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doc: update/clarify max outbound connection count
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Some node operators need to deal with bandwidth caps imposed by their ISPs.
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By default, Bitcoin Core allows up to 125 connections to different peers, 10 of
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which are outbound. You can therefore, have at most 115 inbound connections.
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Of the 10 outbound peers, there can be 8 full-relay connections and 2
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block-relay-only ones.
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By default, Bitcoin Core allows up to 125 connections to different peers, 11 of
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which are outbound. You can therefore, have at most 114 inbound connections.
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Of the 11 outbound peers, there can be 8 full-relay connections, 2
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block-relay-only ones and occasionally 1 short-lived feeler or an extra block-relay-only connection.
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The default settings can result in relatively significant traffic consumption.
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## 2. Disable "listening" (`-listen=0`)
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Disabling listening will result in fewer nodes connected (remember the maximum of 10
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Disabling listening will result in fewer nodes connected (remember the maximum of 11
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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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