Ethereum: Running a Bitcoin client with tor with a Debian based Linux OS

Here is an overview of how to configure a bitcoin customer using TOR with a Linux system based on Debian:

Prerequisites:

Step 1: Update the package list and install the required packages

To ensure that all the necessary packages are updated, run the following command:

Proper update

Then install the packages needed to run a bitcoin customer:

Sudo apt installation Libitcoin-Lib1 Libitcoin-RPC1 tor

Step 2: Configure Bitcoin Customer

Create a new file called bitcoin.conf in the home directory (change this’/home/$ username/.Bitcoin/bitcoin.conf) and add the following content:

[server]

Onion = true

[Portfolio]

Passhrase = your_wallet_passphrase

Replace ‘your_wallet_passphrase’ with a strong password for your bitcoin wallet.

Step 3: Start TOR

Run the following command to start TOR service:

SUDO Systemctl Start

This starts TOR and allows you to start automatically when starting.

Step 4: Configure Bitcoin to use TOR

Edit the bitcoin.conf" file with your favorite word processor (such as Nano or VIM) and add the following lines to the bottom of the file:

[onion]

Title = 127.0.0.1:9050

This will say that Bitcoin listen to the connections on port 9050, which is the door standard.

Step 5: Run the Bitcoin Customer with TOR

Run the following command to start Bitcoin Customer:

SUDO Bitcoin-QT-Onon-Title = 127.0.0.1: 9050

This starts the Bitcoin customer and connects it to the TOR network.

Tips and variations:

You can use a .torrc file instead of bitcoin.conf. This file is used by TOR to manage relationships.

To change the usual onion address, you can add the following line to bitcoin.conf:

Onion address =

Replace to the new onion address you want to use.

Tutorial Links:

You can find a tutorial about configuration of Bitcoin and Tor on Bitcoin’s official website:

Hope this helps! Tell me if you have any questions or need additional help.

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