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Topic: How many Connections in and Connections out when running node (Read 557 times)

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I am currently running a node and noticed that i have 28 connections inbound and 8 outbound.  The question is regarding the 8 outbound should that be higher or is that some sort of set limit?  it never goes above 8 outbound connections.

Yes there is some sort of limits on it as far as I know , and you can see here for more info about it : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/getting-the-chain-faster-more-than-8-outbound-connections-74275
There is indeed a limit of 8 outbound connections. That number is hard coded into the Bitcoin Core software, you can never make more than 8 outbound connections. There is also a limit on the total number of connections you can possibly have. It is limited to 125 connections by default but that can be configured to however you like.
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I am currently running a node and noticed that i have 28 connections inbound and 8 outbound.  The question is regarding the 8 outbound should that be higher or is that some sort of set limit?  it never goes above 8 outbound connections.

Yes there is some sort of limits on it as far as I know , and you can see here for more info about it : https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/getting-the-chain-faster-more-than-8-outbound-connections-74275
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I am currently running a node and noticed that i have 28 connections inbound and 8 outbound.  The question is regarding the 8 outbound should that be higher or is that some sort of set limit?  it never goes above 8 outbound connections.
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