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Board Bitcoin Technical Support
Re: bind= option in bitcoin.conf
by
vv181
on 03/07/2021, 01:06:25 UTC
So adding bind=127.0.0.1 does nothing? What's the point of this setting then?

Adding bind=127.0.0.1 combined with proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 would make your Bitcoin core would only connect over Tor.

That config is to bind any Bitcoin core connection to 127.0.0.1 which it will be passed to port 8334(default tor inbound connections) and then addressed to your default bitcoin core port (8333). So it would make any connection using Tor.

These references might help u understand further:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Setting_up_a_Tor_hidden_service
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/tor.md

Correct me if I'm wrong tho, I just barely learn about bitcoin technical things.