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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/reduce-memory.md | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/examples/bitcoin.conf | 7 |
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diff --git a/doc/reduce-memory.md b/doc/reduce-memory.md index 6e7a578ecc..296b172bde 100644 --- a/doc/reduce-memory.md +++ b/doc/reduce-memory.md @@ -24,9 +24,13 @@ The size of some in-memory caches can be reduced. As caches trade off memory usa ## Number of peers -- `-maxconnections=<n>` - the maximum number of connections, this defaults to 125. Each active connection takes up some - memory. This option applies only if incoming connections are enabled, otherwise the number of connections will never - be more than 10. Of the 10 outbound peers, there can be 8 full-relay connections and 2 block-relay-only ones. +- `-maxconnections=<n>` - the maximum number of connections, which defaults to 125. Each active connection takes up some + memory. This option applies only if inbound connections are enabled; otherwise, the number of connections will not + be more than 11. Of the 11 outbound peers, there can be 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. ## Thread configuration diff --git a/share/examples/bitcoin.conf b/share/examples/bitcoin.conf index 85c67c8470..318b48bf2e 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= # |