since last week sometime (...when hard fork occured) my bitcoind client will not allow more than 8 connections via 8332... i set my config file to allow 30 (which my system has always maintained).
tldr; should i be using version 8.x when mining locally?
thanx all.
Issue #1: Bug that caused fork has been fixed. You can upgrade to 0.8.1 and mine with no problems.
Issue #2: To have Bitcoinqt maintain more than 8 connections, you have to forward port 8332 in your router. See here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128122.0