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If you are setting up a Bitcoin node on a self hosted PC forget to set it up to use Tor for the connection. This protects you from revealing your home IP address. Only takes a few minutes!
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Jac 2y ago

Alternatively use a decent VPN?

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pete 2y ago

A VPN can provide some security. Tor is generally considered to be a better option because it provides stronger anonymity, better security, no centralized authority, and is free to use.

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pj 2y ago

And incredibly slow unfortunately

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pete 2y ago

It can be slow but configuring the Tor node to use only high-bandwidth Tor relays and reducing the number of peers the node connects to can help to minimize the impact of latency on performance.

You can find a list of Tor relays and their speeds on the Tor Metrics website (https://metrics.torproject.org/rs.html).

Open your torrc configuration file. This file is typically located in /etc/tor/torrc on Linux systems or %AppData%\tor\torrc on Windows systems.

Add the following:

ExcludeNodes {SlowTorRelay1},{SlowTorRelay2}, ...