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| author | Wladimir J. van der Laan <[email protected]> | 2015-11-27 14:17:10 +0100 |
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| committer | Wladimir J. van der Laan <[email protected]> | 2015-11-27 15:07:49 +0100 |
| commit | d6454f6cb23e3af0dae84a70aee57aed54bca04b (patch) | |
| tree | 38677df791291eca1fff4d4af62a5de73ed8eca0 /doc | |
| parent | Merge pull request #7095 (diff) | |
| parent | Connect to Tor hidden services by default (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #7090
cde857f Connect to Tor hidden services by default (Peter Todd)
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diff --git a/doc/release-notes.md b/doc/release-notes.md index 7db27f9fa..009baaed5 100644 --- a/doc/release-notes.md +++ b/doc/release-notes.md @@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ mining with the getblocktemplate protocol to a pool: this will affect you at the pool operator's discretion, which must be no later than BIP65 achieving its 951/1001 status. -Automatically listen on Tor ----------------------------- +Automatically use Tor hidden services +------------------------------------- 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. @@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ Bitcoin Core has been updated to make use of this. This means that if Tor is running (and proper authorization is available), Bitcoin Core automatically creates a hidden service to listen on, without -manual configuration. This will positively affect the number of available -.onion nodes. +manual configuration. Bitcoin Core will also use Tor automatically to connect +to other .onion nodes if the control socket can be successfully opened. This +will positively affect the number of available .onion nodes and their usage. This new feature is enabled by default if Bitcoin Core is listening, and a connection to Tor can be made. It can be configured with the `-listenonion`, |