<p>I did some digging and it seems that your node will only accept incoming connections once you're completely synced.</p>
<p>Reference: <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/62510/132749">answer for post 'Checking if full node is running'</a></p>

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BearsEars
<p>I just set up Umbrel on a Raspberry Pi 4 and my internet connection is fairly lacking so the blockchain synchronization is taking a long time (currently it is at 1.65%).</p>
<p>While that's going on, I'm trying to get my Wasabi Wallet hooked up to my node. In Wasabi I've gone to Tools -&gt; Settings -&gt; Alternative Block Source for Main and entered my Umbrel hostname + port as: <code>umbrel.local:8333</code> (also tried the IP address I reserved for the device in my router settings). Unfortunately, it seems like Wasabi may not actually be connecting to my node.</p>
<p>How do I know? Well, I've ssh'ed into my Umbrel, then docker exec'ed into the bitcoind container running on there, and then ran the following:</p>
<pre><code>bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep 'inbound'
</code></pre>
<p>The output does not show any inbound peers:</p>
<pre><code>/ $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep 'inbound'
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
    &quot;inbound&quot;: false,
/ $
</code></pre>
<p>Also, I set up port forwarding on my router so the node <em>should</em> be accessible externally so I tried to confirm this by going to <a href="https://bitnodes.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bitnodes</a> and using the &quot;Check Node&quot; utility -- it reports <code>&lt;IP&gt; is unreachable</code></p>
<p>Is this normal? Will I just not see any inbound peers until I'm completely synced with the blockchain?</p>

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Should my bitcoin core node be reachable before it has fully synchronized with the block chain?
BearsEars
# Should my bitcoin core node be reachable before it has fully synchronized with the block chain?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-20)

I just set up Umbrel on a Raspberry Pi 4 and my internet connection is fairly lacking so the blockchain synchronization is taking a long time (currently it is at 1.65%).

While that's going on, I'm trying to get my Wasabi Wallet hooked up to my node. In Wasabi I've gone to Tools -> Settings -> Alternative Block Source for Main and entered my Umbrel hostname + port as: `umbrel.local:8333` (also tried the IP address I reserved for the device in my router settings). Unfortunately, it seems like Wasabi may not actually be connecting to my node.

How do I know? Well, I've ssh'ed into my Umbrel, then docker exec'ed into the bitcoind container running on there, and then ran the following:

```
bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep 'inbound'

```

The output does not show any inbound peers:

```
/ $ bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo | grep 'inbound'
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
    "inbound": false,
/ $

```

Also, I set up port forwarding on my router so the node *should* be accessible externally so I tried to confirm this by going to [Bitnodes](https://bitnodes.io/) and using the "Check Node" utility -- it reports `<IP> is unreachable`

Is this normal? Will I just not see any inbound peers until I'm completely synced with the blockchain?

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, bitcoind, wasabi-wallet, umbrel


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2022-03-21. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I did some digging and it seems that your node will only accept incoming connections once you're completely synced.

Reference: [answer for post 'Checking if full node is running'](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/62510/132749)


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