Have one in full or just part?

[joker_josue]

I have been using NordVPN which has the ability to connect to an onion server. I've already managed to access onion addresses, in Chrome.

And FWIW, accessing onion address without Tor Browser offer less privacy since your browser have unique fingerprint.

At the risk of being slightly off-topic: I wouldn't use .onion sites on a normal browser through a third party. It has none of the benefits and all of the drawbacks of using Tor. Just Download Tor Browser for this.

Not generating much offtopic, I just used this NordVPN function for testing purposes.

Now, in the case of Bitcoin Core, the IP that appears in the Tor connection option is already the same as the one used by the Tor browser, is that it?

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[LoyceV]

Now, in the case of Bitcoin Core, the IP that appears in the Tor connection option is already the same as the one used by the Tor browser, is that it?

Do you mean 127.0.0.1? That's localhost, your own computer.

[philipma1957]

My 1 TB NTFS formatted external SSD used exclusively to hold full blockchains from both mainnet and testnet has only ~ 367 GB left to be full , so probably in half of year I will think about acquiring new SSD drive with capacity of 2 TB.

No rush: you have about 3 years left before it's full.

yeah unless we go with a lot of ordinals  but right now good ssd's are cheap.


https://www.newegg.com/samsung-t7-shield-2tb/p/N82E16820147838

I was liking external Samsung's for my Mac mini's but apple went and fucked up the Mac mini's with the m1 and m2 chips.

My refurbed Asus linux laptop is happy with the 2tb crucial I got for only 85 bucks with tax.

It will last a while before it is filled.

[joker_josue]

Now, in the case of Bitcoin Core, the IP that appears in the Tor connection option is already the same as the one used by the Tor browser, is that it?

Do you mean 127.0.0.1? That's localhost, your own computer.

Well... So what is the IP that is placed in this field? Do I have to install Tor?

Sorry for the questions, I'm not a Tor expert. 

[seek3r]

Well... So what is the IP that is placed in this field? Do I have to install Tor?

Sorry for the questions, I'm not a Tor expert. 

Yes first of all you have to install Tor.
After that go to the settings/configurations on Bitcoin Core where you found ur localhost ip. Depending on ur setup of the tor service you have to add the port. Usually its '9050' with the default configuration.

What you are simply doing:
When you put ur localhost ip (127.0.0.1) in the IP-field you are telling Bitcoin Core to connect to the Tor-service that is running on ur system.

[LoyceV]

To add: for using the Tor browser, you don't need to install a separate Tor client. It's all included in the browser. Just like Unstoppable Wallet on Android has everything it needs to connect through Tor already.
I guess Bitcoin Core sticks to the basics, and doesn't add anything that can be handled outside Bitcoin Core. That makes sense, it's just more work.

[ABCbits]

To add: for using the Tor browser, you don't need to install a separate Tor client. It's all included in the browser. Just like Unstoppable Wallet on Android has everything it needs to connect through Tor already.
I guess Bitcoin Core sticks to the basics, and doesn't add anything that can be handled outside Bitcoin Core. That makes sense, it's just more work.

That works, although there are few things to note,
1. The port opened by Tor Browser is 9150, not 9050. I don't remember whether mobile version have same behavior though.
2. Make sure Tor Browser already opened and connected.
3. For mobile device, you also can use Orbot.

[joker_josue]

Speaking of mobile versions, is there the possibility of setting up a Bitcoin node on a mobile device (Android/iOS)?

[seek3r]

Speaking of mobile versions, is there the possibility of setting up a Bitcoin node on a mobile device (Android/iOS)?

Which OS do you prefer? For iOS you could use 'Fully Noded' from the app-store. (https://github.com/Fonta1n3/FullyNoded/)
This app is a bitcoin wallet which is completely powered by ur own node via tor. But its not a full node by itself, it 'just' interfaces with ur own personal node. Not sure if you are looking for thus.

Even though mobile devices are getting more and more memory and power, you simply can't compare it to a desktop or a server running a node, especially in terms of capacity, processing power or the connectivity to the network which are all important things for running a node successfully.


I just checked again to see if there might be an option on Android devices. In fact, there should be project ABCore (https://github.com/greenaddress/abcore), which allows you to run a full node on an Android device. But I have zero knowledge with this system - might be worth to look into dat.

[LoyceV]

Speaking of mobile versions, is there the possibility of setting up a Bitcoin node on a mobile device (Android/iOS)?

There's even one in the Play Store, but reviews aren't promising.

I don't really see the point of doing this. It's much better to connect a mobile wallet to your own node. Or even it's default node. I wouldn't want 550 GB on my mobile, even if it has enough storage, bandwidth and processing power.

[joker_josue]

Speaking of mobile versions, is there the possibility of setting up a Bitcoin node on a mobile device (Android/iOS)?

There's even one in the Play Store, but reviews aren't promising.

I don't really see the point of doing this. It's much better to connect a mobile wallet to your own node. Or even it's default node. I wouldn't want 550 GB on my mobile, even if it has enough storage, bandwidth and processing power.

Unless the person uses an old cell phone, with an SD card to store the node.

But, I asked out of curiosity, because I agree that a node should be installed on a desktop or server.

[LoyceV]

But, I asked out of curiosity

Out of curiosity a lot is possible You can install a Linux shell on your phone, and start from there. Compile it from source.
I wouldn't use a very old phone, you're going to need enough RAM. I'd say give it a few years, storage capacity increases faster than the blockchain size.

[BlackHatCoiner]

I'd absolutely avoid running a pruned node if I'd have been running a business. If you go pruned, you should expect that Bitcoin database might corrupt and you'll have to re-index. While it is trivial to do that with a non-pruned node, you'd need to request downloading every single block all over again in pruned mode. It is also useful for a business to be flexible with the blockchain, with stuff such as lightning nodes and block explorers, which are designed to work on non-pruned nodes.