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diff --git a/contrib/seeds/README.md b/contrib/seeds/README.md index c595f83eb9..afe902fd7f 100644 --- a/contrib/seeds/README.md +++ b/contrib/seeds/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ -### Seeds ### +# Seeds Utility to generate the seeds.txt list that is compiled into the client (see [src/chainparamsseeds.h](/src/chainparamsseeds.h) and other utilities in [contrib/seeds](/contrib/seeds)). +Be sure to update `PATTERN_AGENT` in `makeseeds.py` to include the current version, +and remove old versions as necessary. + The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this: curl -s http://bitcoin.sipa.be/seeds.txt > seeds_main.txt - python makeseeds.py < seeds_main.txt > nodes_main.txt - python generate-seeds.py . > ../../src/chainparamsseeds.h + python3 makeseeds.py < seeds_main.txt > nodes_main.txt + python3 generate-seeds.py . > ../../src/chainparamsseeds.h + +## Dependencies + +Ubuntu: + sudo apt-get install python3-dnspython |