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		olalonde on Dec 7, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Bitcoin protocol actually works There's an article on that here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Client_Node_Discovery TL;DR: The peer discovery process is bootstrapped using a few domain names hard coded in the client. https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/src/chainpara...

DennisP on Dec 7, 2013 | [–]

Thanks. Is there anything on the protocol for passing messages around once you've found some peers?

joezydeco on Dec 7, 2013 | [–]

Geez. That seems...vulnerable.

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