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Bitcoin Privacy Howto ===================== How to take control over your digital financial freedom. `$sudo apt-get install tor` or `$brew install tor`
by hkjgkjy 10y ago
Bitcoin Privacy Howto
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How to take control over your digital financial freedom.
`$sudo apt-get install tor` or `$brew install tor`
Set it to launch on login.
macOS:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>org.torproject.tor</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/tor</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Save that script in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.torproject.tor.plist
Debian or other Linuxes (or systems) I don't know - would love to read in child comments.
Set your bitcoin client (I know Electrum and Bitcoin-QT at least can, probably others as well) to connect via a Socks-5 proxy to localhost:9050.
In Electrum I set it to connect to a .onion server as well.
Keep the wallets that you spend on things that can be tied to you (like whatever business replaces amazon shopping) separate from the wallets you spend from in privacy.
- hkjgkjy 10y agoIf anyone is reading this thread I'd be very curious to know why a guide on how to run Bitcoin over Tor is downvoted on a website with "Hacker" in it's name.