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Clarify documentation for running a tor node
Previous wording suggested that no additional setup was required for a tor hidden service to be created.
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@ -95,12 +95,22 @@ Starting with Tor version 0.2.7.1 it is possible, through Tor's control socket
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API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically.
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Bitcoin Core has been updated to make use of this.
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This means that if Tor is running (and proper authorization is available),
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Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on, without
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manual configuration. This will positively affect the number of available
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.onion nodes.
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This means that if Tor is running (and proper authentication has been configured),
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Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on. This will positively
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affect the number of available .onion nodes.
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This new feature is enabled by default if Bitcoin Core is listening, and
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a connection to Tor can be made. It can be configured with the `-listenonion`,
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`-torcontrol` and `-torpassword` settings. To show verbose debugging
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information, pass `-debug=tor`.
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Connecting to Tor's control socket API requires one of two authentication methods to be
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configured. For cookie authentication the user running bitcoind must have write access
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to the `CookieAuthFile` specified in Tor configuration. In some cases this is
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preconfigured and the creation of a hidden service is automatic. If permission problems
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are seen with `-debug=tor` they can be resolved by adding both the user running tor and
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the user running bitcoind to the same group and setting permissions appropriately. On
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Debian-based systems the user running bitcoind can be added to the debian-tor group,
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which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use
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of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in
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Tor configuration.
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