connmgr ======= [](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/actions) [](http://copyfree.org) [](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/btcsuite/btcd/connmgr) Package connmgr implements a generic Bitcoin network connection manager. ## Overview Connection Manager handles all the general connection concerns such as maintaining a set number of outbound connections, sourcing peers, banning, limiting max connections, tor lookup, etc. The package provides a generic connection manager which is able to accept connection requests from a source or a set of given addresses, dial them and notify the caller on connections. The main intended use is to initialize a pool of active connections and maintain them to remain connected to the P2P network. In addition the connection manager provides the following utilities: - Notifications on connections or disconnections - Handle failures and retry new addresses from the source - Connect only to specified addresses - Permanent connections with increasing backoff retry timers - Disconnect or Remove an established connection ## Installation and Updating ```bash $ go get -u github.com/btcsuite/btcd/connmgr ``` ## License Package connmgr is licensed under the [copyfree](http://copyfree.org) ISC License.