addr.txt

[ProfMac]

I started the Satoshi client, bitcoin-qt.  The file bitcoin.conf contains the line onlynet=IPv6.

It ran for almost a week, and as of this morning it is synchronized.  This is significantly longer than the times I am hearing from other people.

I am running XP (SP3)
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
2.99 GHz, 3.50 GB of RAM


What I would like to do next is to use addr.txt to pre-load some peer addresses.

I can write my own code to harvest addresses from debug.log and stuff them into mySQL, and with more time I can read the source and read peers.dat, but it seems that some of the developers would already be able to make addr.txt.  Actually, it seems that bitcoin-qt should be able to produce this file, as a symmetric operation to being able to read it.

Can I get a copy of a windows binary (preferred) or a pointer to the source for Ubuntu 12.04 (less preferred)

Thanks.

[deepceleron]

Additional nodes can be specified with the command line or bitcoin.conf option "addnode=10.0.0.1:8333". This is not guaranteed to open a connection, the other Bitcoin nodes still have to like you and be wanting more connections. IP addresses quickly become obsolete, a large number of Bitcoin users are on dynamic IP addresses or don't run Bitcoin full time.

You can throw something like this into your bitcoin.conf file if you want to attempt connection to your own list of IP addresses in addition to the peer-finding methodology in Bitcoin, which already works quite well.

Code:

maxconnections=500
addnode=173.242.112.53
addnode=62.75.216.13
addnode=173.242.112.53
addnode=184.154.36.82
addnode=188.165.213.169
addnode=213.112.48.166
addnode=91.210.181.21
addnode=99.115.228.181
addnode=184.154.36.82
addnode=46.253.203.99
addnode=176.31.159.150
addnode=46.4.121.100
addnode=110.173.227.233
addnode=176.9.56.118
addnode=173.254.18.115 
addnode=46.253.203.99 
addnode=176.31.159.150 
addnode=46.4.121.100 
addnode=110.173.227.233 
addnode=83.151.21.200 
addnode=176.9.56.118 
addnode=81.29.3.30 
addnode=204.45.253.22 
addnode=88.214.194.226 
addnode=78.47.229.99 
addnode=152.54.8.107 
addnode=107.22.234.139 
addnode=188.40.93.82 
addnode=50.19.225.254 
addnode=178.79.147.99 
addnode=78.47.187.254 
addnode=208.110.73.247 
addnode=46.4.148.130 
addnode=184.72.73.207 
addnode=67.210.248.14 
addnode=176.9.130.32 
addnode=23.22.18.45 
addnode=46.253.195.52 
addnode=204.9.55.71 
addnode=178.79.154.170 
addnode=174.127.101.54 
addnode=109.75.183.11 
addnode=107.20.229.35 
addnode=82.114.105.251 
addnode=176.9.26.234 
addnode=173.242.112.53 
addnode=84.16.67.89 
addnode=188.40.77.148 
addnode=46.29.248.109 
addnode=78.47.16.205 
addnode=178.33.50.215 
addnode=50.45.128.28 
addnode=176.9.135.190 
addnode=46.253.203.98 
addnode=188.40.82.9 
addnode=46.4.121.99 
addnode=46.253.195.53 
addnode=110.173.227.195 
addnode=109.74.195.190 
addnode=176.9.91.111 
addnode=93.186.32.118 
addnode=178.79.130.99 
addnode=176.9.142.163 
addnode=81.169.165.107 
addnode=69.164.218.197 
addnode=178.63.100.86 
addnode=108.60.141.139 
addnode=213.189.52.53 
addnode=77.236.98.69 
addnode=78.47.187.255 
addnode=178.63.15.200 
addnode=64.120.173.148 
addnode=82.146.47.200 
addnode=46.4.90.208 
addnode=176.9.5.91 
addnode=91.223.77.253 
addnode=46.163.78.236 
addnode=46.4.13.200 
addnode=77.72.0.50 
addnode=91.198.211.27 
addnode=46.253.195.51 
addnode=176.9.130.35 
addnode=46.4.74.54 
addnode=68.71.141.134 
addnode=176.9.104.178 
addnode=204.45.253.21 
addnode=95.211.41.87 
addnode=108.60.208.157 
addnode=188.40.131.134 
addnode=46.105.108.31 
addnode=50.31.135.6 
addnode=50.31.135.4 
addnode=176.9.56.125 
addnode=110.173.227.193 
addnode=208.110.68.116 
addnode=178.79.155.33 
addnode=46.4.148.153 
addnode=50.45.128.29 
addnode=176.9.0.26 
addnode=78.46.200.22 
addnode=178.79.168.31 
addnode=93.186.32.121 
addnode=176.9.130.36 
addnode=88.198.111.188 
addnode=193.254.190.88 
addnode=62.75.185.150 
addnode=176.9.18.83 
addnode=81.95.121.14 
addnode=193.146.190.89 
addnode=178.79.155.53 
addnode=67.210.248.12 
addnode=88.198.23.43 
addnode=69.30.224.137 
addnode=88.198.16.86 
addnode=87.106.84.25 
addnode=110.173.226.49 
addnode=88.214.193.104 
addnode=80.237.180.184 
addnode=46.4.121.98 
addnode=208.110.68.114 
addnode=107.20.142.238 
addnode=46.253.195.54 
addnode=50.73.45.250 
addnode=176.9.122.123 
addnode=188.40.92.153 
addnode=206.71.179.116 
addnode=173.193.21.69 
addnode=110.173.227.109 
addnode=37.59.68.76 
addnode=93.186.32.117 
addnode=78.47.246.21 
addnode=78.47.103.106 
addnode=46.4.96.52 
addnode=46.4.115.228 
addnode=217.115.11.163 
addnode=110.173.227.196 
addnode=178.33.83.15 
addnode=46.4.147.38 
addnode=188.40.68.252 
addnode=50.45.128.27 
addnode=176.9.130.31 
addnode=91.213.175.240 
addnode=78.47.187.252 
addnode=64.22.103.150 
addnode=98.143.152.14 
addnode=110.173.227.198 
addnode=176.9.91.123 
addnode=176.28.11.89 
addnode=85.17.51.144 
addnode=188.40.91.149 
addnode=178.79.170.65 
addnode=78.47.162.161 
addnode=46.105.119.41 
addnode=178.79.178.173 
addnode=46.105.123.163 
addnode=50.31.135.5 
addnode=110.173.227.197 
addnode=176.9.91.124 
addnode=209.160.27.93 
addnode=67.83.108.0 
addnode=80.217.129.64 
addnode=178.33.50.214 
addnode=46.163.74.185 
addnode=46.4.124.20 
addnode=78.47.12.238 
addnode=110.173.227.194 
addnode=64.34.179.254 
addnode=176.31.157.133 
addnode=93.186.32.122 
addnode=78.46.212.125 
addnode=178.79.177.146 
addnode=31.222.176.99 
addnode=173.255.204.158 
addnode=46.4.121.102 
addnode=78.46.49.61 
addnode=46.4.115.147 
addnode=78.46.63.13 
addnode=173.255.194.34 
addnode=46.4.73.137 
addnode=91.121.157.85 
addnode=176.9.42.247 
addnode=208.110.68.115 
addnode=46.253.195.50

Fallback nodes are listed here:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Fallback_Nodes

You can also grab other's lists of connected IP addresses:
http://blockchain.info/connected-nodes
http://nodes.bitcoin.st/
http://pastehtml.com/view/c7rf4x1gc.rtxt

If you already have another machine that is running and updated, you do not need to connect to the public network at all, your second copy of Bitcoin can connect exclusively to the local machine with the option connect=192.168.1.100 (whatever the IP address is of the first Bitcoin).

Bitcoin binaries are available at http://bitcoin.org.

[gmaxwell]

Additional nodes can be specified with the command line or bitcoin.conf option

They can also be placed in an addr.txt, as the OP asked about. Addr.txt has the advantage of just feeding the database, not forcing connections like addnode does.

Unless there is some attack on bitcoin bootstrapping there probably isn't a reason to use addr.txt, however.

Adding a long list of addnodes like that is somewhat inadvisable, it wastes resources on the network...

[Diapolo]

Shouldn't your switch be onlynet="IPv6"?

Dia

[ProfMac]

Shouldn't your switch be onlynet="IPv6"?

Dia

I'm not sure if the parameters are supposed to be quoted or not.  I do like to be careful about such things, so after I get things minimally working I will read through from the beginning again.

However, it does work without the quotes.  I have only IPv6 addresses in debug.log.

It seems that IPv6 is pretty well established in the Bitcoin world.

[ProfMac]

Shouldn't your switch be onlynet="IPv6"?

Dia

I checked this.  Bitcoin-qt will not start if the quotes are included.

[Diapolo]

Shouldn't your switch be onlynet="IPv6"?

Dia

I checked this.  Bitcoin-qt will not start if the quotes are included.

Strange, via command-line I always used -onlynet="IPv6". Perhaps I didn't need the quotes, but at least it was working .

Dia

[dserrano5]

Strange, via command-line I always used -onlynet="IPv6". Perhaps I didn't need the quotes, but at least it was working .

The quotes are part of the shell syntax and are removed by it, so bitcoin doesn't see them.