diff --git a/test/integration/grandcentral_test.go b/test/integration/grandcentral_test.go
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+package integrationtest
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+
+	context "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/code.google.com/p/go.net/context"
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore"
+	syncds "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-datastore/sync"
+	core "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core/corerouting"
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core/coreunix"
+	mocknet "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/p2p/net/mock"
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/p2p/peer"
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/thirdparty/iter"
+	"github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/thirdparty/unit"
+	ds2 "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util/datastore2"
+	errors "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util/debugerror"
+	testutil "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/util/testutil"
+)
+
+func TestGrandcentralBootstrappedAddCat(t *testing.T) {
+	// create 8 grandcentral bootstrap nodes
+	// create 2 grandcentral clients both bootstrapped to the bootstrap nodes
+	// let the bootstrap nodes share a single datastore
+	// add a large file on one node then cat the file from the other
+	conf := testutil.LatencyConfig{
+		NetworkLatency:    0,
+		RoutingLatency:    0,
+		BlockstoreLatency: 0,
+	}
+	if err := RunGrandcentralBootstrappedAddCat(RandomBytes(100*unit.MB), conf); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
+func RunGrandcentralBootstrappedAddCat(data []byte, conf testutil.LatencyConfig) error {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
+	servers, clients, err := InitializeGrandCentralNetwork(ctx, 8, 2, conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, n := range append(servers, clients...) {
+		defer n.Close()
+	}
+
+	adder := clients[0]
+	catter := clients[1]
+
+	log.Critical("adder is", adder.Identity)
+	log.Critical("catter is", catter.Identity)
+
+	keyAdded, err := coreunix.Add(adder, bytes.NewReader(data))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	readerCatted, err := coreunix.Cat(catter, keyAdded)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// verify
+	var bufout bytes.Buffer
+	io.Copy(&bufout, readerCatted)
+	if 0 != bytes.Compare(bufout.Bytes(), data) {
+		return errors.New("catted data does not match added data")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func InitializeGrandCentralNetwork(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	numServers, numClients int,
+	conf testutil.LatencyConfig) ([]*core.IpfsNode, []*core.IpfsNode, error) {
+
+	// create network
+	mn, err := mocknet.FullMeshLinked(ctx, numServers+numClients)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err)
+	}
+
+	mn.SetLinkDefaults(mocknet.LinkOptions{
+		Latency:   conf.NetworkLatency,
+		Bandwidth: math.MaxInt32,
+	})
+
+	peers := mn.Peers()
+	if len(peers) < numServers+numClients {
+		return nil, nil, errors.New("test initialization error")
+	}
+	clientPeers, serverPeers := peers[0:numClients], peers[numClients:]
+
+	routingDatastore := ds2.CloserWrap(syncds.MutexWrap(datastore.NewMapDatastore()))
+	var servers []*core.IpfsNode
+	for i := range iter.N(numServers) {
+		p := serverPeers[i]
+		bootstrap, err := core.NewIPFSNode(ctx, MocknetTestRepo(p, mn.Host(p), conf,
+			corerouting.GrandCentralServer(routingDatastore)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		servers = append(servers, bootstrap)
+	}
+
+	var bootstrapInfos []peer.PeerInfo
+	for _, n := range servers {
+		info := n.Peerstore.PeerInfo(n.PeerHost.ID())
+		bootstrapInfos = append(bootstrapInfos, info)
+	}
+
+	var clients []*core.IpfsNode
+	for i := range iter.N(numClients) {
+		p := clientPeers[i]
+		n, err := core.NewIPFSNode(ctx, MocknetTestRepo(p, mn.Host(p), conf,
+			corerouting.GrandCentralClient(bootstrapInfos...)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+		clients = append(clients, n)
+	}
+
+	bcfg := core.BootstrapConfigWithPeers(bootstrapInfos)
+	for _, n := range clients {
+		if err := n.Bootstrap(bcfg); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return servers, clients, nil
+}