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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/reduce-traffic.md (renamed from doc/reducetraffic.md) | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/release-notes.md | 3 |
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diff --git a/doc/reducetraffic.md b/doc/reduce-traffic.md index a79571913a..2d86588eb2 100644 --- a/doc/reducetraffic.md +++ b/doc/reduce-traffic.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Reduce Traffic ============== -Some node operators need to deal with bandwith caps imposed by their ISPs. +Some node operators need to deal with bandwidth caps imposed by their ISPs. By default, bitcoin-core allows up to 125 connections to different peers, 8 of which are outbound. You can therefore, have at most 117 inbound connections. @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Keep in mind that new nodes require other nodes that are willing to serve historic blocks. **The recommended minimum is 144 blocks per day (max. 144MB per day)** +Whitelisted peers will never be disconnected, although their traffic counts for +calculating the target. + ## 2. Disable "listening" (`-listen=0`) Disabling listening will result in fewer nodes connected (remember the maximum of 8 @@ -30,6 +33,6 @@ blocks and transactions to fewer nodes. ## 3. Reduce maximum connections (`-maxconnections=<num>`) -Reducing the maximum connected nodes to a miniumum could be desirable if traffic +Reducing the maximum connected nodes to a minimum could be desirable if traffic limits are tiny. Keep in mind that bitcoin's trustless model works best if you are connected to a handful of nodes. diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 2e9cc16940..e4dcc60cff 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ This option can be specified in MiB per day and is turned off by default (`-maxuploadtarget=0`). The recommended minimum is 144 * MAX_BLOCK_SIZE (currently 144MB) per day. +Whitelisted peers will never be disconnected, although their traffic counts for +calculating the target. + A more detailed documentation about keeping traffic low can be found in [/doc/reducetraffic.md](/doc/reducetraffic.md). |