270 sats \ 3 replies \ @nullcount 6 May \ on: Mempool.space - should Tor be used, for looking at specific transactions? privacy
Mempool's Onion: http://mempoolhqx4isw62xs7abwphsq7ldayuidyx2v2oethdhhj6mlo2r6ad.onion/
When you use Tor hidden services:
- Tor is slow
- Your ISP knows you are using Tor
- Mempool.space does not know your IP address
- Mempool.space knows what was searched and when it was searched and that it was searched from their Tor hidden service
When you use mempool's open source explorer from your own node:
- Very fast on LAN + easy to setup your own Tor Hidden service
- Your ISP (probably) knows you run a Bitcion node
- You are invisible to Mempool.space completely
Thanks for this.
In general, how do you find onion addresses?
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Privacy-aware websites include this HTTP header:
Onion-Location: http://mempoolhqx4isw62xs7abwphsq7ldayuidyx2v2oethdhhj6mlo2r6ad.onion/
Privacy-aware web browsers will acknowledge this header and add this to the URL bar when you visit the site on clearnet.
Click the "purple" button to enter The Onion.
Tor Browser, Mullvad Browser, Brave Browser, etc.
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Aha! Thanks, I think I may have occasionally seen that out of the corner of my eye, but never really noticed it.
So that's how people are finding onion addresses!
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