diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md index 8fe87bdde63..ccf8a226eec 100644 --- a/doc/tor.md +++ b/doc/tor.md @@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ It is possible to run Bitcoin Core as a Tor onion service, and connect to such s The following directions assume you have a Tor proxy running on port 9050. Many distributions default to having a SOCKS proxy listening on port 9050, but others may not. In particular, the Tor Browser Bundle defaults to listening on port 9150. See [Tor Project FAQ:TBBSocksPort](https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#TBBSocksPort) for how to properly configure Tor. +## How to see information about your Tor configuration via Bitcoin Core + +There are several ways to see your local onion address in Bitcoin Core: +- in the debug log (grep for "tor:" or "AddLocal") +- in the output of RPC `getnetworkinfo` in the "localaddresses" section +- in the output of the CLI `-netinfo` peer connections dashboard + +You may set the `-debug=tor` config logging option to have additional +information in the debug log about your Tor configuration. + ## 1. Run Bitcoin Core behind a Tor proxy