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- unify bitcoin-cli getnodeaddresses for CJDNS, I2P and Tor - remove outdated link to Tor project
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# CJDNS support in Bitcoin Core
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It is possible to run Bitcoin Core over CJDNS, an encrypted IPv6 network that
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uses public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table
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for routing.
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## What is CJDNS?
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CJDNS is like a distributed, shared VPN with multiple entry points where every
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participant can reach any other participant. All participants use addresses from
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the `fc00::/8` network (reserved IPv6 range). Installation and configuration is
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done outside of Bitcoin Core, similarly to a VPN (either in the host/OS or on
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the network router). See https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns#readme and
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https://github.com/hyperboria/docs#hyperboriadocs for more information.
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Compared to IPv4/IPv6, CJDNS provides end-to-end encryption and protects nodes
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from traffic analysis and filtering.
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Used with Tor and I2P, CJDNS is a complementary option that can enhance network
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redundancy and robustness for both the Bitcoin network and individual nodes.
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Each network has different characteristics. For instance, Tor is widely used but
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somewhat centralized. I2P connections have a source address and I2P is slow.
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CJDNS is fast but does not hide the sender and the recipient from intermediate
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routers.
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## Installing CJDNS and finding a peer to connect to the network
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To install and set up CJDNS, follow the instructions at
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https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns#how-to-install-cjdns.
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You need to initiate an outbound connection to a peer on the CJDNS network
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before it will work with your Bitcoin Core node. This is described in steps
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["2. Find a friend"](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns#2-find-a-friend) and
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["3. Connect your node to your friend's
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node"](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns#3-connect-your-node-to-your-friends-node)
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in the CJDNS documentation.
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One quick way to accomplish these two steps is to query for available public
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peers on [Hyperboria](https://github.com/hyperboria) by running the following:
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```
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git clone https://github.com/hyperboria/peers hyperboria-peers
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cd hyperboria-peers
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./testAvailable.py
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```
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For each peer, the `./testAvailable.py` script prints the filename of the peer's
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credentials followed by the ping result.
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Choose one or several peers, copy their credentials from their respective files,
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paste them into the relevant IPv4 or IPv6 "connectTo" JSON object in the
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`cjdroute.conf` file you created in step ["1. Generate a new configuration
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file"](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns#1-generate-a-new-configuration-file),
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and save the file.
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## Launching CJDNS
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Typically, CJDNS might be launched from its directory with
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`sudo ./cjdroute < cjdroute.conf` and it sheds permissions after setting up the
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[TUN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUN/TAP) interface. You may also [launch it as an
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unprivileged user](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns/blob/master/doc/non-root-user.md)
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with some additional setup.
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The network connection can be checked by running `./tools/peerStats` from the
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CJDNS directory.
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## Run Bitcoin Core with CJDNS
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Once you are connected to the CJDNS network, the following Bitcoin Core
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configuration option makes CJDNS peers automatically reachable:
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```
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-cjdnsreachable
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```
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When enabled, this option tells Bitcoin Core that it is running in an
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environment where a connection to an `fc00::/8` address will be to the CJDNS
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network instead of to an [RFC4193](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4193)
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IPv6 local network. This helps Bitcoin Core perform better address management:
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- Your node can consider incoming `fc00::/8` connections to be from the CJDNS
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network rather than from an IPv6 private one.
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- If one of your node's local addresses is `fc00::/8`, then it can choose to
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gossip that address to peers.
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## Additional configuration options related to CJDNS
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```
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-onlynet=cjdns
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```
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Make automatic outbound connections only to CJDNS addresses. Inbound and manual
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connections are not affected by this option. It can be specified multiple times
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to allow multiple networks, e.g. onlynet=cjdns, onlynet=i2p, onlynet=onion.
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CJDNS support was added to Bitcoin Core in version 23.0 and there may be fewer
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CJDNS peers than Tor or IP ones. You can use `bitcoin-cli -addrinfo` to see the
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number of CJDNS addresses known to your node.
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In general, a node can be run with both an onion service and CJDNS (or any/all
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of IPv4/IPv6/onion/I2P/CJDNS), which can provide a potential fallback if one of
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the networks has issues. There are a number of ways to configure this; see
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[doc/tor.md](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/tor.md) for
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details.
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## CJDNS-related information in Bitcoin Core
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There are several ways to see your CJDNS address in Bitcoin Core:
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- in the "Local addresses" output of CLI `-netinfo`
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- in the "localaddresses" output of RPC `getnetworkinfo`
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To see which CJDNS peers your node is connected to, use `bitcoin-cli -netinfo 4`
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or the `getpeerinfo` RPC (i.e. `bitcoin-cli getpeerinfo`).
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You can use the `getnodeaddresses` RPC to fetch a number of CJDNS peers known to your node; run `bitcoin-cli help getnodeaddresses` for details.
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