bitcoinknots/bitcoin

Bundle Tor with Bitcoin Knots binaries

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#68 opened on Mar 16, 2024

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Description

Already, Bitcoin Knots can launch its own Tor instance, and if Tor is available, use it for pairing with other wallet software.

It would be nice if binary distributions (particularly macOS and Windows) bundled Tor binaries as well, so this "just works" by default.

Ideally, the bundled Tor should be bit-for-bit identical to Tor's own reproducible binaries, but I'm not sure how viable that is

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Research direction
Investigate Bitcoin Knots build system and packaging scripts to include Tor binaries for macOS and Windows distributions. Ensure reproducible builds and compatibility.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backenddevops
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Feature
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3
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Half day
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Fresh
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Clear
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Git
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60