Do I need rpcport=8332 in bitcoin.conf?

[dragospirvu75x]

Hello! Do I need rpcport=8332 and rpcauth in my bitcoin.conf? Or this is only if I want to use tor?

[PawGo]

Hello! Do I need rpcport=8332 and rpcauth in my bitcoin.conf? Or this is only if I want to use tor?

This is used when you want to use any RPC client which will connect to your node (some scripts or for example electrum server).
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/API_reference_(JSON-RPC)#JSON-RPC
Then you may authenticate with username/password, or if you have all locally on one machine, you may use authentication with .cookie file from server's directory.

[dragospirvu75x]

Okay, thanks for the answer but it's too technical for me. If I want to run a full node to help the network, do I need to add these lines or it's enough server=1 and listen=1?

[PawGo]

No, you do not need.

[dragospirvu75x]

Okay, thanks for your help

[NotATether]

rpcport=8332 is hardcoded as the default value if it is not specified in the Bitcoin.conf file, so you don't need to add this line if you want to enable the JSON-RPC interface (i.e. bitcoin-cli).

[dragospirvu75x]

Okay, perfect