-connect and -addseed can be used to customize the initial list of seeds upon
the seeder's start up. Specifically, -connect can be used to tell the seeder whether
or not to use the default list of seeds. -addnode can be used to append an ip to the
initial list of seeds (after processing the results of -connect).
Details
Details
ninja ./bitcoin-seeder --help
Verify new options appear and their text
./bitcoind ./bitcoin-seeder -host=localhost -ns=blah.bitframe.org -port=8888 -mbox=info@bitframe.org -wipeban -wipeignore ./bitcoin-seeder -host=localhost -ns=blah.bitframe.org -port=8888 -mbox=info@bitframe.org -wipeban -wipeignore -connect=1
Verify behavior is the same as pre-patch for both, something like below at start:
0/123 available (0 tried in 0s, 107 new, 16 active), 0 banned; 0 DNS requests, 0 db queries
And then eventually something like below after running for a minute or two:
2/2392 available (43 tried in 29s, 1234 new, 1115 active), 0 banned; 0 DNS requests, 0 db queries ./bitcoin-seeder -host=localhost -ns=blah.bitframe.org -port=8888 -mbox=info@bitframe.org -wipeban -wipeignore -connect=0 -addnode=localhost ./bitcoin-seeder -host=localhost -ns=blah.bitframe.org -port=8888 -mbox=info@bitframe.org -wipeban -wipeignore -connect=localhost
Verify the initial output of the seeder window is similar to as follows:
0/1 available (1 tried in 6s, 0 new, 0 active), 0 banned; 0 DNS requests, 0 db queries
Let the seeder continue to run. The seeder's output should eventually become similar to:
0/304 available (1 tried in 2s, 287 new, 16 active), 0 banned; 0 DNS requests, 0 db queries
Diff Detail
Diff Detail
- Repository
- rABC Bitcoin ABC
- Branch
- SeederDebugSeeds
- Lint
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Buildable 10839 Build 19637: Default Diff Build & Tests Build 19636: Build without Wallet Build 19635: Build with clang-10 Build 19634: arc lint + arc unit
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| 160 ↗ | (On Diff #20310) | This help text is not useful for users for the following reasons:
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My original feedback still hasn't been entirely incorporated. Look at the name (-connect) and the description you've given it (essentially: "do some things related to seed lists but say absolutely nothing about connecting"). This is incredibly confusing for a user that has no idea how a seeder works. They know nothing about any default seeds.
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| 160 ↗ | (On Diff #20393) | What is it for? What problem does this solves? |
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While it is stated nowhere, I can imagine what the purpose of -addseed might be. I have no idea what problem does the connect option solves - not even consistency because names have been changed from bitcoind. That is by far the biggest concern I have with this as one can come up with random things to do that solves no problem essentially forever, creating a mountain of useless code in the process, and usually a few bugs in the process.
In light of D6176 , there is clearly a problem because the addseed nodes are supposed to be added manually, not automatically.
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| 485 ↗ | (On Diff #20393) | bitcoind uses "-addnode", why is this using "-addseed"? |