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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Technical Support => Topic started by: HITTI2 on June 02, 2017, 10:53:11 AM



Title: conf?
Post by: HITTI2 on June 02, 2017, 10:53:11 AM
In my bitcoin config, I have

Code:
bitcoind -dns -addnode=https://bitnodes.21.co/nodes/?q=amazon.com
bitcoind -dns -addnode=bitcoin.moneypot.com
bitcoind -dns -addnode=bitcoin.coinprism.com
bitcoind -dns -addnode=btcnode1.evolyn.net
bitcoind -dns -addnode=InductiveSoul.US
bitcoind -dns -addnode=144.76.39.233
bitcoind -dns -addnode=85.25.117.15
bitcoind -dns -addnode=107.174.34.78
bitcoind -dns -addnode=64.34.231.140
bitcoind -dns -addnode=195.192.232.247
bitcoind -dns -addnode=193.234.198.254
bitcoind -dns -addnode=5.189.167.10
bitcoind -dns -addnode=150.162.34.140
bitcoind -dns -addnode=178.150.93.171
bitcoind -dns -addnode=104.207.128.55
bitcoind -dns -addnode=217.73.144.49
bitcoind -dns -addnode=206.174.55.164
bitcoind -dns -addnode=194.14.246.200
bitcoind -dns -addnode=213.239.212.78
bitcoind -dns -addnode=213.136.87.55
maxconnections=max

Is bitcoind mandatory?


Title: Re: conf?
Post by: HITTI2 on June 02, 2017, 10:55:50 AM
It's taking forever to sync 6 hours of blockchain.


Title: Re: conf?
Post by: ranochigo on June 02, 2017, 11:01:30 AM
In your bitcoin.conf, you don't have to include bitcoind. To addnodes, you just have to put
Code:
addnode=(IP)
.

If the bottleneck is the verification of blocks(likely), you probably won't get much gain. Also, Bitcoin Core only allows up to 8 outbound connections.