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What is meant by getnetworkinfo: networks: reachable = false

What do all the reachable: false's mean under each network? My node is connecting fine to other peers both in and out, I assume via IPv4 (since I didn't configure anything else special). Is my node ...
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How does ban score algorithm calculate ban score for a node?

Specifically I want to know, for which types of misbehaves does ban score algorithm give a ban score to a node?
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What are the extra peers.dat files?

I am restarting my bitcoin node. I noticed there are more than one peers.dat files, and many don't end in .dat. Should these be deleted? Is my node compromised? Any explanation is appreciated. Thank ...
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No inv messages from inbound nodes

I'm writing a tx relay-only node that can accept inbound connections and make outbound ones. Just for research. What I'm seeing that on inbound nodes the initial handshake completes and the connection ...
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Why does bitcoin core appear to freeze while connecting to peers on startup?

When I startup bitcoin-qt (version 0.20.1.0) on linux, at the bottom of the app is the mesage "Connecting to peers... 4 years and 10 weeks behind". It appears that things are just frozen, no ...
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Multibit HD only sees one peer

Multibit HD is only connecting with one peer. This issue randomly started a few weeks ago. Initially, I had to keep restoring my wallet to a previous date since my balance kept reverting to ...
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Max amount of peers connections on LND

I'm trying to connect to a long list of peers. I'm running a LND(0.17.0) node. My list has almost 1k peers and I can only connect to 6 of them. Is my node limiting the max connections? If so, is it ...
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Protocol version message is ignored by node

I'm trying to send a protocol version message to my node on port 8333. I found this site that explains how to send a version message from the command line. I have a C++ app that is creating the ...
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Drastic decrease in peers

Been running a standalone node on the same hardware for some years now. I run this node simply as a supportive node, unlocked bandwidth to facilitate people bootstrapping the blockchain. No settings ...
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The nmap script bitcoin-getaddr often does not return a response

For a project I need to write a scraper that sends a GetAddr request to all Bitcoin nodes. I determine the reachable nodes using the bitnodes.io API. Then I go through all the IPs and send a request ...
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How long do peers normally stay connected?

I've been experimenting with the Bitcoin protocol by trying to connect to peers and receive blocks, which has been working so far. However, often peers will close the TCP connection within a couple of ...
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Score value of my node is not rising

I'm running Bitcoin Core 0.20.1 in Debian Buster. I run the daemon behind Tor network. My current settings are: /etc/tor/torrc SOCKSPort 9005 ControlPort 9501 HiddenServiceDir/var/lib/tor/bitcoin-...
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Why not connect to all (huge amount of) nodes?

If you mine, a good network propagation time is important in case of mining-forks. I read that bitcoin only connects to 8 nodes. I would connect to many nodes as I can support to minimize my block ...
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It's October 2018. ./bitcoin-qt -reindex-chainstate takes forever. Is there a way to speed this up?

Current version: Bitcoin Core 0.16.3 I think I have a corrupted blockchain download as my VM box was shut down in the middle of syncing. Which is why I'm doing a -reindex-chainstate I have the ...
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How to set up a gateway node?

I have two nodes running in my local machine. one public facing and another connected ONLY to the public facing node. I ensure they are whitelisted and in different ports. the nodes connect just fine, ...
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How many peers does bitcoind try to connect to?

Let's say a new node try to connect to the network. Since it doesn't have any node in its peers.dat it makes a request to the DNS seeder and receives a list of addresses. Now, how many of these ...
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What is the minimum amount of network messaging needed to get the latest block hash from a node?

Reference: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_documentation#inv I want to be able to write the simplest possible script that is able to contact a Bitcoin full node (given it's IP and port) and get ...
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When does a Bitcoin Core node first start getting inbound peers?

It is my understanding that a fresh node will only make outbound connections during IBD and not advertise its own IP address, yet. Since other nodes will only advertise IP addresses that they learn ...
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How to identify bad peers that are connected to my node

How do I know if it's a bad peer? I see a lot of connections, but does the software filter out bad peers? Or is it up to me to do it? Thank you!
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