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diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index d23d8a1810..08d031d084 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ configure Tor. ## How to see information about your Tor configuration via Bitcoin Core There are several ways to see your local onion address in Bitcoin Core: -- in the debug log (grep for "tor:" or "AddLocal") -- in the output of RPC `getnetworkinfo` in the "localaddresses" section -- in the output of the CLI `-netinfo` peer connections dashboard +- in the "Local addresses" output of CLI `-netinfo` +- in the "localaddresses" output of RPC `getnetworkinfo` +- in the debug log (grep for "AddLocal"; the Tor address ends in `.onion`) You may set the `-debug=tor` config logging option to have additional information in the debug log about your Tor configuration. @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ CLI `-addrinfo` returns the number of addresses known to your node per network. This can be useful to see how many onion peers your node knows, e.g. for `-onlynet=onion`. +To fetch a number of onion addresses that your node knows, for example seven +addresses, use the `getnodeaddresses 7 onion` RPC. + ## 1. Run Bitcoin Core behind a Tor proxy The first step is running Bitcoin Core behind a Tor proxy. This will already anonymize all @@ -55,14 +58,10 @@ outgoing connections, but more is possible. -seednode=X SOCKS5. In Tor mode, such addresses can also be exchanged with other P2P nodes. - -onlynet=onion Make outgoing connections only to .onion addresses. Incoming - connections are not affected by this option. This option can be - specified multiple times to allow multiple network types, e.g. - onlynet=ipv4, onlynet=ipv6, onlynet=onion, onlynet=i2p. - Warning: if you use -onlynet with values other than onion, and - the -onion or -proxy option is set, then outgoing onion - connections will still be made; use -noonion or -onion=0 to - disable outbound onion connections in this case. + -onlynet=onion Make automatic outbound connections only to .onion addresses. + Inbound and manual connections are not affected by this option. + It can be specified multiple times to allow multiple networks, + e.g. onlynet=onion, onlynet=i2p, onlynet=cjdns. In a typical situation, this suffices to run behind a Tor proxy: |