I set up Bitcoin Core v0.21.1, did the initial block download and is now up to date at block 700,954. However, I see no incoming connections.

I'm not running vpn. I have bitdefender firewall on my computer that is allowing both way connection over any network.

My bitcoin.conf is set with maxconnections=20 and maxuploadtarget=3000 to limit bandwidth use.

Number of connections says 0 in and 10 out (I thought only 8 were allowed out?).

I'm unsure about this terminology. Is outgoing connection for me to get new block information from other nodes and is incoming connection for me to broadcast my own transactions out there if I were to use my full node with my hardware wallet?

Help is appreciated. Thanks.