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authorRiccardo Spagni <ric@spagni.net>2019-01-29 16:47:17 +0200
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Merge pull request #4988
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## Using Tor
+> There is a new, still experimental, [integration with Tor](ANONYMITY_NETWORKS.md). The
+> feature allows connecting over IPv4 and Tor simulatenously - IPv4 is used for
+> relaying blocks and relaying transactions received by peers whereas Tor is
+> used solely for relaying transactions received over local RPC. This provides
+> privacy and better protection against surrounding node (sybil) attacks.
+
While Monero isn't made to integrate with Tor, it can be used wrapped with torsocks, by
setting the following configuration parameters and environment variables: