Local node

[dialer]

I am going to install & maintain full node software on my dedicated server. It has unlimited bandwidth for my country. Is that possible to limit connections for Bitcoin Core for my country networks only? I know how to do it, the question is - will that work for Bitcoin?

I read on forum, that full node software "eats" as much as 200 GB per month. Well, that is actually goes with my tarif, but the question is still active, as I want my node to be available for my country first of all.

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[achow101]

The node would be advertised to everyone, but you could configure firewall settings to reject everyone that isn't in the ip range for your country. It will probably work, but after some time I think your node would actually not be one that people would connect to since the DNS seeds are probably would not be registering your node since they can't connect to you. Unless they are in your country.

Why would you only limit it to your country? Why not help everyone out by allowing anyone to connect?

[dialer]

Why not help everyone out by allowing anyone to connect?

Beacuse of traffic limit.

Maby limiting number of connections and connection speed for the rest world helps?

[achow101]

Why not help everyone out by allowing anyone to connect?

Beacuse of traffic limit.

Maby limiting number of connections and connection speed for the rest world helps?

Bitcoin core had a maximum number of connecting it can have. it's only allowed 8 outgoing connections and 255 total connections by default. You can of course change the maximum total connections to be higher or lower, so you don't need to block a bunch of people from connecting to you.

And limiting the connections and does does not help everyone else. It increases latency which is not very helpful.

[Newar]

It will work. How do you think it will benefit the users in your country though?

Some nodes I('ve) run are more like 500 GB/mo. YMMV.