diff -uNr a/bitcoin/src/init.cpp b/bitcoin/src/init.cpp
--- a/bitcoin/src/init.cpp a8b85aa6dba112f0e314bd86f737d2fef1206e4ad81b4c346c053d2bf3e4f36a1f5687dcd1321a0a7f3884db1fb31ffce69603afb78f7c4e1b5ca638840a4404
+++ b/bitcoin/src/init.cpp b7efbc0ce8eb70c04b3b0f713aa9dbeacf9dfe913be38d32ae83a9eb63024f752c4b98df5e019378e721a9b4c6a1e6466797caa1b0b80b4d672771dcfd8c5202
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
             "  -connect=<ip>    \t\t  " + _("Connect only to the specified node\n") +
             "  -noirc           \t  "   + _("Don't find peers using internet relay chat\n") +
             "  -nolisten        \t  "   + _("Don't accept connections from outside\n") +
-            "  -nodnsseed       \t  "   + _("Don't bootstrap list of peers using DNS\n") +
             "  -banscore=<n>    \t  "   + _("Threshold for disconnecting misbehaving peers (default: 100)\n") +
             "  -bantime=<n>     \t  "   + _("Number of seconds to keep misbehaving peers from reconnecting (default: 86400)\n") +
             "  -maxreceivebuffer=<n>\t  " + _("Maximum per-connection receive buffer, <n>*1000 bytes (default: 10000)\n") +
@@ -415,7 +414,6 @@
         // Note: the GetBoolArg() calls for all of these must happen later.
         SoftSetArg("-nolisten", true);
         SoftSetArg("-noirc", true);
-        SoftSetArg("-nodnsseed", true);
         SoftSetArg("-dns", false);
     }
 
diff -uNr a/bitcoin/src/net.cpp b/bitcoin/src/net.cpp
--- a/bitcoin/src/net.cpp c67fdd55e9d9d6b4973122b76729d7e83a456a8dc410f1c130cffbfd9f626c47ca7e8006bde912d9e0bd0a4b8457e895270d4a0efd22c4a199cd52ffd95b10dd
+++ b/bitcoin/src/net.cpp 3ef738258288e826fa190f599e0dd1b655c6d90c17d97454fcb95324471f5098f692631ac552d6bf1f10d802db237de94952d91f426878fc85d03b78e073a45f
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 void ThreadMessageHandler2(void* parg);
 void ThreadSocketHandler2(void* parg);
 void ThreadOpenConnections2(void* parg);
-void ThreadDNSAddressSeed2(void* parg);
 bool OpenNetworkConnection(const CAddress& addrConnect);
 
 
@@ -1067,92 +1066,6 @@
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-static const char *strDNSSeed[] = {
-    "bitseed.xf2.org",
-    "dnsseed.bluematt.me",
-    "seed.bitcoin.sipa.be",
-    "dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr.org",
-};
-
-void ThreadDNSAddressSeed(void* parg)
-{
-    IMPLEMENT_RANDOMIZE_STACK(ThreadDNSAddressSeed(parg));
-    try
-    {
-        vnThreadsRunning[6]++;
-        ThreadDNSAddressSeed2(parg);
-        vnThreadsRunning[6]--;
-    }
-    catch (std::exception& e) {
-        vnThreadsRunning[6]--;
-        PrintException(&e, "ThreadDNSAddressSeed()");
-    } catch (...) {
-        vnThreadsRunning[6]--;
-        throw; // support pthread_cancel()
-    }
-    printf("ThreadDNSAddressSeed exiting\n");
-}
-
-void ThreadDNSAddressSeed2(void* parg)
-{
-    printf("ThreadDNSAddressSeed started\n");
-    int found = 0;
-
-    if (!fTestNet)
-    {
-        printf("Loading addresses from DNS seeds (could take a while)\n");
-
-        for (int seed_idx = 0; seed_idx < ARRAYLEN(strDNSSeed); seed_idx++) {
-            vector<CAddress> vaddr;
-            if (Lookup(strDNSSeed[seed_idx], vaddr, NODE_NETWORK, -1, true))
-            {
-                CAddrDB addrDB;
-                addrDB.TxnBegin();
-                BOOST_FOREACH (CAddress& addr, vaddr)
-                {
-                    if (addr.GetByte(3) != 127)
-                    {
-                        addr.nTime = 0;
-                        AddAddress(addr, 0, &addrDB);
-                        found++;
-                    }
-                }
-                addrDB.TxnCommit();  // Save addresses (it's ok if this fails)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    printf("%d addresses found from DNS seeds\n", found);
-}
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 unsigned int pnSeed[] =
 {
     0x959bd347, 0xf8de42b2, 0x73bc0518, 0xea6edc50, 0x21b00a4d, 0xc725b43d, 0xd665464d, 0x1a2a770e,
@@ -1649,12 +1562,6 @@
     // Start threads
     //
 
-    if (GetBoolArg("-nodnsseed"))
-        printf("DNS seeding disabled\n");
-    else
-        if (!CreateThread(ThreadDNSAddressSeed, NULL))
-            printf("Error: CreateThread(ThreadDNSAddressSeed) failed\n");
-
     // Get addresses from IRC and advertise ours
     if (!CreateThread(ThreadIRCSeed, NULL))
         printf("Error: CreateThread(ThreadIRCSeed) failed\n");
@@ -1693,7 +1600,6 @@
     if (vnThreadsRunning[2] > 0) printf("ThreadMessageHandler still running\n");
     if (vnThreadsRunning[3] > 0) printf("ThreadBitcoinMiner still running\n");
     if (vnThreadsRunning[4] > 0) printf("ThreadRPCServer still running\n");
-    if (vnThreadsRunning[6] > 0) printf("ThreadDNSAddressSeed still running\n");
     while (vnThreadsRunning[2] > 0 || vnThreadsRunning[4] > 0)
         Sleep(20);
     Sleep(50);