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Try installing Tor first then using bitcoincore.org's hidden service to fetch binaries

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
shell
Domain
devops, security

Research direction

Read the shell installation scripts and trace how Bitcoin binaries and signatures are currently downloaded. Check the linked bitcoincore.org hidden-service post, then determine where Tor availability and the .onion endpoint fit. Done means the script tries Tor first and fetches the binaries and signatures through the hidden service.

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Description

enhancement

For improved privacy we ought to try an amend the script to download bitcoin binaries and signatures from bitcoincore.org's new hidden service: http://6hasakffvppilxgehrswmffqurlcjjjhd76jgvaqmsg6ul25s7t3rzyd.onion/

See blog post

Dominant language
Shell
Stars
57
Forks
36
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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