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Debian-based systems the user running bitcoind can be added to the debian-tor group,
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which has the appropriate permissions. An alternative authentication method is the use
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of the `-torpassword` flag and a `hash-password` which can be enabled and specified in
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Tor configuration.
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Tor configuration.
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4. Privacy recommendations
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- Do not add anything but bitcoin ports to the hidden service created in section 2.
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If you run a web service too, create a new hidden service for that.
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Otherwise it is trivial to link them, which may reduce privacy. Hidden
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services created automatically (as in section 3) always have only one port
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open.

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