From bf1afb02cab1a08052f46845e437f2de9d29f55a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pieter Wuille <pieter.wuille@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:06:16 +0200
Subject: Give DNS seeds a random age between 3 and 7 days old

This speeds up initial connections with an old/large addr.dat a lot.
---
 src/net.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index e9ec233a13..37e73c421a 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -1093,8 +1093,9 @@ void ThreadDNSAddressSeed2(void* parg)
             {
                 BOOST_FOREACH(CNetAddr& ip, vaddr)
                 {
+                    int nOneDay = 24*3600;
                     CAddress addr = CAddress(CService(ip, GetDefaultPort()));
-                    addr.nTime = 0;
+                    addr.nTime = GetTime() - 3*nOneDay - GetRand(4*nOneDay); // use a random age between 3 and 7 days old
                     vAdd.push_back(addr);
                     found++;
                 }
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