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@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically.
Bitcoin Core has been updated to make use of this.
This means that if Tor is running (and proper authentication has been configured),
-Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively
+Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively
affect the number of available .onion nodes.
This new feature is enabled by default if Bitcoin Core is listening (`-listen`), and
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ and, if not disabled, configured using the `-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` sett
To show verbose debugging information, pass `-debug=tor`.
Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication methods to be
-configured. For cookie authentication the user running bitcoind must have write access
-to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases, this is
+configured. It also requires the control socket to be enabled, e.g. put `ControlPort 9051`
+in `torrc` config file. For cookie authentication the user running bitcoind must have read
+access to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases this is
preconfigured and the creation of a hidden service is automatic. If permission problems
are seen with `-debug=tor` they can be resolved by adding both the user running Tor and
the user running bitcoind to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On