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diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index 08d031d084..65aa3ece02 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ It is possible to run Bitcoin Core as a Tor onion service, and connect to such services. -The following directions assume you have a Tor proxy running on port 9050. Many distributions default to having a SOCKS proxy listening on port 9050, but others may not. In particular, the Tor Browser Bundle defaults to listening on port 9150. See [Tor Project FAQ:TBBSocksPort](https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBSocksPort) for how to properly -configure Tor. - +The following directions assume you have a Tor proxy running on port 9050. Many distributions default to having a SOCKS proxy listening on port 9050, but others may not. In particular, the Tor Browser Bundle defaults to listening on port 9150. ## Compatibility - Starting with version 22.0, Bitcoin Core only supports Tor version 3 hidden @@ -27,8 +25,7 @@ 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. +You can use the `getnodeaddresses` RPC to fetch a number of onion peers known to your node; run `bitcoin-cli help getnodeaddresses` for details. ## 1. Run Bitcoin Core behind a Tor proxy @@ -92,19 +89,13 @@ out by default (if not, add them): ControlPort 9051 CookieAuthentication 1 CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1 +DataDirectoryGroupReadable 1 ``` Add or uncomment those, save, and restart Tor (usually `systemctl restart tor` or `sudo systemctl restart tor` on most systemd-based systems, including recent Debian and Ubuntu, or just restart the computer). -On some systems (such as Arch Linux), you may also need to add the following -line: - -``` -DataDirectoryGroupReadable 1 -``` - ### Authentication Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication |