Bootstrap peers

Per-network lists of relatively stable third-party peers, published as static JSON. Most chains’ published bootnodes go stale; ours are measured hourly from the StakeSquid fleet vantage and ranked by observation history (age, sightings, multi-vantage).

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Networks

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Listed peers

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Index updated

Freshness guarantee

Lists refresh with the hourly fleet peer collect. Each peer carries stability fields: first_seen, last_seen (must be within ~2h to stay listed), seen_count, n_vantage_nodes, and a score. Full “stable” tier requires ≥3 days of history and enough hourly sightings; until then peers may appear as provisional (still currently observed).

API — static files

No backend. Cacheable. Automation-friendly.

curl -s https://stakesquid.eu/bootstrap/index.json
curl -s https://stakesquid.eu/bootstrap/ethereum-mainnet.json | jq '.peers[:3]'

Per-network example:

curl -s https://stakesquid.eu/bootstrap/ethereum-mainnet.json

Usage

Geth-style bootnodes flag (comma-separated enodes):

BOOTNODES=$(curl -fsS https://stakesquid.eu/bootstrap/ethereum-mainnet.json \
  | jq -r '[.peers[].enode] | join(",")')
geth --bootnodes "$BOOTNODES" # …

Or reinject into a running node via admin API:

ENODE=$(curl -fsS https://stakesquid.eu/bootstrap/ethereum-mainnet.json \
  | jq -r '.peers[0].enode')
curl -s -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8545 \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data "$(jq -nc --arg e "$ENODE" \
    '{jsonrpc:"2.0",method:"admin_addPeer",params:[$e],id:1}')"

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