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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: guest321 on February 02, 2012, 08:43 am

Title: Using Bitcoin-qt with Tails Distro
Post by: guest321 on February 02, 2012, 08:43 am
Hi folks, I would like to use bitcoin-qt qith tails and storeing the bitcoin application and data file on a separate  encrypted USB drive using truecrypt.

bitcoin-qt runs fine but it can't sync with the network. Any idea why and what I need to do to get it to connect?
Title: Re: Using Bitcoin-qt with Tails Distro
Post by: guest321 on February 02, 2012, 08:54 am
Figured it out.

I had to change the options and tick "Connect through SOCKS4 proxy:"

The default 127.0.0.1:9050 works fine.