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Improve documentation on connecting to zcash hidden server

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Jay Graber 8 years ago
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@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ your zcashd's P2P listen port (8233 by default).
In a typical situation, where you're only reachable via Tor, this should suffice:
./zcashd -proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 -externalip=abc123.onion -listen
./zcashd -proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 -externalip=zctestseie6wxgio.onion -listen
(obviously, replace the Onion address with your own). If you don't care too much
about hiding your node, and want to be reachable on IPv4 as well, additionally
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ and open port 8233 on your firewall (or use -upnp).
If you only want to use Tor to reach onion addresses, but not use it as a proxy
for normal IPv4/IPv6 communication, use:
./zcashd -onion=127.0.0.1:9050 -externalip=abc123.onion -discover
./zcashd -onion=127.0.0.1:9050 -externalip=zctestseie6wxgio.onion -discover
3. Connect to a Zcash hidden server
@ -92,13 +92,9 @@ for normal IPv4/IPv6 communication, use:
To test your set-up, you might want to try connecting via Tor to just a
a single Zcash hidden server.
Edit zcash.conf and comment out any nodes you might normally connect to.
Launch zcashd as follows, connecting to the Zcash hidden server:
#addnode=betatestnet.z.cash
Launch zcashd as follows, adding the Zcash hidden server:
zcashd -onion=127.0.0.1:9050 -addnode=zctestseie6wxgio.onion
./zcashd -onion=127.0.0.1:9050 -connect=zctestseie6wxgio.onion
Now use zcash-cli to verify there is only a single peer connection.

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