Interact with the blockchain peer,
        until we get a socket error or we
        exit the loop explicitly.
        Return True on success
        Raise on error

def run( self ):
        """
        Interact with the blockchain peer,
        until we get a socket error or we
        exit the loop explicitly.
        Return True on success
        Raise on error
        """

        self.handshake()

        try:
            self.loop()
        except socket.error, se:
            if self.finished:
                return True
            else:
                raise