Remove *petertodd.net DNS seed for testnet and mainnet #33736

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   00w1 commented at 6:08 pm on October 29, 2025: none

   Creating an issue based on @glozow’s suggestion in #33730 (comment)

   Some emails were leaked on bitcointalk and Peter Todd acknowledged that they are not fake. His communication with John Dillon about bitcoin development and privacy who claims to work for government agencies potentially violates the DNS seed policy.

   A DNS seed operating organization or person is expected to follow good host security practices, maintain control of applicable infrastructure, and not sell or transfer control of the DNS seed. Any hosting services contracted by the operator are equally expected to uphold these expectations.

   The DNS seed should be removed from bitcoin core and replaced with other seed run by a regular contributor.

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   achow101 commented at 6:17 pm on October 29, 2025: member

   Can you cite where in those emails you believe this part of the policy is being violated? I searched for “dns” and “seed” and got no results. I searched for “server” and don’t see anything that seems to discuss handing over any DNS seed infrastructure to someone else.
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   jlopp commented at 9:38 pm on October 29, 2025: contributor

   15,000 words from 12+ year old emails?

   Further specification is needed to explain how this has anything to do with Peter’s control of his DNS seed. All I see are discussions of how different aspects of Bitcoin work.

4. 
   00w1 commented at 4:34 pm on October 30, 2025: none
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   dergoegge commented at 4:37 pm on October 30, 2025: member

   floppy profile pic in screenshot

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   00w1 commented at 4:39 pm on October 30, 2025: none

   floppy profile pic in screenshot

7. bitcoin locked this on Oct 30, 2025
8. glozow closed this on Oct 30, 2025

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