Add More Connection Options

[HardenedSteel]

User may want don't use Tor and may use proxy but it's not possible. That feature would be useful

[ghost]

Perhaps I2P/i2pd support could be an option too for the future.

[tehradamant]

I would also like to request more options. My country actively blocks tor and the only way I can connect is by requesting bridges from tor. I'd like to have an ability to enter said bridges and also it would be nice to have a feature to use a proxy. As of right now I literally can't even try to use this wallet at all.

[tobtoht]

Thanks for the feedback. I will look into adding support for bridges.

As of right now I literally can't even try to use this wallet at all.

You can connect to nodes and sync your wallet without Tor if you click the Tor icon in the statusbar and select "Route all traffic over Tor, except traffic to node". Some wallet functionality that depends on the websocket onion service will not work, however.

[WofWca]

Regarding Tor bridges:

• Workaround: launch Tor Browser (with bridges set up), and in the Feather wallet's Tor settings check "Never start bundled Tor" and set port to 9150, like so:

  

  I believe this will share the Tor Browser session with a Feather wallet session. I don't know if it affects privacy in other ways.

• I have tried to add the bridges to the torrc file that Feather wallet tries to look up, but it said something like "pluggable transport obfs4 is not supported".

[HardenedSteel]

Just tested and you can use Feather wallet with I2P by following this guide: http://a6oqn7gevseuek3akchgzzjkf5qkh5pdj56jjlqtuynsj2krg7wq.b32.i2p/

[maltfield]

One of the reasons I prefer Feather over other wallets is because I can trust that it won't send private information out without Tor. If you're going to allow Tor to be bypassed, then:

1. This should never be the default behaviour,
2. The button to disable Tor should display a big scary warning message about the privacy risks to the user, and
3. The change will not be applied until the user clicks a "Yes, I accept the risks" (or similar) button on the warning message's prompt

In general, I think more functionality is good --- but we should intentionally raise the barrier of entry to let a user bypass Tor. Consider the UX that TAILs uses for the "Unsafe Browser" (used only for bypassing captive portals), for example