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I'd like to know why I only get 10 connections on my full node? Is there something missing in the conf file?

$bitcoin-cli -netinfo

Bitcoin Core v0.21.0.0-7d8a10a6f - 70016/Satoshi:0.21.0/
ipv4 ipv6 onion total block-relay
in 0 0 0 0 0
out 7 0 3 10 2
total 7 0 3 10 2
Local addresses
*myadress*.onion     port   8333    score      4

my bitcoin.conf file

#Tor stuff
proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 #outgoing
listen=1 #enable download of new data
bind=127.0.0.1
deamon=1 #to run binary in background s.t. console is free
server=1 #to access deamon API
rest=1 #deamon offers web service so other tools like curl can access it
rpcuser=myuser
rpccallowip=127.0.0.1
rpcbind=127.0.0.1
maxconnections =50

Let me know if you need more info, thx!

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bind=127.0.0.1

Binding the p2p port to localhost means that it can not accept incoming connections from anywhere other than software on your own machine.

listen=1 #enable download of new data

This allows incoming connections to whatever is configured by bind, it doesn't have anything to do with downloading data yourself.

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  • Ok didn't know that thx! Unfortunately I still don't get more than 10 connections even after deleting the line from the bitcoin.conf file..
    – taway
    Commented Feb 10, 2021 at 14:49
  • Your node might not be reachable from the internet, if you using a firewall or a NAT. Even if it is reachable, it may take hours or days before other nodes start connecting to you. Commented Mar 12, 2021 at 17:37
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You can put the public address of your node in https://bitnodes.io and add monitoring. Mine gets more connections after that. Also manually add the content of known nodes, you can found here:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/master/contrib/seeds/nodes_main.txt

And here by clicking on "node list":

https://btc.cryptoid.info/btc/#!network

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