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Re: connect bitcoin through Tor software?
by
notme
on 09/12/2011, 01:42:09 UTC
I would not recommend trying to do this.

1.) It doesn't anonymize you any more than you already are (bitcoin is already anonymous and decentralized)

2.) Bitcoin client is essentially a torrent client. You are not supposed to run this on tor--it harms anonymity and puts undue stress on the network.

3.) Using tor browsing is safe enough--your goings on will not be tracked.  If you're worried about it, use something like instawallet.

1.) A connected node could potentially identify the ip address that broadcast the transaction.
2.) Much lower bandwidth than a torrent... really not that much traffic.
3.) Instawallet is a good suggestion.  If you want to run a native client on tor anyway, and you aren't on Windows, torify is your friend.  If you run Windows, ask someone else.