diff --git a/src/chainparams.cpp b/src/chainparams.cpp
index 96329b2d..8ac1e009 100644
--- a/src/chainparams.cpp
+++ b/src/chainparams.cpp
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ public:
         consensus.nMajorityWindow = 100;
         consensus.powLimit = uint256S("7fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff");
         consensus.fPowAllowMinDifficultyBlocks = true;
-        pchMessageStart[0] = 0x0b;
-        pchMessageStart[1] = 0x11;
-        pchMessageStart[2] = 0x09;
-        pchMessageStart[3] = 0x07;
+        pchMessageStart[0] = 0x0c;
+        pchMessageStart[1] = 0x12;
+        pchMessageStart[2] = 0x99;
+        pchMessageStart[3] = 0x17;
         vAlertPubKey = ParseHex("04302390343f91cc401d56d68b123028bf52e5fca1939df127f63c6467cdf9c8e2c14b61104cf817d0b780da337893ecc4aaff1309e536162dabbdb45200ca2b0a");
         nDefaultPort = 18333;
         nMinerThreads = 0;
@@ -161,10 +161,11 @@ public:
 
         vFixedSeeds.clear();
         vSeeds.clear();
-        vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("alexykot.me", "testnet-seed.alexykot.me"));
-        vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bitcoin.petertodd.org", "testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org"));
-        vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bluematt.me", "testnet-seed.bluematt.me"));
-        vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bitcoin.schildbach.de", "testnet-seed.bitcoin.schildbach.de"));
+        // TODO: set up bootstrapping
+        //vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("alexykot.me", "testnet-seed.alexykot.me"));
+        //vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bitcoin.petertodd.org", "testnet-seed.bitcoin.petertodd.org"));
+        //vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bluematt.me", "testnet-seed.bluematt.me"));
+        //vSeeds.push_back(CDNSSeedData("bitcoin.schildbach.de", "testnet-seed.bitcoin.schildbach.de"));
 
         base58Prefixes[PUBKEY_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,111);
         base58Prefixes[SCRIPT_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,196);