From 3bb0fb7920f0d495e834cb71764b60ec86ca25ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Vrouwe <s_github@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:47:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] p2p doc: in bitcoin.conf maxconnections should be >11, fixes
 #429

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 doc/usage.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/usage.md b/doc/usage.md
index d29c4d324..98a22bb92 100644
--- a/doc/usage.md
+++ b/doc/usage.md
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ If you use automated systems, refer to their documentation first!
 
 Pruning must be turned **off** for `electrs` to work.
 `txindex` is allowed but unnecessary for `electrs`.
-However, you might still need it if you run other services (e.g.`eclair`)
+However, you might still need it if you run other services (e.g.`eclair`).
+The option `maxconnections` (if used) should be set to 12 or more for bitcoind to accept inbound p2p connections.
 
 The highly recommended way of authenticating `electrs` is using cookie file.
 It's the most [secure](https://github.com/Kixunil/security_writings/blob/master/cookie_files.md) and robust method.