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How to run `bitcoind` with systemd and Tor

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On Arch Linux.

sudo pacman -S bitcoin-daemon tor

sudo systemctl enable tor.service
sudo systemctl start tor.service

Create /etc/systemd/system/bitcoin.service.

You should change the username u to match yours.

[Unit]
Description=bitcoin
After=tor.target

[Service]
PIDFile=/home/u/.bitcoin/bitcoind.pid
ExecStart=/usr/bin/bitcoind -onion=127.0.0.1:9050
User=u

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo systemctl enable bitcoin.service
sudo systemctl start bitcoin.service

Watch the logs.

tail -f ~/.bitcoin/debug.log

A simpler way without systemd or Tor.

sudo pacman -S bitcoin-daemon

bitcoind

That's all.

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kaosf commented Jul 7, 2023

Uh oh!