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Starting with Tor version 0.2.7.1 it is possible, through Tor's control socket API, to create and destroy 'ephemeral' hidden services programmatically. https://stem.torproject.org/api/control.html#stem.control.Controller.create_ephemeral_hidden_service This means that if Tor is running (and proper authorization is available), bitcoin automatically creates a hidden service to listen on, without user manual configuration. This will positively affect the number of available .onion nodes. - When the node is started, connect to Tor through control socket - Send `ADD_ONION` command - First time: - Make it create a hidden service key - Save the key in the data directory for later usage - Make it redirect port 8333 to the local port 8333 (or whatever port we're listening on). - Keep control socket connection open for as long node is running. The hidden service will (by default) automatically go away when the connection is closed.
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// Copyright (c) 2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
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// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
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// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
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/**
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* Functionality for communicating with Tor.
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*/
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#ifndef BITCOIN_TORCONTROL_H
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#define BITCOIN_TORCONTROL_H
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#include "scheduler.h"
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extern const std::string DEFAULT_TOR_CONTROL;
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static const bool DEFAULT_LISTEN_ONION = true;
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void StartTorControl(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler);
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void StopTorControl();
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#endif /* BITCOIN_TORCONTROL_H */
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