diff --git a/en/full-node.md b/en/full-node.md index 15589083..b2196173 100644 --- a/en/full-node.md +++ b/en/full-node.md @@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ blocks could be served to other nodes. ### 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. @@ -1351,9 +1351,28 @@ blocks and transactions to fewer nodes. -maxconnections= {% endhighlight %} -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. +#### Blocks-only mode + +{% highlight text %} +-blocksonly +{% endhighlight %} + +{% comment %}update-if-segwit: change max bandwidth amounts{% endcomment %} + +Causes your node to stop requesting and relaying transactions unless they are +part of a block and also disables listening as described above. + +This reduces your node's bandwidth to the absolute minimum necessary to stay +synchronized with the network, about 150 megabytes incoming data per day and +about 1 megabyte of outgoing data per day, but it does mean that your node +won't see incoming transactions until they've received at least one confirmation. + +You will still be able to send transactions from the built-in wallet or from +peers you've whitelisted using the `-whitelist` parameter. +