{"id":29982,"date":"2020-10-12T19:06:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29982"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:59:06","slug":"bitcoin-core-to-add-tor-v3-address-support-in-new-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-core-to-add-tor-v3-address-support-in-new-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Core to add Tor V3 address support in new client"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Bitcoin Core version (v0.21) will add support for Tor V3 addresses. This was announced by Blockstream co-founder Pieter Wuille.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bitcoin Core v0.21 will support Tor V3 addresses, and BIP155 (which supports gossiping them over the network).<\/p>\n<p>Tor V2 addresses are deprecated since last month, and will be disabled in Oct 2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GQjTN94L4j\">https:\/\/t.co\/GQjTN94L4j<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QimLo4tSJx\">https:\/\/t.co\/QimLo4tSJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pieter Wuille (@pwuille) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwuille\/status\/1315105797517393920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wuille emphasised the substantial contribution of Vasil Dimov, who introduced the proposal several years ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thanks to Vasil Dimov, who has been pushing this effort, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/orionwl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@orionwl<\/a> who started the proposal a few years ago, and all reviewers and other contributors who helped it get this far.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pieter Wuille (@pwuille) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwuille\/status\/1315108630190981120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Wuille, the release of the new version of the popular Bitcoin client is likely to be in December.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Probably in december: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FXNok9fKAR\">https:\/\/t.co\/FXNok9fKAR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pieter Wuille (@pwuille) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwuille\/status\/1315376328099725312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the Tor Project blog, by 15 October 2021 developers will release new client versions that disable V2 addresses. Tor participants already have access to third-version addresses.<\/p>\n<p>V3 addresses offer stronger cryptography and reveal less information than their V2 counterparts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"r606okJynf\">\n<p>What is the darknet? What is Tor?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhat is the darknet? What is Tor?\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/cryptorium\/chto-takoe-darknet-chto-takoe-tor\/embed#?secret=T4THbQ5pSB#?secret=r606okJynf\" data-secret=\"r606okJynf\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In September, ForkLog <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-core-developers-enable-optimization-method-tested-by-hal-finney\">wrote<\/a> about the possibility of activating GLV-endomorphism technology to speed up and improve signature verification.<\/p>\n<p>In the previous version Bitcoin Core (0.20.1), developers <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-core-0-20-1-released-downgrades-misbehaving-peers-and-fixes-mempool-notifications\">downgraded<\/a> the status of nodes that relay invalid blocks to the network.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Bitcoin Core version (v0.21) will add support for Tor V3 addresses. 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