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	# Seeds			# Seeds

	Utility to generate the seeds.txt list that is compiled into the client			Utility to generate the seeds.txt list that is compiled into the client
	(see [src/chainparamsseeds.h](/src/chainparamsseeds.h) and other utilities in [contrib/seeds](/contrib/seeds)).			(see [src/chainparamsseeds.h](/src/chainparamsseeds.h) and other utilities in [contrib/seeds](/contrib/seeds)).

	Be sure to update `PATTERN_AGENT` in `makeseeds.py` to include the current version,			Be sure to update `PATTERN_AGENT` in `makeseeds.py` to include the current version,
	and remove old versions as necessary.			and remove old versions as necessary (at a minimum when GetDesireableServiceFlags
				changes its default return value, as those are the services which seeds are added
				to addrman with).

	The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this:			The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's DNS seed data, like this:

	curl -s http://bitcoin.sipa.be/seeds.txt > seeds_main.txt			curl -s http://bitcoin.sipa.be/seeds.txt > seeds_main.txt
	python3 makeseeds.py < seeds_main.txt > nodes_main.txt			python3 makeseeds.py < seeds_main.txt > nodes_main.txt
	python3 generate-seeds.py . > ../../src/chainparamsseeds.h			python3 generate-seeds.py . > ../../src/chainparamsseeds.h

	## Dependencies			## Dependencies

	Ubuntu:			Ubuntu:

	sudo apt-get install python3-dnspython			sudo apt-get install python3-dnspython