user29395: I don't know if it is a lot or a few, but I see this number of connections:
bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo | grep connections


"connections": 66,

It does not seem to get over 70, is there an in-built limit? If yes, can I tweak the limit of connections to get higher?

user3697: By default, bitcoin-core allows up to 125 connections to different peers, 8 of which are outbound. You can therefore, have at most 117 inbound connections.
I think there is no need to handhold bitcoind to control the connection management.
You could try to limit the maximum connections with -maxconnections=<num> to reduce the amount of internet traffic produce by your node.

29395: <p>I don't know if it is a lot or a few, but I see this number of connections:</p>

<pre><code>bitcoin-cli getnetworkinfo | grep connections
</code></pre>

<blockquote>
  <p>"connections": 66,</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It does not seem to get over 70, is there an in-built limit? If yes, can I tweak the limit of connections to get higher?</p>
 3697: <p>By default, bitcoin-core allows up to 125 connections to different peers, 8 of which are outbound. You can therefore, have at most 117 inbound connections.</p>

<p>I think there is no need to handhold bitcoind to control the connection management.</p>

<p>You could try to limit the maximum connections with <code>-maxconnections=&lt;num&gt;</code> to reduce the amount of internet traffic produce by your node.</p>
