Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Are ISPs Intentionally Blocking Bitcoin?

By default, Bitcoin clients connect to other bitcoin nodes on TCP port 8333. If a user wants their Bitcoin client to connect to other nodes, they will need to allow outgoing TCP connections on port 8333, and also will need to have the ability to accept connections on that same port. Some Bitcoin users have reported issues attempting to connect or receive connections to their bitcoin clients across port 8333. After spending an entire day effortlessly trying to get a bitcoin client working from a home computer, one AT&T Uverse customer called customer support. After hours of phone calls and […]

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