Return true if we are disconnected from the given node and can't
        re-establish a connection yet

def blacked_out(self):
        """
        Return true if we are disconnected from the given node and can't
        re-establish a connection yet
        """
        if self.state is ConnectionStates.DISCONNECTED:
            if time.time() < self.last_attempt + self._reconnect_backoff:
                return True
        return False