<p>Bitcoin only connects to them specially when you don't have enough nodes, and then it will disconnect as soon as the seednodes give you a nodelist. Bitcoin might choose to connect to seednodes as regular peers as well, but they're not given any preference.</p>

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2012-04-09T17:25:54.870Z
2012-04-09T17:25:54.870Z
theymos
<p>Does the standard client have a preference for connecting to fallback nodes (for example, by trying to have at least 1 connection to such node at all times), or are they treated like any other nodes?</p>

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How often does Bitcoin connect to the fallback nodes?
ThePiachu
# How often does Bitcoin connect to the fallback nodes?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-04-09)

Does the standard client have a preference for connecting to fallback nodes (for example, by trying to have at least 1 connection to such node at all times), or are they treated like any other nodes?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, fallback-nodes, connection, peers, nodes


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### Answer by username_1 on 2012-04-09. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Bitcoin only connects to them specially when you don't have enough nodes, and then it will disconnect as soon as the seednodes give you a nodelist. Bitcoin might choose to connect to seednodes as regular peers as well, but they're not given any preference.


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