How does a DHT in a Bittorent client get "bootstrapped"?

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puffpio picture puffpio · Jul 25, 2009 · Viewed 29.8k times · Source

If I have a torrent w/o any trackers in it, and I just started a bittorent client so I have no peers yet...how do I know who to first connect with in the DHT? It seems like I would have to know at least ONE node in the DHT to get started....

Answer

Martin v. Löwis picture Martin v. Löwis · Jul 25, 2009

The mainline DHT bootstrap nodes are router.utorrent.com and a CNAME to it, router.bittorrent.com. Port 6881.

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