bitcoin maintains a database of P2P addresses. Obtaining addresses via netstat is rather sub-optimal, when you could use
bitcointools to extract addresses directly from the bitcoin database.
As to the larger point...
HTTP and DNS bootstrapping should be pursued. Much more efficient than IRC.
Oh my, dat is soo awsum. +10 to dis idea.
Can we has dis idea implemented in mainstream client, plz ?
I mean how could anybody refuse this soft fluffy little lolcat ?
