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Who bootstraps the bootstrap nodes?
by SamWhited 10y ago
Who bootstraps the bootstrap nodes?
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoThe bootstrap nodes were probably the first ones on the DHT: hence, no bootstrap needed. If it's a new bootstrap node, it's connected to the old bootstrap nodes, or some other set of nodes in the DHT, just like any other node: distributed, not federated. But once a node is acutually inside the DHT, it should never need to talk to the bootstrap nodes ever again: that's a pretty major win, in some respects.
- SamWhited 10y agoSorry, that was supposed to be a silly joke, but it also made it horribly unclear. I meant: How do you find the nodes to bootstrap yourself into the DHT in the first place? They must be IPs shipped with the client?
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoYes, there are. However, they can be replaced with other servers if the user wishes.