diff --git a/src/net/channel.rs b/src/net/channel.rs
index 2663d9157..bed2a62a2 100644
--- a/src/net/channel.rs
+++ b/src/net/channel.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{fmt, sync::Arc};
 
 use darkfi_serial::{async_trait, serialize, SerialDecodable, SerialEncodable};
 use log::{debug, error, info};
@@ -79,12 +79,6 @@ pub struct Channel {
     pub info: ChannelInfo,
 }
 
-impl std::fmt::Debug for Channel {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", self.address())
-    }
-}
-
 impl Channel {
     /// Sets up a new channel. Creates a reader and writer [`PtStream`] and
     /// summons the message subscriber subsystem. Performs a network handshake
@@ -124,7 +118,7 @@ impl Channel {
     /// Starts the channel. Runs a receive loop to start receiving messages
     /// or handles a network failure.
     pub fn start(self: Arc<Self>, executor: Arc<Executor<'_>>) {
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::start()", "START => address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::start()", "START {:?}", self);
 
         let self_ = self.clone();
         self.receive_task.clone().start(
@@ -134,14 +128,14 @@ impl Channel {
             executor,
         );
 
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::start()", "END => address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::start()", "END {:?}", self);
     }
 
     /// Stops the channel. Steps through each component of the channel connection
     /// and sends a stop signal. Notifies all subscribers that the channel has
     /// been closed.
     pub async fn stop(&self) {
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::stop()", "START => address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::stop()", "START {:?}", self);
 
         if !*self.stopped.lock().await {
             *self.stopped.lock().await = true;
@@ -151,13 +145,13 @@ impl Channel {
             self.message_subsystem.trigger_error(Error::ChannelStopped).await;
         }
 
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::stop()", "END => address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::stop()", "END {:?}", self);
     }
 
     /// Creates a subscription to a stopped signal.
     /// If the channel is stopped then this will return a ChannelStopped error.
     pub async fn subscribe_stop(&self) -> Result<Subscription<Error>> {
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::subscribe_stop()", "START => address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::subscribe_stop()", "START {:?}", self);
 
         if *self.stopped.lock().await {
             return Err(Error::ChannelStopped)
@@ -165,7 +159,7 @@ impl Channel {
 
         let sub = self.stop_subscriber.clone().subscribe().await;
 
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::subscribe_stop()", "END => address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::subscribe_stop()", "END {:?}", self);
 
         Ok(sub)
     }
@@ -175,7 +169,7 @@ impl Channel {
     /// Returns an error if something goes wrong.
     pub async fn send<M: message::Message>(&self, message: &M) -> Result<()> {
         debug!(
-             target: "net::channel::send()", "[START] command={} => address={}",
+             target: "net::channel::send()", "[START] command={} {:?}",
              M::NAME, self.address(),
         );
 
@@ -186,16 +180,16 @@ impl Channel {
         // Catch failure and stop channel, return a net error
         if let Err(e) = self.send_message(message).await {
             error!(
-                target: "net::channel::send()", "[P2P] Channel send error for [{}]: {}",
-                self.address(), e
+                target: "net::channel::send()", "[P2P] Channel send error for [{:?}]: {}",
+                self, e
             );
             self.stop().await;
             return Err(Error::ChannelStopped)
         }
 
         debug!(
-            target: "net::channel::send()", "[END] command={} => address={}",
-            M::NAME,self.address(),
+            target: "net::channel::send()", "[END] command={} {:?}",
+            M::NAME, self
         );
 
         Ok(())
@@ -223,15 +217,15 @@ impl Channel {
     /// Subscribe to a message on the message subsystem.
     pub async fn subscribe_msg<M: message::Message>(&self) -> Result<MessageSubscription<M>> {
         debug!(
-            target: "net::channel::subscribe_msg()", "[START] command={} => address={}",
-            M::NAME, self.address(),
+            target: "net::channel::subscribe_msg()", "[START] command={} {:?}",
+            M::NAME, self
         );
 
         let sub = self.message_subsystem.subscribe::<M>().await;
 
         debug!(
-            target: "net::channel::subscribe_msg()", "[END] command={} => address={}",
-            M::NAME, self.address(),
+            target: "net::channel::subscribe_msg()", "[END] command={} {:?}",
+            M::NAME, self
         );
 
         sub
@@ -240,7 +234,7 @@ impl Channel {
     /// Handle network errors. Panic if error passes silently, otherwise
     /// broadcast the error.
     async fn handle_stop(self: Arc<Self>, result: Result<()>) {
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::handle_stop()", "[START] address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::handle_stop()", "[START] {:?}", self);
 
         match result {
             Ok(()) => panic!("Channel task should never complete without error status"),
@@ -248,12 +242,12 @@ impl Channel {
             Err(e) => self.message_subsystem.trigger_error(e).await,
         }
 
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::handle_stop()", "[END] address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::handle_stop()", "[END] {:?}", self);
     }
 
     /// Run the receive loop. Start receiving messages or handle network failure.
     async fn main_receive_loop(self: Arc<Self>) -> Result<()> {
-        debug!(target: "net::channel::main_receive_loop()", "[START] address={}", self.address());
+        debug!(target: "net::channel::main_receive_loop()", "[START] {:?}", self);
 
         // Acquire reader lock
         let reader = &mut *self.reader.lock().await;
@@ -279,7 +273,7 @@ impl Channel {
 
                     debug!(
                         target: "net::channel::main_receive_loop()",
-                        "Stopping channel {}", self.address(),
+                        "Stopping channel {:?}", self
                     );
                     self.stop().await;
                     return Err(Error::ChannelStopped)
@@ -327,3 +321,9 @@ impl Channel {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl fmt::Debug for Channel {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "<Channel addr='{}' id={}>", self.info.addr, self.info.id)
+    }
+}