Quote from: Cricktor on April 28, 2024, 05:15:59 PM

Have a look into the debug.log file (the standard location is in the data directory of Bitcoin Core which on Windows should be %APPDATA%\Bitcoin\). When the node starts the log entries start off with lines like:

Code:

2024-04-20T10:33:38Z Bitcoin Core version v26.0.0 (release build)
...

After some lines and

Code:

...
2024-04-20T11:06:52Z init message: Done loading
...

you might find a line like this near the above "init message: Done loading" entry

Code:

2024-04-20T11:06:52Z [tor] Got service ID <redacted to preserve privacy>, advertising service <redacted to preserve privacy>.onion:8333

You should see there the onion address of your node.

You can also execute in a command line window bitcoin-cli.exe getnetworkinfo or getnetworkinfo in the console tab of the Bitcoin Core GUI window. The mostly last record of the above command's output for "localaddresses" also contains your local .onion address.

Appreciate the reply sir but Ive tried all that. Here is my entire node start from debug

Code:

2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Bitcoin Core version v25.0.0 (release build)
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -proxy set -> setting -upnp=0
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -proxy set -> setting -natpmp=0
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -proxy set -> setting -discover=0
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z InitParameterInteraction: parameter interaction: -onlynet excludes IPv4 and IPv6 -> setting -dnsseed=0
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Qt 5.15.5 (static), plugin=windows (static)
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Static plugins:
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z QWindowsIntegrationPlugin, version 331520
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z QWindowsVistaStylePlugin, version 331520
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Style: windowsvista / QWindowsVistaStyle
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z System: Windows 10 Version 2009, x86_64-little_endian-llp64
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Screen: \\.\DISPLAY2 1280x720, pixel ratio=3.0
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Using the 'x86_shani(1way,2way)' SHA256 implementation
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Using RdSeed as an additional entropy source
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z Using RdRand as an additional entropy source
2024-04-29T06:46:08Z GUI: "registerShutdownBlockReason: Successfully registered: Bitcoin Core didn't yet exit safely…"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Default data directory C:\Users\Taconator3000\AppData\Roaming\Bitcoin
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using data directory D:\
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file: D:\bitcoin.conf
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: disablewallet="0"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: listen="1"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: listenonion="1"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: onion="127.0.0.1:9050"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: onlynet="onion"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: proxy="127.0.0.1:9050"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: proxyrandomize="1"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: rpcauth=****
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: rpcpassword=****
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: rpcport="8332"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: rpcuser=****
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config file arg: server="1"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Setting file arg: dbcache = "4096"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Setting file arg: onion = "127.0.0.1:9050"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Setting file arg: par = "15"
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Setting file arg: server = true
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using at most 125 automatic connections (2048 file descriptors available)
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for signature cache, able to store 524288 elements
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using 16 MiB out of 16 MiB requested for script execution cache, able to store 524288 elements
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Script verification uses 14 additional threads
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z scheduler thread start
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Binding RPC on address ::1 port 8332
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Binding RPC on address 127.0.0.1 port 8332
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z [http] creating work queue of depth 16
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Config options rpcuser and rpcpassword will soon be deprecated. Locally-run instances may remove rpcuser to use cookie-based auth, or may be replaced with rpcauth. Please see share/rpcauth for rpcauth auth generation.
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using rpcauth authentication.
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z [http] starting 4 worker threads
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using wallet directory D:\
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z init message: Verifying wallet(s)…
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using /16 prefix for IP bucketing
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z init message: Loading P2P addresses…
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Loaded 65238 addresses from peers.dat 156ms
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z init message: Loading banlist…
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z SetNetworkActive: true
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Cache configuration:
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z * Using 2.0 MiB for block index database
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z * Using 8.0 MiB for chain state database
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z * Using 4086.0 MiB for in-memory UTXO set (plus up to 286.1 MiB of unused mempool space)
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z init message: Loading block index…
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Assuming ancestors of block 000000000000000000035c3f0d31e71a5ee24c5aaf3354689f65bd7b07dee632 have valid signatures.
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Setting nMinimumChainWork=000000000000000000000000000000000000000044a50fe819c39ad624021859
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Opening LevelDB in D:\blocks\index
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Opened LevelDB successfully
2024-04-29T06:46:09Z Using obfuscation key for D:\blocks\index: 0000000000000000
2024-04-29T06:46:13Z LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file = 4259
2024-04-29T06:46:13Z LoadBlockIndexDB: last block file info: CBlockFileInfo(blocks=26, size=41623023, heights=841308...841333, time=2024-04-29...2024-04-29)
2024-04-29T06:46:13Z Checking all blk files are present...
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Initializing chainstate Chainstate [ibd] @ height -1 (null)
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Opening LevelDB in D:\chainstate
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Opened LevelDB successfully
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Using obfuscation key for D:\chainstate: 51f7db2fd055050b
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Loaded best chain: hashBestChain=000000000000000000018491979607466dd7e90253234970fe856324e1a1b97c height=841333 date=2024-04-29T06:28:43Z progress=0.999996
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z [snapshot] allocating all cache to the IBD chainstate
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Opening LevelDB in D:\chainstate
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Opened LevelDB successfully
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Using obfuscation key for D:\chainstate: 51f7db2fd055050b
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z [Chainstate [ibd] @ height 841333 (000000000000000000018491979607466dd7e90253234970fe856324e1a1b97c)] resized coinsdb cache to 8.0 MiB
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z [Chainstate [ibd] @ height 841333 (000000000000000000018491979607466dd7e90253234970fe856324e1a1b97c)] resized coinstip cache to 4086.0 MiB
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z init message: Verifying blocks…
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Verifying last 6 blocks at level 3
2024-04-29T06:48:10Z Verification progress: 0%
2024-04-29T06:48:11Z Verification progress: 16%
2024-04-29T06:48:11Z Verification progress: 33%
2024-04-29T06:48:12Z Verification progress: 50%
2024-04-29T06:48:12Z Verification progress: 66%
2024-04-29T06:48:12Z Verification progress: 83%
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Verification progress: 99%
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Verification: No coin database inconsistencies in last 6 blocks (16005 transactions)
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z block index 123741ms
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Setting NODE_NETWORK on non-prune mode
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z block tree size = 841334
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z nBestHeight = 841333
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z loadblk thread start
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z torcontrol thread start
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Leaving InitialBlockDownload (latching to false)
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Bound to 127.0.0.1:8334
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Bound to [::]:8333
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Bound to 0.0.0.0:8333
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z Loaded 2 addresses from "anchors.dat"
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z 2 block-relay-only anchors will be tried for connections.
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z init message: Starting network threads…
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z net thread start
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z DNS seeding disabled
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z addcon thread start
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z opencon thread start
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z msghand thread start
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z init message: Done loading
2024-04-29T06:48:13Z GUI: Platform customization: "windows"
2024-04-29T06:48:25Z New outbound peer connected: version: 70016, blocks=841334, peer=0 (block-relay-only)
2024-04-29T06:48:28Z Saw new header hash=000000000000000000032e1cecf170a76757b9bad0c114255dde54839f4e890d height=841334

getnetworkinfo in console

Code:

{
"version": 250000,
"subversion": "/Satoshi:25.0.0/",
"protocolversion": 70016,
"localservices": "0000000000000409",
"localservicesnames": [
"NETWORK",
"WITNESS",
"NETWORK_LIMITED"
],
"localrelay": true,
"timeoffset": -1,
"networkactive": true,
"connections": 10,
"connections_in": 0,
"connections_out": 10,
"networks": [
{
"name": "ipv4",
"limited": true,
"reachable": false,
"proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050",
"proxy_randomize_credentials": true
},
{
"name": "ipv6",
"limited": true,
"reachable": false,
"proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050",
"proxy_randomize_credentials": true
},
{
"name": "onion",
"limited": false,
"reachable": true,
"proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050",
"proxy_randomize_credentials": true
},
{
"name": "i2p",
"limited": true,
"reachable": false,
"proxy": "",
"proxy_randomize_credentials": false
},
{
"name": "cjdns",
"limited": true,
"reachable": false,
"proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050",
"proxy_randomize_credentials": true
}
],
"relayfee": 0.00001000,
"incrementalfee": 0.00001000,
"localaddresses": [
],
"warnings": ""
}

I tried

Code:

bitcoin-qt.exe getnetworkinfo

in command prompt but that only started bitcoin core?

Here is my peers window showing onion outbound connections

https://talkimg.com/images/2024/04/29/rGtb3.png

Anyone got any ideas why my tor hidden service is really hidden? Huh