                |
| `RSA_PubKey`      | string                                                                      | The RSA public key of the node.                                                 |
| `nodeId`          | int64                                                                       | A non-sequential identifier for the node                                        |
| `nodeAccountId`   | [AccountId](/reference/protobuf/basic-types/accountid)                      | The account to be paid for queries and transactions sent to this node           |
| `nodeCertHash`    | bytes                                                                       | A hash of the X509 cert used for gRPC traffic to this node                      |
| `serviceEndpoint` | repeated [ServiceEndpoint](/reference/protobuf/basic-types/serviceendpoint) | A node's service IP addresses and ports \[Added v0.13.0]                        |
| `description`     | string                                                                      | A description of the node, with UTF-8 encoding up to 100 bytes \[Added v0.13.0] |
| `stake`           | int64                                                                       | The amount of tinybars staked to the node \[Added v0.13.0]                      |