Questions tagged [seed-nodes]

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How does Monero use DNS to discover seed nodes?

As far as I'm concerned, there is a hardcoded list of four hostnames m_seed_nodes_list = {"seeds.moneroseeds.se", "seeds.moneroseeds.ae.org", "seeds.moneroseeds.ch", "seeds.moneroseeds.li"};. Then the system resolves the hostnames to IP addresses…
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How are Monero seed nodes selected?

As far as I understand Monero uses a number of seed nodes to bootstrap new nodes entering the network. And I gather from this question that the address of those nodes are discovered by resolving some fixed DNS names. However, I was wondering how the…
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What stops testnet & stagenet coins from acquiring monetary value?

There's a splendidly succinct explanation on many faucet websites of why testnet & stagenet coins shouldn't acquire value, but I'm asking how. My first guess is that Monero's twice-yearly scheduled protocol upgrades (“hard forks”) somehow ‘reset’…
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