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@ -1437,5 +1437,52 @@ If you have any questions about configuring Bitcoin Core, please stop by
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one of our [forums](/en/bitcoin-core/help#forums) or [live
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chatrooms](/en/bitcoin-core/help#live).
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### Reduce Traffic
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Some node operators need to deal with bandwith caps imposed by their ISPs.
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By default, bitcoin-core allows up to 125 connections to different peers, 8 of
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which are outbound. You can therefore, have at most 117 inbound connections.
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The default settings can result in relatively significant traffic consumption.
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Ways to reduce traffic:
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#### Maximum Upload Targets
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{% highlight text %}
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-maxuploadtarget=<MiB per day>
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{% endhighlight %}
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A major component of the traffic is caused by serving historic blocks to other nodes
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during the initial blocks download phase (syncing up a new node).
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This option can be specified in MiB per day and is turned off by default.
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This is *not* a hard limit; only a threshold to minimize the outbound
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traffic. When the limit is about to be reached, the uploaded data is cut by no
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longer serving historic blocks (blocks older than one week).
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Keep in mind that new nodes require other nodes that are willing to serve
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historic blocks. **The recommended minimum is 144 blocks per day (max. 144MB
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per day)**
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#### Disable listening
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{% highlight text %}
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-listen=0
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{% endhighlight %}
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Disabling listening will result in fewer nodes connected (remember the maximum of 8
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outbound peers). Fewer nodes will result in less traffic usage as you are relaying
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blocks and transactions to fewer nodes.
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#### Reduce maximum connections
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{% highlight text %}
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-maxconnections=<num>
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{% endhighlight %}
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Reducing the maximum connected nodes to a miniumum could be desirable if traffic
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limits are tiny. Keep in mind that bitcoin's trustless model works best if you are
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connected to a handful of nodes.
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<script>updateToc();</script>
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