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Re: How is it possible to measure the amount of nodes that are just "listening" ?
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achow101
on 29/10/2017, 17:46:46 UTC
⭐ Merited by ETFbitcoin (1)
So a non-listening node will forward blocks? Even if the user hasn't opened the port?
Yes. Listening and non-listening nodes do exactly the same thing. They still send and receive blocks and transactions from their peers and will relay blocks and transactions to their peers. The only difference is that listening nodes allow other nodes to make the connection to it. The name inboud only means that someone else initiated the connection. The name outbound only means that you initiated the connection. Otherwise both connection types are exactly the same and the nodes do exactly the same things with both connection types.