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How to create an outbound connection to a TOR network. To be able to reach yourself on a TOR network, you need something called a “hidden service,” which corresponds to the IP address on the TOR network. TOR is quite unusual in that it does not require such an address to make an outbound connection. It is necessary simply to receive an inbound connection.
For more information about how to create hidden services, see the Bitcoin Core Tor documentation. However, there are about two ways.
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Creates a hidden service (by opening the control port). - Set it
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you need to tell them what that hidden service address is (and therefore can be advertised to other peers).
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