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Title: How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu Post by: UNsTephenk on August 19, 2016, 06:05:07 PM Found this interesting article today.
https://medium.com/@lopp/how-to-run-bitcoin-as-a-tor-hidden-service-on-ubuntu-cff52d543756#.5367k8o86 (https://medium.com/@lopp/how-to-run-bitcoin-as-a-tor-hidden-service-on-ubuntu-cff52d543756#.5367k8o86) What do you guys think? Is this completely secure? Title: Re: How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu Post by: c789 on August 20, 2016, 12:13:11 AM I'm no expert on TOR, but that seems legit. Perhaps others with more technical TOR expertise will weigh in.
Until they do, make sure you're aware of these things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Weaknesses Title: Re: How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu Post by: Senor.Bla on August 20, 2016, 12:39:04 PM I'm no expert on TOR, but that seems legit. Perhaps others with more technical TOR expertise will weigh in. i second that. using TOR without having a clue can not onlx fail you in protecting your privicy, it can even activly bring you on the rader of the authorities.Until they do, make sure you're aware of these things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Weaknesses it is ilke buying an airbag and not instaling it. if the airbag just lies on the seat next to you it will not do you any good and give you a falls sens of safty. but i am here, because i actually would like to hear someone more experienced on this matter, so i give it a bump. Title: Re: How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu Post by: pereira4 on August 20, 2016, 12:45:44 PM As far as I know, after 0.12 bitcoin core release to run bitcoin core under TOR all you need is to open tor browser, and then open bitcoin core, and automatically everything will be done for you including automatically created hidden service and you are already running bitcoin under tor... so why would even need a guide?
Title: Re: How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu Post by: Carlton Banks on August 20, 2016, 04:07:30 PM An easy check for Tor connectivity is to open the Debug Window in Core (in the Help menu, or when using -disablewallet), then go to the Peers tab.
The list of IP addresses of Bitccoin nodes you're connected to displays text saying "IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, connected via IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where the x's are real IP range numbers). If you're connecting over Tor, the "via" IP will be different for each node (this is the IP of the Tor exit node used for that peer). If you're not connected over Tor, the IP will be the same for all peers connected (your actual IP, or whatever proxy is between you and the internet). If you use the onlynet=onion parameter, all peers will be Hidden Service peers only (and I think Bitcoin creates a different HS IP to connect to each peer, if memory serves correctly) |