whisper standalone mode (#498)

cmd/wnode-status/config.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ var (
 	// Whisper
 	identity     = flag.String("identity", "", "Protocol identity file (private key used for asymmetric encryption)")
 	passwordFile = flag.String("passwordfile", "", "Password file (password is used for symmetric encryption)")
+	standalone   = flag.Bool("standalone", true, "Don't actively connect to peers, wait for incoming connections")
 	minPow       = flag.Float64("pow", params.WhisperMinimumPoW, "PoW for messages to be added to queue, in float format")
 	ttl          = flag.Int("ttl", params.WhisperTTL, "Time to live for messages, in seconds")
 
@@ -106,5 +107,10 @@ func makeNodeConfig() (*params.NodeConfig, error) {
 	nodeConfig.IPCEnabled = *ipcEnabled
 	nodeConfig.RPCEnabled = *httpEnabled
 
+	if *standalone {
+		nodeConfig.BootClusterConfig.Enabled = false
+		nodeConfig.BootClusterConfig.BootNodes = nil
+	}
+
 	return nodeConfig, nil
 }

geth/node/node.go

@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ func defaultEmbeddedNodeConfig(config *params.NodeConfig) *node.Config {
 		nc.HTTPPort = config.HTTPPort
 	}
 
+	if !config.BootClusterConfig.Enabled {
+		nc.P2P.BootstrapNodes = nil
+		nc.P2P.BootstrapNodesV5 = nil
+	}
+
 	return nc
 }