You can use these nodes in your essence.conf file:

addnode=82.223.83.67:3553
addnode=168.235.64.29:3553
addnode=82.223.70.105:3553
addnode=107.191.106.155:3553
addnode=167.88.124.56:3553
addnode=82.223.66.67:3553
addnode=167.88.114.157:3553
addnode=82.223.49.215:3553
addnode=168.235.80.193:3553