Bitcoin-Core on Linux makes connection to: 178.4.77.127:9051, why?
by Teso from LinuxQuestions.org on (#56583)
Hello,
I installed Bitcoin-Core V.0.20.99 form source code on Ubuntu 19.10. I setup Bitcoin-Core to connect over The Onion Network (TOR) to the Internet.
I have TOR already running on my system, i setup Bitcoin-Core to use TOR on the localhost (127.0.0.1:9051 [Proxy]).
Now... Bitcoin-Core is making a control connection to on this IP:
Code:127.0.0.1:55492 (??) --> 178.4.77.127:9051 bitcoin-q (CONTROL)on port 9051. The port 9051 is usually used to control TOR with a remote control program like NYX
The strange thing is that Bitcoin-core uses my local TOR to connect to this IP.
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I checkt out the IP on whois and got this information:
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My question is, why is Bitcoin-core connecting this IP:178.4.77.127:9051 ?
Bitcoin-core is probably connecting to an onion router, looks like Bitcoin-core have a build-in remote control program like NYX).
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I installed Bitcoin-Core V.0.20.99 form source code on Ubuntu 19.10. I setup Bitcoin-Core to connect over The Onion Network (TOR) to the Internet.
I have TOR already running on my system, i setup Bitcoin-Core to use TOR on the localhost (127.0.0.1:9051 [Proxy]).
Now... Bitcoin-Core is making a control connection to on this IP:
Code:127.0.0.1:55492 (??) --> 178.4.77.127:9051 bitcoin-q (CONTROL)on port 9051. The port 9051 is usually used to control TOR with a remote control program like NYX
The strange thing is that Bitcoin-core uses my local TOR to connect to this IP.
Attachment 33721
Attachment 33722
I checkt out the IP on whois and got this information:
Quote:
role: Vodafone Germany IP Core Backbone address: Vodafone GmbH address: Campus Eschborn address: Duesseldorfer Strasse 15 address: D-65760 Eschborn address: Germany phone: +49 6196 523 0864 remarks: trouble: Security issues abuse@arcor-ip.de remarks: trouble: Information http://www.vodafone.de remarks: trouble: Peering contact [email]peering@adm.arcor.net[/email |
Bitcoin-core is probably connecting to an onion router, looks like Bitcoin-core have a build-in remote control program like NYX).
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