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authorJon Atack <jon@atack.com>2021-04-17 18:34:29 +0200
committerJon Atack <jon@atack.com>2021-04-17 20:22:43 +0200
commit300234ab6698277fb261a87be72f89ef94d3697a (patch)
tree87748b6608f543bb83e7fe1b85a508f3d35f7f97
parent926827065ffa56b75e9261f63d49b924d4bced0f (diff)
doc: update bitcoin.conf maxconnections info
-rw-r--r--share/examples/bitcoin.conf7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/examples/bitcoin.conf b/share/examples/bitcoin.conf
index 5b7fc776a4..58286c5c9b 100644
--- a/share/examples/bitcoin.conf
+++ b/share/examples/bitcoin.conf
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@
# Port on which to listen for connections (default: 8333, testnet: 18333, signet: 38333, regtest: 18444)
#port=
-# Maximum number of inbound+outbound connections.
+# Maximum number of inbound + outbound connections (default: 125). This option
+# applies only if inbound connections are enabled; otherwise, the number of connections
+# will not be more than 11: 8 full-relay connections, 2 block-relay-only ones, and
+# occasionally 1 short-lived feeler or extra outbound block-relay-only connection.
+# These limits do not apply to connections added manually with the -addnode
+# configuration option or the addnode RPC, which have a separate limit of 8 connections.
#maxconnections=
#