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### Discovery
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### Discovery
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<!-- TODO: Add a link to Discovery v5 / Rendezvous spec -->
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To implement a Status client you need to discover peers to connect to. We use a
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light discovery mechanism based on a combination of [Discovery
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v5](https://github.com/ethereum/devp2p/blob/master/discv5/discv5.md) and
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[Rendezvous Protocol](https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/rendezvous),
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(with some
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[modifications](https://github.com/status-im/rendezvous#differences-with-original-rendezvous)).
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Additionally, some static nodes MAY also be used.
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This part of the system is currently underspecified and requires further detail.
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<!-- TODO: This section is way too vague, amend with concrete spec for how to do discovery of Status nodes. -->
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<!-- TODO: Add info on peer list, Discover v5 timespan, static nodes etc - should be enough to discover nodes from a different stack -->
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### Mailservers
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### Mailservers
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This means the network is currently vulnerable to DDoS attacks. Alternative
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This means the network is currently vulnerable to DDoS attacks. Alternative
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methods of spam protection are currently being researched.
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methods of spam protection are currently being researched.
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#### Why do you not use Discovery v5 for node discovery?
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At the time we implemented dynamic node discovery, Discovery v5 wasn't completed
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yet. Additionally, running a DHT on a mobile leads to slow node discovery, bad
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battery and poor bandwidth usage. Instead, each client can choose to turn on
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Discovery v5 for a short period of time until their peer list is populated.
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For some further investigation, see
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[here](https://github.com/status-im/swarms/blob/master/ideas/092-disc-v5-research.md).
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## Footnotes
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## Footnotes
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1. <https://github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/>
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1. <https://github.com/status-im/status-protocol-go/>
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