On 10/03/2013 05:45 PM, aut...@anonymousbitcoinbook.com wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm writing a book about the use of Bitcoin and anonymity. A fair > portion of the book will be dedicated to teaching people how to most > safely use Tor to facilitate anonymity with Bitcoin. Are there any > special tips that people have for configuring Tor or using Tor when > it comes to Bitcoin?
I'll have tutorials online "soon" (not in my hands) that cover this in great detail. I recommend mixing through at least three different mixing services, using independent anonymous wallets. > Right now, I'm recommending the use of a LiveCD Linux distro > (Ubuntu) with TorBundle for Linux and the vanilla Bitcoin client for > Linux. A couple tips I'm already aware of are to disable JavaScript > before using (since NoScript currently defaults to being on :() and > to avoid downloading files through the web browser such as PDF > documents. I recommend using Whonix with the Multibit client. The vanilla Bitcoin client downloads the full blockchain, which is far too much for Tor. It's comparable to torrenting an 8 GB video. Multibit is a local client, under user control, but doesn't download the blockchain. It's the recommended default now. > In particular, I'm curious 1) if there needs to be special > configuration to ensure that all DNS request go through Tor, and 2) > whether I can configure the system not to send any internet message > except through the Tor proxy. As I understand Whonix, it's designed not to leak. But I defer to adrelanos for specifics. > Regards, Kristov -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsusbscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
