Identifying A Bootstrapping Node
A newly joining node may identify which nodes are bootstrapping nodes by using multiple different ways. New nodes may be pre-configured at creation with static addresses of the bootstrapping nodes. In such a case, the bootstrapping node addresses can not change, and therefore should be stable members of the network. Stable, in this case, meaning fault-tolerant and having no desire to leave the network. Alternatively, the bootstrap node can be identified via a DNS service, where a domain name resolves to one of the bootstrapping nodes' addresses. This allows the bootstrapping nodes' addresses to change as needed, and overly stable nodes are therefore not necessary.
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