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Ok, what do I need to do? How do I host a testnet seed myself?

Best regards,
Alex Kotenko


2014-05-16 23:02 GMT+01:00 Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com>:

> There are only two testnet seeds listed in bitcoind, and one of them
> returns SERVFAIL (testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org) and the other
> just returns one A record (testnet-seed.bluematt.me).  No idea what
> seeds bitcoinj uses.
>
> If you are going to depend on testnet, especially for an important
> demo... contribute to the infrastructure!  This stuff doesn't just fix
> itself for free.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Alex Kotenko <alexykot@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi guys
> >
> >
> > Just wanted to let you know that Andreas' testnet Bitcoin Wallet doesn't
> > work because of fail in the peer discovery, and this caused us problems
> as
> > we cannot properly demonstrate my XBTerminal POS on the Bitcoin
> Conference.
> >
> > Right now I'm booting up an own full node that I will set as trusted
> peer in
> > the Wallet settings, hopefully this will work. However this DNS discovery
> > problem is really a problem, even for testnet. Btw, I had problems
> firing up
> > the full bitcoind node also, of the same reason - discovery failed. I
> had to
> > ask Andreas to paste me his node list to manually seed the nodelist.
> >
> > So I've set up and will run a well connected testnet node, as we need it
> for
> > the XBTerminal.
> > Please let me know if I can somehow help to fix the DNS discovery issue
> > also.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alex Kotenko
> >
> >
> > 2014-05-16 17:46 GMT+01:00 Laszlo Hanyecz <laszlo@heliacal.net>:
> >
> >> It looks like it might be firewalled, probably just need to fix the ACL
> in
> >> EC2.
> >>
> >> -Laszlo
> >>
> >> On May 16, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Andreas Schildbach <andreas@schildbach.de>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Apparently British Telecom also cannot speak to Peter Todd's server.
> >> >
> >> > That another very large ISP in Europe.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 05/15/2014 01:50 PM, Andreas Schildbach wrote:
> >> >> I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed
> >> >> infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a
> >> >> custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have
> been
> >> >> bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.
> >> >>
> >> >> Current state (seeds taken from bitcoinj):
> >> >>
> >> >> mainnet:
> >> >>
> >> >> seed.bitcoin.sipa.be                 OK
> >> >> dnsseed.bluematt.me                  OK
> >> >> dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org           SERVFAIL, tried multiple ISPs
> >> >> seed.bitcoinstats.com                        OK
> >> >>
> >> >> testnet:
> >> >>
> >> >> testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org   SERVFAIL, just from Telefonica
> >> >> testnet-seed.bluematt.me             OK (but only returns one node)
> >> >>
> >> >> Note: Telefonica is one of Europe's largest ISPs.
> >> >>
> >> >> I would try to improve DNS myself, but I'm not capable of writing C.
> My
> >> >> "fix" would be to reimplement everything in Java -- I doubt you guys
> >> >> would be happy with that.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:courier =
new,monospace;color:#003300">Ok, what do I need to do? How do I host a test=
net seed myself?=C2=A0</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"a=
ll"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">

<span style=3D"color:rgb(0,51,0);font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospac=
e">Best regards,=C2=A0</span><div><div><div style=3D"text-align:left"><font=
 color=3D"#003300" face=3D"&#39;courier new&#39;, monospace" style=3D"text-=
align:-webkit-auto">Alex Kotenko</font></div>

</div></div></div></div>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2014-05-16 23:02 GMT+01:00 Jeff Garzik <=
span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jgarzik@bitpay.com" target=3D"_blank=
">jgarzik@bitpay.com</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

There are only two testnet seeds listed in bitcoind, and one of them<br>
returns SERVFAIL (<a href=3D"http://testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org" tar=
get=3D"_blank">testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org</a>) and the other<br>
just returns one A record (<a href=3D"http://testnet-seed.bluematt.me" targ=
et=3D"_blank">testnet-seed.bluematt.me</a>). =C2=A0No idea what<br>
seeds bitcoinj uses.<br>
<br>
If you are going to depend on testnet, especially for an important<br>
demo... contribute to the infrastructure! =C2=A0This stuff doesn&#39;t just=
 fix<br>
itself for free.<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Alex Kotenko &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:alexyko=
t@gmail.com">alexykot@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; Hi guys<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Just wanted to let you know that Andreas&#39; testnet Bitcoin Wallet d=
oesn&#39;t<br>
&gt; work because of fail in the peer discovery, and this caused us problem=
s as<br>
&gt; we cannot properly demonstrate my XBTerminal POS on the Bitcoin Confer=
ence.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Right now I&#39;m booting up an own full node that I will set as trust=
ed peer in<br>
&gt; the Wallet settings, hopefully this will work. However this DNS discov=
ery<br>
&gt; problem is really a problem, even for testnet. Btw, I had problems fir=
ing up<br>
&gt; the full bitcoind node also, of the same reason - discovery failed. I =
had to<br>
&gt; ask Andreas to paste me his node list to manually seed the nodelist.<b=
r>
&gt;<br>
&gt; So I&#39;ve set up and will run a well connected testnet node, as we n=
eed it for<br>
&gt; the XBTerminal.<br>
&gt; Please let me know if I can somehow help to fix the DNS discovery issu=
e<br>
&gt; also.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Best regards,<br>
&gt; Alex Kotenko<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; 2014-05-16 17:46 GMT+01:00 Laszlo Hanyecz &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:laszlo=
@heliacal.net">laszlo@heliacal.net</a>&gt;:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; It looks like it might be firewalled, probably just need to fix th=
e ACL in<br>
&gt;&gt; EC2.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; -Laszlo<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On May 16, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Andreas Schildbach &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
lto:andreas@schildbach.de">andreas@schildbach.de</a>&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; Apparently British Telecom also cannot speak to Peter Todd&#3=
9;s server.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; That another very large ISP in Europe.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt; On 05/15/2014 01:50 PM, Andreas Schildbach wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; I&#39;m bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin=
 DNS seed<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of w=
e&#39;re using a<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. T=
here have been<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the dom=
ain name.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Current state (seeds taken from bitcoinj):<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; mainnet:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; <a href=3D"http://seed.bitcoin.sipa.be" target=3D"_blank"=
>seed.bitcoin.sipa.be</a> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 OK<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; <a href=3D"http://dnsseed.bluematt.me" target=3D"_blank">=
dnsseed.bluematt.me</a> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0OK<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; <a href=3D"http://dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org" target=3D"_=
blank">dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org</a> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 SE=
RVFAIL, tried multiple ISPs<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; <a href=3D"http://seed.bitcoinstats.com" target=3D"_blank=
">seed.bitcoinstats.com</a> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0OK<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; testnet:<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; <a href=3D"http://testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org" tar=
get=3D"_blank">testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org</a> =C2=A0 SERVFAIL, just=
 from Telefonica<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; <a href=3D"http://testnet-seed.bluematt.me" target=3D"_bl=
ank">testnet-seed.bluematt.me</a> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
 OK (but only returns one node)<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; Note: Telefonica is one of Europe&#39;s largest ISPs.<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; I would try to improve DNS myself, but I&#39;m not capabl=
e of writing C. My<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; &quot;fix&quot; would be to reimplement everything in Jav=
a -- I doubt you guys<br>
&gt;&gt; &gt;&gt; would be happy with that.<br>
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