<p>When your client start the connection with another peer it is outbound, otherwise it is inbound.</p>

<p>If you want to be sure that your tor node is properly setup and that other peer can connect to you, check: <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Setting_up_a_Tor_hidden_service" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Setting_up_a_Tor_hidden_service</a></p>

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2019-11-07T22:21:26.457Z
This is backwards.
Claris
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2019-11-07T22:25:30.727Z
whoops, fixed it ;)
Saxtheowl
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Saxtheowl
<p>I'm running a bitcoin full node (bitcoin core) via Tor.
I noticed I have only outbound connections (using maxconnections=16 in the conf file), but not even an inbound one.
So which is exactly  the difference between inbound and outbound?
I'm able to regularly receive update tips and relay my transactions to the network however. 
Furthermore, I set the onlynet=onion option, so I should exclusively receive from and relay to onion addresses</p>

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difference between inbound and outbound connection
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# difference between inbound and outbound connection

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-07)

I'm running a bitcoin full node (bitcoin core) via Tor.
I noticed I have only outbound connections (using maxconnections=16 in the conf file), but not even an inbound one.
So which is exactly the difference between inbound and outbound?
I'm able to regularly receive update tips and relay my transactions to the network however.
Furthermore, I set the onlynet=onion option, so I should exclusively receive from and relay to onion addresses

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, network, full-node, tor, connection


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-11-07. Score: 1

When your client start the connection with another peer it is outbound, otherwise it is inbound.

If you want to be sure that your tor node is properly setup and that other peer can connect to you, check: <https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Setting_up_a_Tor_hidden_service>

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This is backwards.  
> **username_1**: whoops, fixed it ;)  

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