<p>You've asked two different questions and already answered one of them.</p>

<p>Solo miners get blocks from their peers on the network.</p>

<p>Discovering peers is done by a bootstrapping process. Basically, the software comes with a default list of known nodes, and from these nodes the client learns about other nodes. More details are at <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Client_Node_Discovery" rel="nofollow">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Client_Node_Discovery</a>.</p>

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Meni Rosenfeld
<p>Where does a miner get the most recent/current block from, to work on confirming new transactions and building the next block?</p>

<p>Obviously it's the 'top' block on the blockchain - where can a new miner 'get' the blockchain from? As I understand it, it's P2P, but how do you connect to those peers in the first place?</p>

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Where should a miner get the most current block from?
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# Where should a miner get the most current block from?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-08-27)

Where does a miner get the most recent/current block from, to work on confirming new transactions and building the next block?

Obviously it's the 'top' block on the blockchain - where can a new miner 'get' the blockchain from? As I understand it, it's P2P, but how do you connect to those peers in the first place?

**Tags:** mining-theory, relay


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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-08-27. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

You've asked two different questions and already answered one of them.

Solo miners get blocks from their peers on the network.

Discovering peers is done by a bootstrapping process. Basically, the software comes with a default list of known nodes, and from these nodes the client learns about other nodes. More details are at <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Satoshi_Client_Node_Discovery>.


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