Registered · Cross-platform

8333 Bitcoin

TCP Unofficial
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Bitcoin P2P network.

When / why

Cryptocurrency node peering.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 8333

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto tcp from <source> to any port 8333

Allow TCP 8333 (Bitcoin). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="8333" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 8333 (Bitcoin) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 8333 accept

Allow TCP 8333 (Bitcoin). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 8333 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 8333 (Bitcoin). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-bitcoin-8333 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 8333

Inbound rule for 8333 (Bitcoin). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=tcp,FromPort=8333,ToPort=8333,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 8333 (Bitcoin). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-bitcoin-8333 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:8333 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 8333 (Bitcoin). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Bitcoin 8333/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=8333 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 8333 (Bitcoin). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Bitcoin 8333/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 8333 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 8333 (Bitcoin). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.