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Bitcoin => Development & Technical Discussion => Topic started by: Frozenlock on March 30, 2013, 06:21:23 AM



Title: Limit upload on bitcoin-qt?
Post by: Frozenlock on March 30, 2013, 06:21:23 AM
I was wondering if there's a way to limit the upload rate on bitcoin-qt.

I want to run a full node, but I also want to make sure my webserver isn't crippled because some other peer is downloading the blockchain at full upload speed.

Oh, and I did search the forum. I know there's some 'workaround', but I'd prefer if this control was directly in the client.


Title: Re: Limit upload on bitcoin-qt?
Post by: deepceleron on March 30, 2013, 06:45:09 AM
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=100779.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=141802.0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=45221.0

In linux you can use a tool called "trickle" to limit your bandwidth like this:

Code:
trickle -u50 bitcoind

That will limit its upload to 50kb/s


Title: Re: Limit upload on bitcoin-qt?
Post by: Frozenlock on March 30, 2013, 03:35:29 PM
Hmm... that's still not in the client, but should do the trick.

Thank you very much! *Tip*