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| id | title | original_id |
|---|---|---|
| version-1.8.0-tor | Setting up Tor with Light Client | tor |
Bitcoin-s node can connect to the p2p network over Tor.
Before setting up Bitcoin-s node to use Tor you must have Tor installed and running.
To install Tor use this command on Debian based Linux systems
sudo apt install tor
or this command to install it on Mac OS X
brew install tor
You don't need a special configuration for Tor to be a SOCKS5 proxy for a Bitcoin-s node.
However, you might want to uncomment this line in your /etc/tor/torrc (Linux) or
/usr/local/etc/tor/torrc (Mac OS X) file to prevent your Tor node from using your computer
as an exit point to the clearnet:
ExitPolicy reject *:* # no exits allowed
Start Tor on Linux machines:
sudo systemctl start tor
or Mac OS X:
brew services start tor
Next you need to enable SOCKS5 proxy support in your ~/.bitcoin-s/bitcoin-s.conf file:
bitcoin-s.node.proxy.enabled = true
See https://github.com/bitcoin-s/bitcoin-s/blob/master/db-commons/src/main/resources/reference.conf for other proxy configuration parameters.