<p>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.</p>

<p>I think there is no need to handhold bitcoind to control the connection management.</p>

<p>You could try to limit the maximum connections with <code>-maxconnections=&lt;num&gt;</code> to reduce the amount of internet traffic produce by your node.</p>

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2016-05-30T15:08:54.070Z
2016-05-30T15:08:54.070Z
Jonas Schnelli
<p>I don't know if it is a lot or a few, but I see this number of connections:</p>

<pre><code>bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo | grep connections
</code></pre>

<blockquote>
  <p>"connections": 66,</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It does not seem to get over 70, is there an in-built limit? If yes, can I tweak the limit of connections to get higher?</p>

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Is there a connections limit on bitcoind?
Vlastimil Burián
# Is there a connections limit on bitcoind?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-30)

I don't know if it is a lot or a few, but I see this number of connections:

```
bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo | grep connections

```

> "connections": 66,

It does not seem to get over 70, is there an in-built limit? If yes, can I tweak the limit of connections to get higher?

**Tags:** bitcoind, connection


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-30. Score: 9 | Accepted answer

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.

I think there is no need to handhold bitcoind to control the connection management.

You could try to limit the maximum connections with `-maxconnections=<num>` to reduce the amount of internet traffic produce by your node.


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