Topic: Looks like China is getting some traction? (Read 1803 times)
You can use *any* other bitcoin node for bootstrapping with -connect. You don't have to use IRC.
Also, with the new -port option it's possible to use any port for the P2P protocol, so port-based filtering can't be used either. I guess it can be made pretty resilient. Though most will still be using 8333 at this moment...
Also, with the new -port option it's possible to use any port for the P2P protocol, so port-based filtering can't be used either. I guess it can be made pretty resilient. Though most will still be using 8333 at this moment...
you want -addnode, -connect limits connections to just 1
You can use *any* other bitcoin node for bootstrapping with -connect. You don't have to use IRC.
Also, with the new -port option it's possible to use any port for the P2P protocol, so port-based filtering can't be used either. I guess it can be made pretty resilient. Though most will still be using 8333 at this moment...
Also, with the new -port option it's possible to use any port for the P2P protocol, so port-based filtering can't be used either. I guess it can be made pretty resilient. Though most will still be using 8333 at this moment...
And I just want to say, since it's likely to be blocked by the great firewall ASAP, it's probably high time to start implementing some smarter routing/bootstrapping ideas, otherwise it seems it will just pop up briefly and then die.
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