Refactor cleanup

README.md

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ STELLAR_PUBLIC_ADDRESS: "your-domain.com:7868"
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-- Go 1.21+
+- Go 1.18+
 - GCC (for SQLite CGO)
   - **macOS**: `xcode-select --install`
   - **Linux**: `sudo apt-get install build-essential`
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ Each node runs two HTTP servers:
 | Liveness | 5 min | Ping sample of 50 peers, evict unresponsive nodes |
 | Gossip Validation | 10 min | Verify unverified systems learned via gossip |
 | Cache Prune | 2 hours | Remove stale cache entries (>48h unverified) |
+| Compaction | Daily 3 AM | Aggregate old attestations into summaries |
 | Credits | 1 hour | Calculate and award earned credits |
 
 ### Star Types & Peer Capacity

bootstrap.go

@@ -1,15 +1,89 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 )
 
+// === Seed Node Management ===
+
+// SeedNodeListURL is the URL to fetch the seed node list from
+const SeedNodeListURL = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sargonas/stellar-lab/main/SEED-NODES.txt"
+
+// FallbackSeedNodes are used if GitHub is unreachable
+var FallbackSeedNodes = []string{
+	// Add stable fallback seeds here if needed
+}
+
+// FetchSeedNodes retrieves the current seed node list from GitHub
+func FetchSeedNodes() []string {
+	log.Printf("Fetching seed node list from GitHub...")
+
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", SeedNodeListURL, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Warning: Could not create request: %v", err)
+		log.Printf("Using fallback seed nodes")
+		return FallbackSeedNodes
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Warning: Could not fetch seed list from GitHub: %v", err)
+		log.Printf("Using fallback seed nodes")
+		return FallbackSeedNodes
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		log.Printf("Warning: GitHub seed list returned status %d", resp.StatusCode)
+		log.Printf("Using fallback seed nodes")
+		return FallbackSeedNodes
+	}
+
+	var seeds []string
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(resp.Body)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+
+		// Skip empty lines and comments
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		seeds = append(seeds, line)
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("Warning: Error reading seed list: %v", err)
+		log.Printf("Using fallback seed nodes")
+		return FallbackSeedNodes
+	}
+
+	if len(seeds) == 0 {
+		log.Printf("Warning: No seeds found in GitHub list")
+		log.Printf("Using fallback seed nodes")
+		return FallbackSeedNodes
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Loaded %d seed nodes from GitHub", len(seeds))
+	return seeds
+}
+
+// === Full Sync ===
+
 // tryFullSync attempts to get the complete galaxy state from a peer via /api/full-sync
 // This is the preferred method for new nodes to learn about the entire network quickly.
 // Returns the number of new systems learned, or error if full-sync is not available.