Index: nano.tcl
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--- nano.tcl
+++ nano.tcl
@@ -1544,11 +1544,12 @@
 	catch {
 		set basis_node [dict create]
 		set basis_node [dict get $basis "node"]
 	}
 	set default_node [dict create \
-		"client_id"     [binary encode hex [::nano::internal::randomBytes 32]]
+		"client_id"     [binary encode hex [::nano::internal::randomBytes 32]] \
+		"bootstrap_connections" "4" \
 	]
 
 	# XXX:TODO: Consider network
 	dict set default_node "peering_port" "7075"
 	dict set default_node "preconfigured_peers" [list "rai.raiblocks.net"]