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Title: mining via bitcoind -what version
Post by: 100%digital on March 18, 2013, 04:12:12 PM
since last week sometime (...when hard fork occured) my bitcoind client will not allow more than 8 connections via 8332... i set my config file to allow 30 (which my system has always maintained).

tldr; should i be using version 8.x when mining locally?

thanx all.


Title: Re: mining via bitcoind -what version
Post by: crazyates on March 18, 2013, 04:17:39 PM
since last week sometime (...when hard fork occured) my bitcoind client will not allow more than 8 connections via 8332... i set my config file to allow 30 (which my system has always maintained).

tldr; should i be using version 8.x when mining locally?

thanx all.

Issue #1: Bug that caused fork has been fixed. You can upgrade to 0.8.1 and mine with no problems.

Issue #2: To have Bitcoinqt maintain more than 8 connections, you have to forward port 8332 in your router. See here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128122.0


Title: Re: mining via bitcoind -what version
Post by: 100%digital on March 18, 2013, 04:22:32 PM
thanks for your reply.

issue 2: ...was resolved via restarting the computer, 15 connections and climbing... thanx for link regarding port forward, albeit not needed. " i set my config file to allow 30 (which my system has always maintained)."


Title: Re: mining via bitcoind -what version
Post by: DBG on March 19, 2013, 05:31:18 AM
Sounds like your router uses UPnP and just needed some extra motivation to open that port for you.