From 123f28ac199d5579e9dda510165a9144d289aac5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derrick Hammer <derrick@derrickhammer.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:42:04 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: run initial peer connect async

---
 service/p2p.go | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/service/p2p.go b/service/p2p.go
index 4ea474d..750d9a4 100644
--- a/service/p2p.go
+++ b/service/p2p.go
@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@ func (p *P2PImpl) Start() error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			err = p.ConnectToNode([]*url.URL{u}, false)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+
+			peer := peer
+			go func() {
+				err := p.ConnectToNode([]*url.URL{u}, false)
+				if err != nil {
+					p.logger.Error("failed to connect to initial peer", zap.Error(err), zap.String("peer", peer))
+				}
+			}()
 		}
 	}