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+package lnpeer
+
+import (
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnwire"
+	"github.com/roasbeef/btcd/btcec"
+	"github.com/roasbeef/btcd/wire"
+)
+
+// Peer is an interface which represents the remote lightning node inside our
+// system.
+type Peer interface {
+	// SendMessage sends a variadic number of message to remote peer. The
+	// first argument denotes if the method should block until the message
+	// has been sent to the remote peer.
+	SendMessage(sync bool, msg ...lnwire.Message) error
+
+	// WipeChannel removes the channel uniquely identified by its channel
+	// point from all indexes associated with the peer.
+	WipeChannel(*wire.OutPoint) error
+
+	// PubKey returns the serialized public key of the remote peer.
+	PubKey() [33]byte
+
+	// IdentityKey returns the public key of the remote peer.
+	IdentityKey() *btcec.PublicKey
+}