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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+export LC_ALL=C
+
+set -u
+
+TOPLEVEL=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR="${TOPLEVEL}/build"
+
+help_message() {
+  echo "Test connecting to seed nodes. Outputs the seeds that were successfully connected to."
+  echo ""
+  echo "Example usages:"
+  echo "Mainnet: $0 < nodes_main.txt"
+  echo "Testnet: $0 --testnet < nodes_test.txt"
+  echo ""
+  echo "Options:"
+  echo "-t, --testnet         Connect to testnet seeds (mainnet is default)."
+  echo "-h, --help            Display this help message."
+  echo ""
+  echo "Environment Variables:"
+  echo "BUILD_DIR             Default: ${DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR}"
+  exit 0
+}
+
+: "${BUILD_DIR:=${DEFAULT_BUILD_DIR}}"
+OPTION_TESTNET=""
+
+# Parse command line arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+case $1 in
+  -t|--testnet)
+    OPTION_TESTNET="--testnet"
+    shift # shift past argument
+    ;;
+  -h|--help)
+    help_message
+    shift # shift past argument
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "Unknown argument: $1"
+    help_message
+    shift # shift past argument
+    ;;
+esac
+done
+
+BITCOIND="${BUILD_DIR}/src/bitcoind"
+BITCOIN_CLI="${BUILD_DIR}/src/bitcoin-cli"
+if [ ! -x "${BITCOIND}" ]; then
+  echo "${BITCOIND} does not exist or has incorrect permissions."
+  exit 10
+fi
+if [ ! -x "${BITCOIN_CLI}" ]; then
+  echo "${BITCOIN_CLI} does not exist or has incorrect permissions."
+  exit 11
+fi
+
+BITCOIND="${BITCOIND} -connect=0 ${OPTION_TESTNET}"
+BITCOIN_CLI="${BITCOIN_CLI} ${OPTION_TESTNET}"
+
+>&2 echo "Spinning up bitcoind..."
+${BITCOIND} &
+BITCOIND_PID=$!
+cleanup() {
+  # Cleanup background processes spawned by this script.
+  >&2 echo "Cleaning up bitcoin daemon (PID: ${BITCOIND_PID})."
+  kill ${BITCOIND_PID}
+}
+trap "cleanup" EXIT
+
+# Short sleep to make sure the RPC server is available
+sleep 0.1
+# Wait until bitcoind is fully spun up
+WARMUP_TIMEOUT=60
+for _ in $(seq 1 ${WARMUP_TIMEOUT}); do
+  ${BITCOIN_CLI} getconnectioncount &> /dev/null
+  RPC_READY=$?
+  if [ "${RPC_READY}" -ne 0 ]; then
+    >&2 printf "."
+    sleep 1
+  else
+    break
+  fi
+done
+>&2 echo ""
+
+if [ "${RPC_READY}" -ne 0 ]; then
+  >&2 echo "RPC was not ready after ${WARMUP_TIMEOUT} seconds."
+  exit 20
+fi
+
+while read -r SEED; do
+  >&2 echo "Testing seed '${SEED}'..."
+
+  # Immediately connect to the seed peer
+  ${BITCOIN_CLI} addnode "${SEED}" onetry
+
+  # Fetch peer's connection status
+  CONNECTION_COUNT=$(${BITCOIN_CLI} getconnectioncount)
+  if [ "${CONNECTION_COUNT}" -eq 1 ]; then
+    # Cleanup peer connection
+    ${BITCOIN_CLI} disconnectnode "${SEED}"
+
+    # Wait for peer to be disconnected
+    CONNECTED_TIMEOUT=5
+    for _ in $(seq 1 ${CONNECTED_TIMEOUT}); do
+      CONNECTION_COUNT=$(${BITCOIN_CLI} getconnectioncount)
+      if [ "${CONNECTION_COUNT}" -eq 0 ]; then
+        break
+      fi
+      sleep 0.1
+    done
+    if [ "${CONNECTION_COUNT}" -ne 0 ]; then
+      >&2 echo "Seed failed to disconnect. Something else could be wrong (check logs)."
+      exit 30
+    fi
+
+    echo "${SEED}"
+  else
+    >&2 echo "Failed to connect to '${SEED}'"
+  fi
+done