<p>The DNS seed addresses are hardcoded into Bitcoin Core (or other clients).  You would need to convince the Bitcoin Core developers to add your seed node to the hardcoded list.</p>

<p>You can find <a href="https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/dnsseed-policy.md" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> a list of the requirements you'd be expected to fulfill.</p>

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Nate Eldredge
<p>I'd like to setup a Bitcoin DNS seed node for learning purposes. Would I be able to actually aid in the peer discovery process? How would my dns be discovered so that it could be queried?</p>

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Can I setup a DNS seed?
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# Can I setup a DNS seed?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-06)

I'd like to setup a Bitcoin DNS seed node for learning purposes. Would I be able to actually aid in the peer discovery process? How would my dns be discovered so that it could be queried?

**Tags:** seed, dns


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-09-06. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The DNS seed addresses are hardcoded into Bitcoin Core (or other clients). You would need to convince the Bitcoin Core developers to add your seed node to the hardcoded list.

You can find [here](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/dnsseed-policy.md) a list of the requirements you'd be expected to fulfill.


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