*** Warning: This document has not been updated for Zcash and may be inaccurate. ***
*** Warning: Do not assume Tor support does the correct thing in Zcash; better Tor support is a future feature goal. ***
TOR SUPPORT IN BITCOIN
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TOR SUPPORT IN ZCASH
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It is possible to run Bitcoin as a Tor hidden service, and connect to such services.
It is possible to run Zcash as a Tor hidden 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 a random port. See [Tor Project FAQ:TBBSocksPort](https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBSocksPort) for how to properly
configure Tor.
1. Run bitcoin behind a Tor proxy
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1. Run Zcash behind a Tor proxy
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The first step is running Bitcoin behind a Tor proxy. This will already make all
The first step is running Zcash behind a Tor proxy. This will already make all
outgoing connections be anonymized, but more is possible.
-proxy=ip:port Set the proxy server. If SOCKS5 is selected (default), this proxy
@ -35,27 +33,27 @@ outgoing connections be anonymized, but more is possible.
In a typical situation, this suffices to run behind a Tor proxy:
./bitcoin -proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
./zcashd -proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
2. Run a bitcoin hidden server
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2. Run a Zcash hidden server
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If you configure your Tor system accordingly, it is possible to make your node also
reachable from the Tor network. Add these lines to your /etc/tor/torrc (or equivalent
config file):
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/bitcoin-service/
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/zcash-service/
HiddenServicePort 8233 127.0.0.1:8233
HiddenServicePort 18233 127.0.0.1:18233
The directory can be different of course, but (both) port numbers should be equal to
your bitcoind's P2P listen port (8233 by default).
your zcashd's P2P listen port (8233 by default).
-externalip=X You can tell bitcoin about its publicly reachable address using
-externalip=X You can tell Zcash about its publicly reachable address using
this option, and this can be a .onion address. Given the above
configuration, you can find your onion address in
/var/lib/tor/bitcoin-service/hostname. Onion addresses are given
/var/lib/tor/zcash-service/hostname. Onion addresses are given
preference for your node to advertize itself with, for connections
coming from unroutable addresses (such as 127.0.0.1, where the
Tor proxy typically runs).
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In a typical situation, where you're only reachable via Tor, this should suffice:
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