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@@ -102,6 +102,24 @@ If the watchtower's clients will need remote access, be sure to either:
- Use a proxy to direct traffic from an open port to the watchtower's listening - Use a proxy to direct traffic from an open port to the watchtower's listening
address. address.
### Tor Hidden Services
Watchtowers have tor hidden service support and can automatically generate a
hidden service on startup with the following flags:
```
🏔 lnd --tor.active --tor.v3 --watchtower.active
```
The onion address is then shown in the "uris" field when queried with `lncli tower info`:
```
...
"uris": [
"03281d603b2c5e19b8893a484eb938d7377179a9ef1a6bca4c0bcbbfc291657b63@bn2kxggzjysvsd5o3uqe4h7655u7v2ydhxzy7ea2fx26duaixlwuguad.onion:9911"
]
```
Note: *The watchtower’s public key is distinct from `lnd`’s node public key. For Note: *The watchtower’s public key is distinct from `lnd`’s node public key. For
now this acts as a soft whitelist as it requires clients to know the tower’s now this acts as a soft whitelist as it requires clients to know the tower’s
public key in order to use it for backups before more advanced whitelisting public key in order to use it for backups before more advanced whitelisting