<p>Now there is an extra option to disable automatic connections at startup:</p>
<ol>
<li>CLI option <code>-noconnect</code></li>
<li>Configuration option: <code>noconnect=1</code></li>
</ol>

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2023-04-26T12:48:22.370Z
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Vojta Myslivec
<p>I see two approaches:</p>

<ol>
<li>Use <code>--connect &lt;hostname&gt;</code> with the hostname set to something that doesn't exist.</li>
<li>Unplug from the network.</li>
</ol>

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2013-10-08T20:34:54.197Z
-connect=0.0.0.0 should do.
Pieter Wuille
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Colin Dean
<p>I'm running Abe to create a blockchain SQL database, so I don't want the Bitcoin client to touch my copy of the blockchain at the moment. But I would like to query the blockchain with the bitcoind client. Is there a way to run bitcoind without connecting to other nodes?</p>

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2013-08-09T16:41:36.997Z
iptables on bitcoin port?
ripazha
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How to run bitcoind (command line client) without connecting to other nodes?
katriel
# How to run bitcoind (command line client) without connecting to other nodes?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-06-10)

I'm running Abe to create a blockchain SQL database, so I don't want the Bitcoin client to touch my copy of the blockchain at the moment. But I would like to query the blockchain with the bitcoind client. Is there a way to run bitcoind without connecting to other nodes?

**Tags:** blockchain, bitcoind, abe

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: iptables on bitcoin port?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2013-06-10. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

I see two approaches:

1. Use `--connect <hostname>` with the hostname set to something that doesn't exist.
2. Unplug from the network.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: -connect=0.0.0.0 should do.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-04-26. Score: 1

Now there is an extra option to disable automatic connections at startup:

1. CLI option `-noconnect`
2. Configuration option: `noconnect=1`


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