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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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