{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","author_name":"npub14jv7tj33yt72yk8mljmvkck3p4xm5s3mxfpj289up38qqsn9dhkqeh00t4","author_url":"https://nostr.ae/npub14jv7tj33yt72yk8mljmvkck3p4xm5s3mxfpj289up38qqsn9dhkqeh00t4","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://nostr.ae","html":"📅 Original date posted:2014-05-16\n📝 Original message:Ok, what do I need to do? How do I host a testnet seed myself?\n\nBest regards,\nAlex Kotenko\n\n\n2014-05-16 23:02 GMT+01:00 Jeff Garzik \u003cjgarzik at bitpay.com\u003e:\n\n\u003e There are only two testnet seeds listed in bitcoind, and one of them\n\u003e returns SERVFAIL (testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org) and the other\n\u003e just returns one A record (testnet-seed.bluematt.me).  No idea what\n\u003e seeds bitcoinj uses.\n\u003e\n\u003e If you are going to depend on testnet, especially for an important\n\u003e demo... contribute to the infrastructure!  This stuff doesn't just fix\n\u003e itself for free.\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e\n\u003e On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Alex Kotenko \u003calexykot at gmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\u003e \u003e Hi guys\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e Just wanted to let you know that Andreas' testnet Bitcoin Wallet doesn't\n\u003e \u003e work because of fail in the peer discovery, and this caused us problems\n\u003e as\n\u003e \u003e we cannot properly demonstrate my XBTerminal POS on the Bitcoin\n\u003e Conference.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e Right now I'm booting up an own full node that I will set as trusted\n\u003e peer in\n\u003e \u003e the Wallet settings, hopefully this will work. However this DNS discovery\n\u003e \u003e problem is really a problem, even for testnet. Btw, I had problems\n\u003e firing up\n\u003e \u003e the full bitcoind node also, of the same reason - discovery failed. I\n\u003e had to\n\u003e \u003e ask Andreas to paste me his node list to manually seed the nodelist.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e So I've set up and will run a well connected testnet node, as we need it\n\u003e for\n\u003e \u003e the XBTerminal.\n\u003e \u003e Please let me know if I can somehow help to fix the DNS discovery issue\n\u003e \u003e also.\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e Best regards,\n\u003e \u003e Alex Kotenko\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e 2014-05-16 17:46 GMT+01:00 Laszlo Hanyecz \u003claszlo at heliacal.net\u003e:\n\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e It looks like it might be firewalled, probably just need to fix the ACL\n\u003e in\n\u003e \u003e\u003e EC2.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e -Laszlo\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e On May 16, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Andreas Schildbach \u003candreas at schildbach.de\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e wrote:\n\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e Apparently British Telecom also cannot speak to Peter Todd's server.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e That another very large ISP in Europe.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e On 05/15/2014 01:50 PM, Andreas Schildbach wrote:\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have\n\u003e been\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Current state (seeds taken from bitcoinj):\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e mainnet:\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e seed.bitcoin.sipa.be                 OK\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e dnsseed.bluematt.me                  OK\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org           SERVFAIL, tried multiple ISPs\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e seed.bitcoinstats.com                        OK\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e testnet:\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org   SERVFAIL, just from Telefonica\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e testnet-seed.bluematt.me             OK (but only returns one node)\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Note: Telefonica is one of Europe's largest ISPs.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e I would try to improve DNS myself, but I'm not capable of writing C.\n\u003e My\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e \"fix\" would be to reimplement everything in Java -- I doubt you guys\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e would be happy with that.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e\n\u003e ------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e \"Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For\n\u003e FREE\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos.\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e available\n\u003e \u003e\u003e \u003e\u003e Simple to use. 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