From 856b92faa1a9c275bfe06e9eb967b5fab0334533 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Graber Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 15:41:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Improve documentation on connecting to zcash hidden server --- doc/tor.md | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index abfa82ba1..10279417c 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ 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 +84,7 @@ 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 +93,9 @@ 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.