What is SoL stand for in the bootstrap addresses?

[JustinDrake]

It looks like the bootstrap addresses in bootstrap_peers.go start with the vanity prefix QmSoL.

var DefaultBootstrapAddresses = []string{
	"/ip4/104.131.131.82/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmaCpDMGvV2BGHeYERUEnRQAwe3N8SzbUtfsmvsqQLuvuJ",  // mars.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/104.236.176.52/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLnSGccFuZQJzRadHn95W2CrSFmZuTdDWP8HXaHca9z",  // neptune.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/104.236.179.241/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLPppuBtQSGwKDZT2M73ULpjvfd3aZ6ha4oFGL1KrGM", // pluto.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/162.243.248.213/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLueR4xBeUbY9WZ9xGUUxunbKWcrNFTDAadQJmocnWm", // uranus.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/128.199.219.111/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLSafTMBsPKadTEgaXctDQVcqN88CNLHXMkTNwMKPnu", // saturn.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/104.236.76.40/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLV4Bbm51jM9C4gDYZQ9Cy3U6aXMJDAbzgu2fzaDs64",   // venus.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/178.62.158.247/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLer265NRgSp2LA3dPaeykiS1J6DifTC88f5uVQKNAd",  // earth.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/178.62.61.185/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLMeWqB7YGVLJN3pNLQpmmEk35v6wYtsMGLzSr5QBU3",   // mercury.i.ipfs.io
	"/ip4/104.236.151.122/tcp/4001/ipfs/QmSoLju6m7xTh3DuokvT3886QRYqxAzb1kShaanJgW36yx", // jupiter.i.ipfs.io
}

What does SoL mean or stand for?

[ghost]

It stands for solarnet -- we mined private keys until we had ones starting in QmSoL and the first letter of the hostname, e.g. QmSoLP for saturn.i.ipfs.io.

Btw many questions like this best fit in the ipfs/faq repo 🌻

Edit: first \o/

[Kubuxu]

It stands for Solarnet.

Q: How were they crated?
A: We were creating new addresses repeatedly until we found N of them starting with QmSol. Then we used them for our bootstrap nodes.

[JustinDrake]

Thanks guys 👍