user-1: before 1st august i used to connect to 55+ nodes on my bitcoin-core, even if i kept the bitcoin-core running for 12 hours.
but after 1st of august, the connected nodes count is not going above 15-23
why is that ?
what changed on august 1st ?
i  got that number when i do
bitcoin-cli getinfo


user52021: A common cause for a node's connection count going down and staying down for a while is IP address changes: It can take a while for knowledge of the new address to percolate in the network.
Otherwise, your prior high count could just have easily been caused by an attack or spy-peers that have since stopped.
It's a bit hard to say since the expected number of peers of a listening node depends on how many other peers are in the same /16.

-1: <p>before 1st august i used to connect to <code>55+ nodes</code> on my <code>bitcoin-core</code>, even if i kept the bitcoin-core running for 12 hours.</p>

<p>but after <code>1st of august</code>, the <code>connected nodes</code> count is not going above <code>15-23</code></p>

<p>why is that ?</p>

<p>what changed on <code>august 1st</code> ?</p>

<p>i  got that number when i do</p>

<pre><code>bitcoin-cli getinfo
</code></pre>
 52021: <p>A common cause for a node's connection count going down and staying down for a while is IP address changes: It can take a while for knowledge of the new address to percolate in the network.</p>

<p>Otherwise, your prior high count could just have easily been caused by an attack or spy-peers that have since stopped.</p>

<p>It's a bit hard to say since the expected number of peers of a listening node depends on how many other peers are in the same /16.</p>
