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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: anonymous3210 on April 24, 2013, 02:17 am

Title: connecting bitcoin qt through tor...
Post by: anonymous3210 on April 24, 2013, 02:17 am
okay...i read a how to on this a while back, but can't find it. i wanna run my wallet through tor.

once bitcoin qt is synced i will deleted the wallet.dat file and go to options and select connect through proxy...what address, port and socket (4 or 5) do i use? to have it only connect anonymously through tor?

then i'll reload and make a new wallet that has no connection to the clearnet...

when i click options..there is a box that says map port using UPnP, do i want a check mark on that or not?

next box is connect through socks proxy...default address is 127.0.0.1 port 9050 and either socks version 4 or 5.
Title: Re: connecting bitcoin qt through tor...
Post by: captainjojo on April 24, 2013, 02:22 am
The proxy settings are I believe as you have listed, 127.0.0.1 and port 9050 (it might be port 9051)

You can test it by starting TOR then starting your wallet and telling it to use the proxy settings.  Then unload and reload your wallet from memory.  When it restarts with the proxy settings enabled check that it shows it is connected to the bitcoin network (there should be a check mark in the bottom right corner of the window pane).

Title: Re: connecting bitcoin qt through tor...
Post by: anonymous3210 on April 24, 2013, 02:27 am
i've tried 9050 9150 8333 and no check mark...socks 4 and socks 5, every combo. i'm d/ling the most recent version of bitcoin qt now, i'll try again with that..0.7.something isn't working with those settings
Title: Re: connecting bitcoin qt through tor...
Post by: anonymous3210 on April 24, 2013, 02:41 am
I have it set to port 9150 socks 4...do i want UPnP?

tor is saying this...

Apr 23 22:28:43.964 [Warning] Your application (using socks4 to port 8333) is giving Tor only an IP address. Applications that do DNS resolves themselves may leak information. Consider using Socks4A (e.g. via privoxy or socat) instead. For more information, please see https://wiki.torproject.org/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#SOCKSAndDNS. [1 similar message(s) suppressed in last 5 seconds]

why is it saying port 8333? I don't have that entered anywhere...
Title: Re: connecting bitcoin qt through tor...
Post by: Not_A_Sheep on April 24, 2013, 02:56 am
Sorry me be trollin but this is very interesting , I didnt ever think of this, but I really should get a physical wallet soon, I think I wanna invest sorta like stocks, but just extra rainy day type money, and I would only allow the physical wallet to access the net when using public wifi hotspots
Title: Re: connecting bitcoin qt through tor...
Post by: captainjojo on April 24, 2013, 06:30 pm
To test it I just setup Bitcoin to run over my tor connection.  I set the network connection to be 'Connect Through SOCKS Proxy' and entered 127.0.0.1 for the IP and 9050 for the port using SOCKS version 5.

Restarted bitcoin and after 30 seconds or so the icon in the bottom right starting showing a small bar graph and a recycle icon.  When I hover the mouse over the icon it says:

4 Active Connections (that number should increase to 8 at some point)
Catching up (processing # of # blocks.

That's it, everything working.