<p>I'm experimenting with signet by creating a custom network with a script of my own to validate blocks (<code>signetchallenge</code> in the conf file).</p>
<p>I started a mini network with only a handful nodes for now, but I noticed that they connect to each other if I tell them to with a <code>addnode</code> command (or in the conf file), but then they don't seem to do any network discovery.</p>
<p>To clarify, I manually connect A to B and C to B, but then B never seems to tell either A or C about each other.</p>
<p>As far as I understand peer discovery in bitcoin, nodes should periodically ask each others peer list with <code>getaddr</code> command, and then try to connect to new nodes. Is there a reason for this not happening on signet?</p>

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Peer discovery on a custom signet (custom `signetchallenge`)
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# Peer discovery on a custom signet (custom `signetchallenge`)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-08-03)

I'm experimenting with signet by creating a custom network with a script of my own to validate blocks (`signetchallenge` in the conf file).

I started a mini network with only a handful nodes for now, but I noticed that they connect to each other if I tell them to with a `addnode` command (or in the conf file), but then they don't seem to do any network discovery.

To clarify, I manually connect A to B and C to B, but then B never seems to tell either A or C about each other.

As far as I understand peer discovery in bitcoin, nodes should periodically ask each others peer list with `getaddr` command, and then try to connect to new nodes. Is there a reason for this not happening on signet?

**Tags:** peer-discovery, signet


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