I'm quite new to bitcoin, hodlcoin etc networks but I'm trying to learn more.
Looks like there is no DNS Seeds. Hodlcoin wallet has hardcoded "DNS seeds" but those seeds are actually just nodes. Only westcoast.hodlcoin.com and eastcoast.hodlcoin.com are working.
vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("westcoast.hodlcoin.com", "westcoast.hodlcoin.com")); //West Coast
vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("eastcoast.hodlcoin.com", "eastcoast.hodlcoin.com"));//East Coast
vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("europe.hodlcoin.com", "europe.hodlcoin.com")); //Europe
vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("asia.hodlcoin.com", "asia.hodlcoin.com"));//Asia
vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("174.140.166.133","174.140.166.133"));//Hodl-lay-yee-hoo
vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("54.201.171.55", "54.201.171.55"));
vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("54.213.104.91", "54.213.104.91"));
DNS seed should give a list of node addresses like bitcoin dns seed seed.bitcoin.sipa.be.
nslookup seed.bitcoin.sipa.be
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: seed.bitcoin.sipa.be
Addresses: 2001:0:9d38:6abd:281a:362b:a05a:69a4
2002:d2d3:6da5::d2d3:6da5
2001:0:4137:9e76:cb5:b1e:a3e4:52f1
..........
128.79.2.48
46.101.236.112
193.138.218.38
5.199.134.67
13.93.6.133
5.101.140.194
172.110.8.233
94.230.153.4
80.233.141.86
49.2.147.201
13.113.109.33
5.9.106.77
71.93.161.226
13.228.170.183
77.21.109.150
96.20.227.39
24.21.123.250
5.196.211.87
153.215.15.204
177.204.64.200
94.28.163.45
43.229.76.56
106.15.186.248
213.174.156.83
If node is listening incoming connections you should get a response from port 1989. This can be tested by tcping
https://elifulkerson.com/projects/tcping.php .
C:\Windows\system32>tcping westcoast.hodlcoin.com 1989
Probing 96.44.157.195:1989/tcp - Port is open - time=208.603ms
Probing 96.44.157.195:1989/tcp - Port is open - time=208.711ms
Probing 96.44.157.195:1989/tcp - Port is open - time=205.467ms
Probing 96.44.157.195:1989/tcp - Port is open - time=200.919ms
Ping statistics for 96.44.157.195:1989
4 probes sent.
4 successful, 0 failed.
Approximate trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 200.919ms, Maximum = 208.711ms, Average = 205.925ms
But if nodes eastcoast.hodlcoin.com and westcoast.hodlcoin.com are working why users cannot sync their wallets via those nodes? When you manually add other nodes syncing works.
Mmh. westcoast.hodlcoin.com is running version "/HOdlcoin:3.0.0/".
I added
connect=46.4.64.68
connect=eastcoast.hodlcoin.com
connect=westcoast.hodlcoin.com
to my hodlcoin.conf to make my node
hodlcoin.dy.fi always connect to those nodes.
Thanks for this investigation. I've removed the westcoast and dead nodes and repointed them at some hopefully live nodes that should aid new users with connections. Anyone still running 3.0.0, please stop!
Anyone who has a reliable node at a fixed ip address, please message me if you'd like me to point the a dns addresses at your node to help with keeping the network robust for new users to get started.
Also, no, coin is not dead. :p