Full Node - Too few connections

[doc12]

Hi bitcoiners

recently I decided to start running a full node and bought some hardware.

So I got a NUC (N3150,Celeron QuadCore) with 8gig RAM and SSD. My connection is 30MBit/s Up - 100MBit/s Down. I`m running a Debian based OS and bitcoin core latest version compiled from GIT.

bitcoin-cli getinfo
{
  "version": 129900,
  "protocolversion": 70013,
  "blocks": 416171,
  "timeoffset": -3,
  "connections": 14,
  "proxy": "",
  "difficulty": 196061423939.65,
  "testnet": false,
  "relayfee": 0.00001000,
  "errors": "This is a pre-release test build - use at your own risk - do not use for mining or merchant applications"
}

Problem is my connection count is always low (10-16).

What could be the reason for this ? Do i forgot to configure something?

[achow101]

Problem is my connection count is always low (10-16).

What could be the reason for this ? Do i forgot to configure something?

10-16 connections is not low. There is nothing wrong with your node. You can only have a maximum of 8 outgoing connections, the rest of the connections can only happen if people want to connect to you, and clearly they are.

Your connection count will increase as your node stays online longer. If you take it on and off every day, then your connection count is going to be lower than if you leave it on.

[killerjoegreece]

most altcoins are dreaming of 16 connections your btc node is ok.

[doc12]

OK THX for the info. My node will stay online 24/7     Unfortunatly I have no static IP, so it will change every 24 hours.

Anything else I could run on my node to support the network ? e.g. Electrum server ? ideas ?

[doc12]

Problem is my connection count is always low (10-16).

What could be the reason for this ? Do i forgot to configure something?

10-16 connections is not low. There is nothing wrong with your node. You can only have a maximum of 8 outgoing connections, the rest of the connections can only happen if people want to connect to you, and clearly they are.

Your connection count will increase as your node stays online longer. If you take it on and off every day, then your connection count is going to be lower than if you leave it on.

After 5 days of running my node now has ~60 inbound connections, so everything cool, like you said  

[miguelmorales85]

After 5 days of running my node now has ~60 inbound connections, so everything cool, like you said  

Keep on supporting the network!!   

[BitcoinForumator]

I had around 10 also at first then it shot up.

[killerjoegreece]

OK THX for the info. My node will stay online 24/7     Unfortunatly I have no static IP, so it will change every 24 hours.

Anything else I could run on my node to support the network ? e.g. Electrum server ? ideas ?

im using no-ip. that seems to help a bit

[vetpet]

You actually do not need more connections. 8-16 is ok for bitcoin node. The services like blockchain.info who collect ips use up to 1000 connections, but it will harm bitcoin network if every node will use a lot of connections.