Jeff Garzik [ARCHIVE] on Nostr: š Original date posted:2014-05-15 š Original message:On Thu, May 15, 2014 at ...
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Original date posted:2014-05-15
š Original message:On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Andreas Schildbach
<andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
> I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed
> infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a
> custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have been
> bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.
While I agree that the problem seeds should be fixed, it also sounds
like a problem with bitcoinj / other layers, if a malfunctioning seed
is a problem for your app.
Seeds are fundamentally a backup for peer exchange. You are going to
run into problems if you rely 100% on seeds, always.
Further, there are multiple seeds so that we are not impacted if a
couple seeds malfunction or die. All bitcoin apps must take this into
account.
--
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/
š Original message:On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Andreas Schildbach
<andreas at schildbach.de> wrote:
> I'm bringing this issue up again. The current Bitcoin DNS seed
> infrastructure is unstable. I assume this is because of we're using a
> custom DNS implementation which is not 100% compatible. There have been
> bugs in the past, like a case sensitive match for the domain name.
While I agree that the problem seeds should be fixed, it also sounds
like a problem with bitcoinj / other layers, if a malfunctioning seed
is a problem for your app.
Seeds are fundamentally a backup for peer exchange. You are going to
run into problems if you rely 100% on seeds, always.
Further, there are multiple seeds so that we are not impacted if a
couple seeds malfunction or die. All bitcoin apps must take this into
account.
--
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc. https://bitpay.com/