From 550d4fa7a77c9763d4de9e0c0c48bc2655a65017 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Corallo Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 20:57:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Remove DNS Seeds run by entities which were never well-established. --- doc/dnsseed-policy.md | 3 +++ src/chainparams.cpp | 1 - 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/dnsseed-policy.md b/doc/dnsseed-policy.md index 73e307f7cd1..66a1757ac5e 100644 --- a/doc/dnsseed-policy.md +++ b/doc/dnsseed-policy.md @@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Expectations for DNS Seed operators Bitcoin Core attempts to minimize the level of trust in DNS seeds, but DNS seeds still pose a small amount of risk for the network. +As such, DNS seeds must be run by entities which have some minimum +level of trust within the Bitcoin community. + Other implementations of Bitcoin software may also use the same seeds and may be more exposed. In light of this exposure this document establishes some basic expectations for the expectations diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp index ce99f268f38..bfe50d77d57 100644 --- a/src/chainparams.cpp +++ b/src/chainparams.cpp @@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public: vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("dashjr.org", "dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org")); vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bitcoinstats.com", "seed.bitcoinstats.com")); vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bitnodes.io", "seed.bitnodes.io")); - vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("open-nodes.org", "seeds.bitcoin.open-nodes.org")); vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("xf2.org", "bitseed.xf2.org")); base58Prefixes[PUBKEY_ADDRESS] = list_of(0);