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Title: bitcoin-qt using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, is this normal? Post by: induktor on April 12, 2013, 10:47:33 PM Hello
Since the april 10 "crisis" :) I have noted that bitcoin-qt wallet is using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, almost 90% of my capacity I have between 20 and 60 connections to the bitcoin network, any idea if this is normal? If I shutdown bitcoin-qt the traffic stops. is there is any way to limit the outgoing bandwidth that it uses? I have no problem helping bitcoin network but when I am unable to work because of low remaining bandwidth is another matter :) thanks Indkt. Title: Re: bitcoin-qt using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, is this normal? Post by: grue on April 13, 2013, 12:58:17 AM this has already been discussed.
tl;dr summary: it's normal, there's no built-in way of controlling it. partial solution involves setting the connection count to something low. Title: Re: bitcoin-qt using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, is this normal? Post by: induktor on April 13, 2013, 11:54:42 AM THank you for answer
Do you remember where it was discussed?, because I can't find it. The connection count, where can I set it?, there are not configuration files for the wallet (at least I cannot find any), the other option is to disable the port forward, that should decrease the amount of people connecting to me, but this is harmful to the comunity and I prefer not to do that. thanks indkt. Title: Re: bitcoin-qt using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, is this normal? Post by: crazy573 on April 13, 2013, 12:00:43 PM https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Running_Bitcoin)
Bitcoin.conf->maxconnections Title: Re: bitcoin-qt using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, is this normal? Post by: induktor on April 13, 2013, 12:02:50 PM ;D
Will do it right now! Thank you! indkt. Title: Re: bitcoin-qt using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, is this normal? Post by: Kluge on April 13, 2013, 12:10:26 PM Someone's gotta distribute that fucking blockchain!
Maxconnections and disabling port forwarding is a pretty crude solution. If you're trying to use the Internet outside of hosting the blockchain, you could download a program like NetLimiter and set bandwidth caps either on the program or on the specific peers. Unfortunately, though, Bitcoin itself does not currently have this functionality. Title: Re: bitcoin-qt using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, is this normal? Post by: Melonhead on April 21, 2013, 12:57:17 AM Hello Since the april 10 "crisis" :) I have noted that bitcoin-qt wallet is using a lot of outgoing bandwidth, almost 90% of my capacity I have between 20 and 60 connections to the bitcoin network, any idea if this is normal? If I shutdown bitcoin-qt the traffic stops. is there is any way to limit the outgoing bandwidth that it uses? I have no problem helping bitcoin network but when I am unable to work because of low remaining bandwidth is another matter :) thanks Indkt. Sounds normal. I usually hover between 50 and 60 connections, but I limit my entire network outgoing bandwidth in my router (my ipcop linux box, actually) to 500kbps. I leave my machine on 24x7. |