By running Bitcoin Core in the background, your computer acts as a “full node”, forwarding new transactions, providing blocks to other nodes, and generally helping keep the Bitcoin network healthy.
In this article, we will learn how to limit the outgoing bandwidth of Bitcoin Core (formerly Bitcoin-qt), so we can leave it listening in the background without completely saturating our internet connection.įor many of us, leaving Bitcoin Core running isn’t just a way for us to keep tabs on incoming bitcoin transactions, but a way to contribute resources to the Bitcoin network.
