With Jormungandr 0.8.11 you can fetch the genesis block with http(s). Enabling this functionality will not only reduce load on the IOHK trusted peers, but also reduces your bootstrap times, all you need to do is add the fetch block0 service in your node_config.yaml or in node_config.json.
JSON configuration
{ "log": [ { "format": "plain", "level": "info", "output": "stderr" } ], "http_fetch_block0_service": [ "https://adanorthpool.com/bootstrap" (you can add multiple addresses here as well) ], ...
YAML configuration
--- log: - format: plain level: info output: stderr http_fetch_block0_service: - https://adanorthpool.com/bootstrap/ (you can add multiple addresses here as well) ...