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doc: update docs for Tor listening

- add new data directory files for 0.12 to doc/files.md
- mention torcontrol in doc/tor.md
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Wladimir J. van der Laan 9 years ago
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* fee_estimates.dat: stores statistics used to estimate minimum transaction fees and priorities required for confirmation
* peers.dat: peer IP address database (custom format)
* wallet.dat: personal wallet (BDB) with keys and transactions
* .cookie: session RPC authentication cookie (written at start when cookie authentication is used, deleted on shutdown): since 0.12.0
* onion_private_key: cached Tor hidden service private key for `-listenonion`: since 0.12.0

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./zcashd -onion=127.0.0.1:9050 -externalip=zctestseie6wxgio.onion -discover
3. Connect to a Zcash hidden server
3. Automatically listen on Tor
--------------------------------
Starting with Tor version 0.2.7.1 it is possible, through Tor's control socket
API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically.
Zcash has been updated to make use of this.
This means that if Tor is running (and proper authorization is available),
Zcash automatically creates a hidden service to listen on, without
manual configuration. This will positively affect the number of available
.onion nodes.
This new feature is enabled by default if Zcash is listening, and
a connection to Tor can be made. It can be configured with the `-listenonion`,
`-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` settings. To show verbose debugging
information, pass `-debug=tor`.
4. Connect to a Zcash hidden server
-----------------------------------
To test your set-up, you might want to try connecting via Tor on a different computer to just a

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