Operational Configuration - libbitcoin/libbitcoin-server GitHub Wiki

Default configuration is generally optimal for initial block download. Once the node is fully synchronized the following settings changes are recommended. See also initial configuration.

[network]
inbound_connections = 100
outbound_connections = 8
channel_expiration_minutes = 1440
# self = 0.0.0.0:0

Network

These settings enable more channels, giving better visibility to blocks and transactions. Also setting network.self advertises the address to peers so that the node will start to receive incoming connections.