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diff --git a/contrib/seeds/README.md b/contrib/seeds/README.md index f9a0c277e2..c595f83eb9 100644 --- a/contrib/seeds/README.md +++ b/contrib/seeds/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ ### Seeds ### -Utility to generate the pnSeed[] array that is compiled into the client -(see [src/net.cpp](/src/net.cpp)). +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)). -The 600 seeds compiled into the 0.8 release were created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this: +The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this: - curl -s http://bitcoin.sipa.be/seeds.txt | head -1000 | makeseeds.py + 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 -The input to makeseeds.py is assumed to be approximately sorted from most-reliable to least-reliable, -with IP:port first on each line (lines that don't match IPv4:port are ignored). |