Trusted Peers

Understanding Trusted Peers

When your node first connects to the network it does so through a set of "trusted peers". These are nodes that you specify using the peer flag. Your node queries its trusted peers for the recent blockchain data. It's important to only specify nodes you trust, but since your node will validate the data it receives from these peers the potential for abuse is minimal.

If you operate multiple nodes yourself you can (and should) have your own nodes specify each other as trusted peers. Although it's important to also include some external nodes as well in case all of your nodes go offline at once.

The Digital History Association operates a set of nodes that can be used as trusted peers:

type	region	hostname	notes
dns pool	worldwide	peers.arweave.xyz	global dns pool containing all trusted peers
dns pool	asia	asia.peers.arweave.xyz	-
dns pool	europe	europe.peers.arweave.xyz	-
dns pool	india	india.peers.arweave.xyz	-
dns pool	north-america	north-america.peers.arweave.xyz	-
dns pool	oceania	oceania.peers.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	europe (netherlands)	ams-1.nl.europe.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	north-america (usa)	bhs-1.ca.north-america.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	north-america (usa)	dal-1.east.us.north-america.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	north-america (usa)	den-1.west.us.north-america.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	europe (uk)	eri-1.uk.europe.arweave.xyz	aka ams-1.eu-central-1.arweave.xyz
hostname	europe (germany)	fsn-1.de.europe.arweave.xyz	aka fsn-1.de.europe.arweave.xyz
hostname	north-america (usa)	hil-1.west.us.north-america.arweave.xyz	aka sfo-1.na-west-1.arweave.xyz
hostname	europe (germany)	lim-1.de.europe.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	europe (spain)	mad-1.es.europe.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	india (india)	mum-1.in.india.arweave.xyz	aka blr-1.ap-central-1.arweave.xyz
hostname	india (india)	mum-2.in.india.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	north-america (usa)	pho-1.east.us.north-america.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	asia (singapore)	sin-1.sg.asia.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	asia (singapore)	sin-2.sg.asia.arweave.xyz	aka sgp-1.ap-central-2.arweave.xyz
hostname	asia (singapore)	sin-3.sg.asia.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	oceania (australia)	syd-1.au.oceania.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	oceania (australia)	syd-2.au.oceania.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	north-america (canada)	van-1.ca.north-america.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	north-america (usa)	vin-1.east.us.north-america.arweave.xyz	-
hostname	europe (switzerland)	zur-1.ch.europe.arweave.xyz	-

Status of dns pools and individual peers can be checked at status.arweave.xyz.