Is there a way to increase the number of wallet connections to the network? I'm connected (and synced) since last night with 16 connections. I assume the more connections, the more chances of sprouting...?
I used to max out at 16 connections, but after rebooting the laptop I run my wallets on a couple days ago I've been stuck at just 2 connections so I'm curious about this as well.
My understanding is that sprouting is like mining in a sense, and the number of connections is roughly equivalent to the inverse of ping time, so more connections means less chance of a sprout being marked stale or orphaned. So number of connections has an indirect effect on the chances of receiving a block from sprouting.