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 Be aware however that altcoin blocks have their own class, AltcoinBlock, which adds support for features such as AuxPoW.
 
+#### Connecting to mainnet
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+If you need a public node to connect to without running your own, see the [OpenChainBench Dogecoin RPC benchmark](https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/dogecoin-rpc) for live latency and reliability data across available public endpoints.
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 #### Building from the command line
 
 To perform a full build use