diff --git a/api/basic/helper/multiaddr.ts b/api/basic/helper/multiaddr.ts
index 5100304..20568d4 100644
--- a/api/basic/helper/multiaddr.ts
+++ b/api/basic/helper/multiaddr.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,43 @@ import { Multiaddr } from 'multiaddr'
  * Convert a comma-separated list of origins into an array of
  * multiaddr strings that we could possibly connect to.
  *
- * Filters out:
- * - malformed multiaddrs and ones with transports we don't recognise
- * - private or reserved ip address that we wouldn't be able to connect to.
- */
+ * Picks the first 10 non-ip based multiaddr,
+ * or ip based multiaddrs with a public (non-bogon) IP address
+ * or a /p2p/:peerId addr from a bogon ip based multiaddr.
+ **/
 export function findUsableMultiaddrs (input = ''): string[] {
   if (input === '' || input === null) return []
-  return input
-    .split(',')
-    .filter(isMultiaddr)
-    .filter(hasPublicIpAddress)
+  const specificAddrs: Set<string> = new Set()
+  const p2pAddrs: Set<string> = new Set()
+  for (const str of input.split(',')) {
+    const input = str.trim()
+    const ma = asMultiaddr(input)
+    if (ma === undefined) continue
+    // where we've got a ma with an ip we can't connect to,
+    // try to extract the /p2p/:peerId addr where available
+    if (hasBogonIpAddress(input)) {
+      const addr = getP2pAddr(input)
+      if (addr !== undefined) {
+        p2pAddrs.add(addr)
+      }
+    } else {
+      // either an ip based multiaddr with public ip, or a non-ip based multiaddr
+      specificAddrs.add(input)
+    }
+  }
+  return Array
+    .from(specificAddrs)
+    .concat(Array.from(p2pAddrs))
+    .slice(1, 10) // don't return an unbounded number of multiaddrs.
+}
+
+export function asMultiaddr (input = ''): Multiaddr | undefined {
+  if (input === '' || input === null) return undefined
+  try {
+    return new Multiaddr(input) // eslint-disable-line no-new
+  } catch (e) {
+    return undefined
+  }
 }
 
 export function isMultiaddr (input = ''): boolean {
@@ -37,3 +64,21 @@ export function hasPublicIpAddress (input = ''): boolean {
   // not a IP based multiaddr, so we allow it.
   return true
 }
+
+export function hasBogonIpAddress (input = ''): boolean {
+  if (input === '' || input === null) return false
+  if (input.startsWith('/ip6/') || input.startsWith('/ip4/')) {
+    const ip = input.split('/').at(2)
+    if (ip === undefined) return false
+    return bogon(ip)
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+export function getP2pAddr (input = ''): string | undefined {
+  if (input === '' || input === null) return undefined
+  const match = input.match(/\/p2p\/\w+$/)
+  if (match != null) {
+    return match.at(0)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/test/multiaddrs.test.js b/api/test/multiaddrs.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8795c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/test/multiaddrs.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import test from 'ava'
+import { findUsableMultiaddrs } from '../basic/helper/multiaddr.js'
+
+const fixture = [
+  '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/4001/quic-v1/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/4001/quic-v1/webtransport/certhash/uEiAcyORkzbKPHpd2Rq8px1APBfdnTJ1jzH10u92mYJAOMA/certhash/uEiBFkYB7Q0cp49VFSMY9ae8ffHaRJf7N0WXCGBkGp4KCIQ/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/127.0.0.1/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/192.168.1.113/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/192.168.1.113/udp/4001/quic-v1/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/192.168.1.113/udp/4001/quic-v1/webtransport/certhash/uEiAcyORkzbKPHpd2Rq8px1APBfdnTJ1jzH10u92mYJAOMA/certhash/uEiBFkYB7Q0cp49VFSMY9ae8ffHaRJf7N0WXCGBkGp4KCIQ/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/192.168.1.113/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/45.76.79.40/udp/4001/quic-v1/p2p/12D3KooWGFLFZ9uYAqD8WschDcPDT4PgmsGzgvwrTdDmV4LD5kSe/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/45.76.79.40/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWGFLFZ9uYAqD8WschDcPDT4PgmsGzgvwrTdDmV4LD5kSe/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/5.161.44.89/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/5.161.44.89/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/2a01:4ff:f0:ab6::1/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/2a01:4ff:f0:ab6::1/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/::1/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/::1/udp/4001/quic-v1/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/::1/udp/4001/quic-v1/webtransport/certhash/uEiAcyORkzbKPHpd2Rq8px1APBfdnTJ1jzH10u92mYJAOMA/certhash/uEiBFkYB7Q0cp49VFSMY9ae8ffHaRJf7N0WXCGBkGp4KCIQ/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/::1/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN'
+]
+
+const expected = [
+  '/ip4/5.161.44.89/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip4/5.161.44.89/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/2a01:4ff:f0:ab6::1/tcp/4001/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/ip6/2a01:4ff:f0:ab6::1/udp/4001/quic/p2p/12D3KooWSvYbdaYZmZucbkEHKDDoHNqCtkEMWdSm1z4udww6fyUM/p2p-circuit/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN',
+  '/p2p/12D3KooWADjHf2kyANQodg9z5sSdX4bGEMbWg7ojwu6SCyDAMtzN'
+]
+
+test('findUsableMultiaddrs', t => {
+  const input = fixture.join(',')
+  const res = findUsableMultiaddrs(input)
+  t.is(res.length, 5)
+  let i = 0
+  for (const ma of expected) {
+    t.is(res[i], ma)
+    i++
+  }
+})