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August 19, 2014, 10:40:48 PM |
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Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but since I am a relative beginning (around 2 weeks with coins), here it goes!
I've installed wallets for a few different coins, and sometimes they have trouble syncing at the beginning. I get a message that says "No block source available". So, I google it and invariably I come across a post in this forum telling me to create a config file, [coin name].conf, and add a bunch "addnode==xx.xx.xx" etc.
Ok, I get all that. I've done it a few times now, and now I know what to do. When a new wallet says "no block source available", I know that I'll be searching the internet for this magical list of nodes to put in my newly-written .conf file.
My question is....where do these nodes come from? I.e., how does the person who posted the list get know what nodes to use? Every time I find the answer, its a post from someone saying "Add these nodes!", followed by a list. But, it would be so much simpler, going forward, if I could just look these up myself somewhere, instead of searching through all the posts.
I realize this may be a dumb question, but it can't hurt to ask! Thanks.
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