🧅Running Behind Tor

Why Tor on a privacy chain

Stealth addresses, ring mixing, and the two-pool model all defend against on-chain analysis. They don't help if your node's IP is logged by every peer when you broadcast a TX. Tor closes that gap by tunneling all P2P traffic through the Tor anonymity network.

Step-by-step

1. Install Tor

   # Debian / Ubuntu / Raspberry Pi OS
   $ sudo apt update && sudo apt install tor
   
   # macOS
   $ brew install tor
   
   # Windows: download Tor Expert Bundle from torproject.org

2. Make sure Tor is running on port 9050

   $ sudo systemctl enable --now tor
   $ ss -lnt | grep 9050
   LISTEN  0  4096  127.0.0.1:9050  0.0.0.0:*

3. Edit your MaryJaneCoin.conf

   Path: ~/.MaryJaneCoin/MaryJaneCoin.conf on Linux/macOS or %APPDATA%\MaryJaneCoin\MaryJaneCoin.conf on Windows.

   # Route all P2P traffic through Tor
   proxy=127.0.0.1:9050
   onlynet=ipv4
   listen=0
   discover=0
   
   # Optional: only connect to onion seeds
   # onlynet=onion

4. Restart the daemon

   $ MaryJaneCoind stop
   $ MaryJaneCoind -daemon

5. Verify Tor is in use

   $ MaryJaneCoind getnetworkinfo | grep -A2 networks
   # look for: "name": "ipv4", "proxy": "127.0.0.1:9050"
   
   $ MaryJaneCoind getpeerinfo | head -30
   # external addresses should be onion or your VPN exit

6. Confirm DNS is also tunneled

   $ MaryJaneCoind getnetworkinfo | grep -i nameproxy
   # nameproxy should equal proxy — DNS leaks defeat the whole point