bitcoin/contrib/seeds/README.md

# 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 (at a minimum when GetDesirableServiceFlags
changes its default return value, as those are the services which seeds are added
to addrman with).

The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this:

    curl -s http://bitcoin.sipa.be/seeds.txt.gz | gzip -dc > seeds_main.txt
    python3 makeseeds.py < seeds_main.txt > nodes_main.txt
    python3 generate-seeds.py . > ../../src/chainparamsseeds.h

## Dependencies

Ubuntu, Debian:

    sudo apt-get install python3-dnspython

and/or for other operating systems:

    pip install dnspython

See https://dnspython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html for more information.
Update seeds tooling to Python 3 All the other tooling scripts require Python 3, it makes sense to do so here too. Also document the dependency on python3-dnspython. 2017-02-10 06:16:14 -03:00			`# Seeds`
Finished /Contrib Index. Standardized READMEs. File and Link Fix. 2013-10-16 00:14:30 -03:00
Update seed IPs, based on bitcoin.sipa.be crawler data 2014-12-23 13:43:32 -03:00			`Utility to generate the seeds.txt list that is compiled into the client`
contrib: Improvements to hardcoded seeds scripts - Moved all seed related scripts to contrib/seeds for consistency - Updated `makeseeds.py` to handle IPv6 and onions, fix regular expression for recent Bitcoin Core versions - Fixed a bug in `generate-seeds.py` with regard to IPv6 parsing 2015-06-23 16:31:47 -03:00			`(see [src/chainparamsseeds.h](/src/chainparamsseeds.h) and other utilities in [contrib/seeds](/contrib/seeds)).`
Utility to create pnSeed array 2013-01-30 00:17:56 -03:00
contrib/seeds: Update PATTERN_AGENT gmaxwell: Adds the newest versions, drops everything multiple softforks ago. 2017-02-10 06:58:17 -03:00			Be sure to update `PATTERN_AGENT` in `makeseeds.py` to include the current version,
contrib: fix GetDesirableServiceFlags typo in seeds/README.md 2018-08-13 10:11:24 -03:00			`and remove old versions as necessary (at a minimum when GetDesirableServiceFlags`
Use GetDesireableServiceFlags in static seeds, document this. 44407100f broke inserting entries into addrman from static seeds (as well as dnsseeds which did not support service bits). Static seeds were already being filtered by UA for 0.13.1+ (ie NODE_WITNESS), so simply changing the default service bits to include NODE_WITNESS (and updating docs appropriately) is sufficient. For DNS Seeds, we will later fix by falling back to oneshot if a seed does not support filtering. 2017-10-19 18:32:33 -03:00			`changes its default return value, as those are the services which seeds are added`
			`to addrman with).`
contrib/seeds: Update PATTERN_AGENT gmaxwell: Adds the newest versions, drops everything multiple softforks ago. 2017-02-10 06:58:17 -03:00
net: Hardcoded seeds update January 2016 2016-01-25 12:14:14 -03:00			`The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this:`

contrib: Update location of seeds.txt Update the steps for updating the hardcoded seed nodes to point to the new filename on @sipa's server, and add command to decompress it. Ref: #10163 2017-06-01 04:38:29 -04:00			`curl -s http://bitcoin.sipa.be/seeds.txt.gz \| gzip -dc > seeds_main.txt`
Update seeds tooling to Python 3 All the other tooling scripts require Python 3, it makes sense to do so here too. Also document the dependency on python3-dnspython. 2017-02-10 06:16:14 -03:00			`python3 makeseeds.py < seeds_main.txt > nodes_main.txt`
			`python3 generate-seeds.py . > ../../src/chainparamsseeds.h`
Utility to create pnSeed array 2013-01-30 00:17:56 -03:00
Update seeds tooling to Python 3 All the other tooling scripts require Python 3, it makes sense to do so here too. Also document the dependency on python3-dnspython. 2017-02-10 06:16:14 -03:00			`## Dependencies`

doc: update contrib/seeds/README dnspython installation info 2020-11-02 16:13:48 -03:00			`Ubuntu, Debian:`
Update seeds tooling to Python 3 All the other tooling scripts require Python 3, it makes sense to do so here too. Also document the dependency on python3-dnspython. 2017-02-10 06:16:14 -03:00
			`sudo apt-get install python3-dnspython`
doc: update contrib/seeds/README dnspython installation info 2020-11-02 16:13:48 -03:00
			`and/or for other operating systems:`

			`pip install dnspython`

			`See https://dnspython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html for more information.`