diff --git a/scripts/dht_crawler.py b/scripts/dht_crawler.py
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+import logging
+import asyncio
+import time
+import typing
+
+import lbry.dht.error
+from lbry.dht.constants import generate_id
+from lbry.dht.node import Node
+from lbry.dht.peer import make_kademlia_peer, PeerManager
+from lbry.dht.protocol.distance import Distance
+from lbry.extras.daemon.storage import SQLiteStorage
+from lbry.conf import Config
+from lbry.utils import resolve_host
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)-4s %(name)s:%(lineno)d: %(message)s")
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def new_node(address="0.0.0.0", udp_port=4444, node_id=None):
+    node_id = node_id or generate_id()
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    return Node(loop, PeerManager(loop), node_id, udp_port, udp_port, 3333, address)
+
+
+class Crawler:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.node = new_node()
+        self.crawled = set()
+        self.known_peers = set()
+        self.unreachable = set()
+        self.error = set()
+        self.semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(10)
+
+    async def request_peers(self, host, port, key) -> typing.List['KademliaPeer']:
+        async with self.semaphore:
+            peer = make_kademlia_peer(None, await resolve_host(host, port, 'udp'), port)
+            for attempt in range(3):
+                try:
+                    response = await self.node.protocol.get_rpc_peer(peer).find_node(key)
+                    return [make_kademlia_peer(*peer_tuple) for peer_tuple in response]
+                except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                    log.info('Previously responding peer timed out: %s:%d attempt #%d', host, port, (attempt + 1))
+                    continue
+                except lbry.dht.error.RemoteException as e:
+                    log.info('Previously responding peer errored: %s:%d attempt #%d - %s',
+                             host, port, (attempt + 1), str(e))
+                    self.error.add((host, port))
+                    continue
+        return []
+
+    async def crawl_routing_table(self, host, port):
+        start = time.time()
+        log.info("querying %s:%d", host, port)
+        self.known_peers.add((host, port))
+        self.crawled.add((host, port))
+        address = await resolve_host(host, port, 'udp')
+        key = self.node.protocol.peer_manager.get_node_id_for_endpoint(address, port)
+        if not key:
+            for _ in range(3):
+                try:
+                    async with self.semaphore:
+                        await self.node.protocol.get_rpc_peer(make_kademlia_peer(None, address, port)).ping()
+                    key = self.node.protocol.peer_manager.get_node_id_for_endpoint(address, port)
+                except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                    pass
+                except lbry.dht.error.RemoteException:
+                    self.error.add((host, port))
+            if not key:
+                self.unreachable.add((host, port))
+                return set()
+        node_id = key
+        distance = Distance(key)
+        max_distance = int.from_bytes(bytes([0xff] * 48), 'big')
+        peers = set()
+        factor = 2048
+        for i in range(200):
+            #print(i, len(peers), key.hex(), host)
+            new_peers = await self.request_peers(address, port, key)
+            if not new_peers:
+                break
+            new_peers.sort(key=lambda peer: distance(peer.node_id))
+            peers.update(new_peers)
+            far_key = new_peers[-1].node_id
+            if distance(far_key) <= distance(key):
+                current_distance = distance(key)
+                next_jump = current_distance + int(max_distance // factor)  # jump closer
+                factor /= 2
+                if factor > 8 and next_jump < max_distance:
+                    key = int.from_bytes(node_id, 'big') ^ next_jump
+                    if key.bit_length() > 384:
+                        break
+                    key = key.to_bytes(48, 'big')
+                else:
+                    break
+            else:
+                key = far_key
+                factor = 2048
+        log.info("Done querying %s:%d in %.2f seconds: %d peers found over %d requests.",
+                 host, port, (time.time() - start), len(peers), i)
+        self.crawled.update(peers)
+        return peers
+
+    async def process(self):
+        to_process = {}
+
+        def submit(_peer):
+            f = asyncio.ensure_future(self.crawl_routing_table(_peer.address, peer.udp_port))
+            to_process[_peer] = f
+            f.add_done_callback(lambda _: to_process.pop(_peer))
+
+        while to_process or len(self.known_peers) < len(self.crawled):
+            log.info("%d known, %d unreachable, %d error.. %d processing",
+                     len(self.known_peers), len(self.unreachable), len(self.error), len(to_process))
+            for peer in self.crawled.difference(self.known_peers):
+                self.known_peers.add(peer)
+                submit(peer)
+            await asyncio.wait(to_process.values(), return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED)
+
+
+async def test():
+    crawler = Crawler()
+    await crawler.node.start_listening()
+    conf = Config()
+    for (host, port) in conf.known_dht_nodes:
+        await crawler.crawl_routing_table(host, port)
+    await crawler.process()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    asyncio.run(test())