How to Run Bitcoin as a Tor Hidden Service on Ubuntu

[UNsTephenk]

Found this interesting article today.

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?

[c789]

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

[Senor.Bla]

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

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.
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.

[pereira4]

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?

[Carlton Banks]

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)