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@ -70,3 +70,18 @@ RPC.
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Bitcoin Core uses the [SAM v3.1](https://geti2p.net/en/docs/api/samv3) protocol
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to connect to the I2P network. Any I2P router that supports it can be used.
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## Ports in I2P and Bitcoin Core
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Bitcoin Core uses the [SAM v3.1](https://geti2p.net/en/docs/api/samv3)
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protocol. One particularity of SAM v3.1 is that it does not support ports,
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unlike newer versions of SAM (v3.2 and up) that do support them and default the
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port numbers to 0. From the point of view of peers that use newer versions of
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SAM or other protocols that support ports, a SAM v3.1 peer is connecting to them
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on port 0, from source port 0.
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To allow future upgrades to newer versions of SAM, Bitcoin Core sets its
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listening port to 0 when listening for incoming I2P connections and advertises
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its own I2P address with port 0. Furthermore, it will not attempt to connect to
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I2P addresses with a non-zero port number because with SAM v3.1 the destination
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port (`TO_PORT`) is always set to 0 and is not in the control of Bitcoin Core.
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