<p>Yes, incoming connections must be allowed through port 8333. If your VPN provider allows port-forwarding, it should be configurable in your account settings.</p>

<p>See: <a href="https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#network-configuration" rel="nofollow">https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#network-configuration</a></p>

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2015-11-28T16:54:58.890Z
2015-11-28T16:54:58.890Z
naleves
<p>My ISP has blocked port 8333, due to the gigs of inbound traffic I incurred running a full node. Consequently, I would like to run a full node through VPN (specifically, OpenVPN with an OpenVPN provider).</p>

<p>Would I need to have the VPN forward port 8333?</p>

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You can try running `bitcoind -port=<another-port>` but I imagine they'll just block that port as well.
mecampbellsoup
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Running a Full Node through VPN?
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# Running a Full Node through VPN?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-27)

My ISP has blocked port 8333, due to the gigs of inbound traffic I incurred running a full node. Consequently, I would like to run a full node through VPN (specifically, OpenVPN with an OpenVPN provider).

Would I need to have the VPN forward port 8333?

**Tags:** full-node

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You can try running `bitcoind -port=<another-port>` but I imagine they'll just block that port as well.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-28. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Yes, incoming connections must be allowed through port 8333. If your VPN provider allows port-forwarding, it should be configurable in your account settings.

See: <https://bitcoin.org/en/full-node#network-configuration>


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