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> Which of these methods is not obtaining the address of a node in a swarm, or hitting a tracker for a list of nodes in a swarm? The "find bootstrap nodes via
by the8472 3y ago
> Which of these methods is not obtaining the address of a node in a swarm, or hitting a tracker for a list of nodes in a swarm?
The "find bootstrap nodes via a bunch of DNS records, then persist long-lived contacts locally" approach is quite common.
> People have used a DHT overlaid on the collection of torrent swarms for non-torrent related purposes.
No, the software does not involve joining any bittorrent swarms at all.