Why there is only 8 peers in bitcoind?

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I set maxconnections=125 in bitcoin.conf but still has only 8 connections in nodelist. Please tell why?

D L

Posted 2017-08-21T09:35:03.670

Reputation: 478

Answers

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You should check if port 8333 is open. If port is closed from internet, bitcoin client will make only 8 outgoing connections. maxconnections parameter works only for incoming connections.

Zergatul

Posted 2017-08-21T09:35:03.670

Reputation: 948