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from steem import Steem

steem_nodes = ['https://rpc.buildteam.io', 
               'https://api.steemit.com', 
               'https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org']

steem = Steem(nodes=steem_nodes)

Is how I do it in all my scripts. All worked gracefully during cut over.

for me https://steemd.pevo.science is usually the fastest and on first position

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