# Call for new DNS seed nodes, Mainnet and Testnet
**URL:** https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790
**Category:** Development and Technical Discussion
**Created:** [May 20, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790 "2022-05-20T08:35:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Yeastplume](https://forum.grin.mw/u/Yeastplume)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/1 "2022-05-20T08:35:17Z")
As we can tell from the new [Grin seed check report](https://grintools.revcore.net/seedcheck/) I’ve just put up, our seed nodes need to be updated, (particularly on testnet which is now invite-only due to there being no available seed nodes at all!)
So we clearly need some volunteers to host seed nodes! If you’re able and willing to take on the responsibility of keeping a node maintained, available and up to date, as well as able to configure a domain for it, please let me know on this thread, and I’ll get the list updated and merged before the next core release. Note that we need a domain or subdomain, not just an IP address.
I don’t think we need to put any restrictions on who can run a node or how many we take, we can take as many as we can get and the report will tell us if any fall into disrepair and need to be replaced.
The first changes are:
## Mainnet
- Remove `mainnet.seed.grin.icu`
- Remove `mainnet.seed.713.mw`
- I’ll be replacing `grinseed.yeastplume.org` with `grinseed.revcore.net`
## Testnet
- Remove `floonet.seed.grin.icu`
- Remove `floonet.seed.713.mw`
- `floonet.seed.grin.lesceller.com` and `floonet.seed.grin.prokapi.com` are currently unresponsive, but I know their owners are about so alert them and give them a chance to fix their testnet nodes. If that can’t happen, remove them.
- I’ll be adding `grintestseed.revcore.net`
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### Author:  [@davidtavarez](https://forum.grin.mw/u/davidtavarez)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/2 "2022-05-20T10:26:22Z")
I would like to offer two seed nodes:
- `mainnet.grin.punksec.de` for mainnet.
- `testnet.grin.punksec.de` for testnet.
Contact: [grin@punksec.de](mailto:grin@punksec.de)
EDIT: added email.
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### Author:  [@Trinitron](https://forum.grin.mw/u/Trinitron)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/3 "2022-05-20T12:31:11Z")
[grinnode.30-r.com](http://grinnode.30-r.com)
[testnet.grinnode.30-r.com](http://testnet.grinnode.30-r.com)
contact: [trinitron@30-r.com](mailto:trinitron@30-r.com)
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### Author:  [@Yeastplume](https://forum.grin.mw/u/Yeastplume)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/4 "2022-05-20T12:45:01Z")
Good point, if you could add contact email addresses as well (they’ll just go in the source as a comment, won’t otherwise be used)
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### Author:  [@noobvie](https://forum.grin.mw/u/noobvie)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/5 "2023-03-31T01:20:38Z")
I have one beautiful domain grin.money and running some grin nodes.
How can my nodes be included in DNS seed nodes? (both mainnet and testnet)
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### Author:  [@mcm-mike](https://forum.grin.mw/u/mcm-mike)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/6 "2023-03-31T16:53:28Z")
Just have a reliable track record of keeping your nodes online.
And then do a PR on the GRIN github repository for your nodes to be added to the DNS-seed.
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### Author:  [@bruges](https://forum.grin.mw/u/bruges)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/7 "2026-01-29T14:20:33Z")
We need to update DNS seed nodes.
I’ve ran nmap command and it shows that only few nodes are online.
MAINNET (nmap -Pn -p 3414):
[mainnet.seed.grin.lesceller.com](http://mainnet.seed.grin.lesceller.com) (filtered?)
[mainnet.seed.grin.prokapi.com](http://mainnet.seed.grin.prokapi.com) (closed)
[grinseed.revcore.net](http://grinseed.revcore.net) (filtered?)
mainnet-seed.grinnode.live (closed)
[mainnet.grin.punksec.de](http://mainnet.grin.punksec.de) (open)
[grinnode.30-r.com](http://grinnode.30-r.com) (open)
TESTNET (nmap -Pn -p 13414):
[floonet.seed.grin.lesceller.com](http://floonet.seed.grin.lesceller.com) (filtered?)
[floonet.seed.grin.prokapi.com](http://floonet.seed.grin.prokapi.com) (closed)
[grintestseed.revcore.net](http://grintestseed.revcore.net) (closed)
[testnet.grin.punksec.de](http://testnet.grin.punksec.de) (filtered?)
[testnet.grinnode.30-r.com](http://testnet.grinnode.30-r.com) (open)
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### Author:  [@bruges](https://forum.grin.mw/u/bruges)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/8 "2026-01-29T14:34:41Z")
I suggest:
`grincoin.org` for mainnet
`testnet.grincoin.org` for testnet
Contact: xmpp:aglkm@conversations.im
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### Author:  [@ardocrat](https://forum.grin.mw/u/ardocrat)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/9 "2026-01-29T14:50:21Z")
main.gri.mw
test.gri.mw
admin@gri.mw
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### Author:  [@hellogrin](https://forum.grin.mw/u/hellogrin)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/10 "2026-01-29T23:56:48Z")
anyone has the guide to create DNS seed nodes? i’d like to build some
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### Author:  [@bruges](https://forum.grin.mw/u/bruges)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/11 "2026-01-30T00:26:03Z")
It should be a node with a domain name and accessible port from the outside: 3414(mainnet) or 13414(testnet).
Your scan.grin.money is already fully set to be a seed node. Just write your contact here.
If you wish you could setup a testnet node as well.
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### Author:  [@hellogrin](https://forum.grin.mw/u/hellogrin)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/12 "2026-01-31T23:29:14Z")
I thought I must configure something like this first [GitHub - mimblewimble/seeder: DNS seed server for Grin](https://github.com/mimblewimble/seeder) ? or this repo is for another purpose? Anyways, i’ll create some additional nodes for fun.
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### Author:  [@Krypticon](https://forum.grin.mw/u/Krypticon)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2026, 6:05am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/13 "2026-02-01T06:05:35Z")
i shall rest my test node in the next few week or so, thank you for this notice
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### Author:  [@hellogrin](https://forum.grin.mw/u/hellogrin)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/14 "2026-02-28T22:10:58Z")
here are my nodes, you may build your new node semi-quaotmatically/quickly just using this bash script [GitHub - noobvie/Grin-Node-Toolkit](https://github.com/noobvie/Grin-Node-Toolkit)
[No email, DM via this forum if you need]
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Domains | Port | SeedDNS | Downloadable | | |
| fullmain.grin.money | 3414 | yes | yes | | |
| prunemain.grin.money | 3414 | yes | yes | | |
| prunetest.grin.money | 13414 | yes | yes | | |
| scan.grin.money | 3414 | yes | no | | |
| api.grin.money | 443 | no | no | | |
| testapi.grin.money | 443 | no | no | | |
| | | | | | |
| [fullmain.grinily.com](http://fullmain.grinily.com) | 3414 | yes | yes | | |
| [prunemain.grinily.com](http://prunemain.grinily.com) | 3414 | yes | yes | | |
| [prunetest.grinily.com](http://prunetest.grinily.com) | 13414 | yes | yes | | |
| [api.grinily.com](http://api.grinily.com) | 443 | no | no | | |
| [testapi.grinily.com](http://testapi.grinily.com) | 443 | no | no | | |
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | |
| [fullmain.onlygrins.com](http://fullmain.onlygrins.com) | 3414 | yes | yes | | |
| [prunemain.onlygrins.com](http://prunemain.onlygrins.com) | 3414 | yes | yes | | |
| [prunetest.onlygrins.com](http://prunetest.onlygrins.com) | 13414 | yes | yes | | |
| [api.onlygrins.com](http://api.onlygrins.com) | 443 | no | no | | |
| [testapi.onlygrins.com](http://testapi.onlygrins.com) | 443 | no | no | | |
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### Author:  [@ardocrat](https://forum.grin.mw/u/ardocrat)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/15 "2026-04-08T16:23:11Z")
Can you unite all 3 IPs of your nodes under single A records like `main-seed.grin.money` and `test-seed.grin.money`, it will help if one of your VPS will become unavailable and can be added at grin seed list PR easily.
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### Author:  [@hellogrin](https://forum.grin.mw/u/hellogrin)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/16 "2026-04-09T09:05:54Z")
Done, is it same as you expected?
root@x:~# nslookup test-seed.grin.money
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: test-seed.grin.money
Address: 107.175.115.89
Name: test-seed.grin.money
Address: 64.69.36.59
Name: test-seed.grin.money
Address: 23.95.240.22
root@x:~# nslookup main-seed.grin.money
Server: 8.8.8.8
Address: 8.8.8.8#53
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: main-seed.grin.money
Address: 192.227.211.112
Name: main-seed.grin.money
Address: 107.175.115.89
Name: main-seed.grin.money
Address: 64.69.36.59
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### Author:  [@ardocrat](https://forum.grin.mw/u/ardocrat)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/17 "2026-04-16T12:32:04Z")
Currently working list:
Interesting if someone tried to contact them to clarify if they will bring their nodes back up:
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### Author:  [@Anynomous](https://forum.grin.mw/u/Anynomous)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/18 "2026-04-16T12:35:12Z")
Done.
I contacted them all (for Mainnet) via email although trinitron’s domain/email server appears to be down. Lets see, indeed that is why we have this contact information. Kind of silly that we did not contact them earlier by email.
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### Author:  [@grinmonk](https://forum.grin.mw/u/grinmonk)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/19 "2026-04-17T14:13:57Z")
I would like to offer my DNS seed node for Mainnet:
mainnet.fountainoffairfortune.it
I hope add a Testnet node as well in the coming days
testnet.fountainoffairfortune.it
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### Author:  [@hellogrin](https://forum.grin.mw/u/hellogrin)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.grin.mw/t/call-for-new-dns-seed-nodes-mainnet-and-testnet/9790/20 "2026-04-19T13:14:35Z")
As ardocrat suggested me, you better to have 3 servers are running (on server can run both mainnet/testnet in parallel), and point your A records to 3 IPs.
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