Topic: Bitcointalk Blocked Chinese IP? (Read 3746 times)
The acronym is now a name thus Tor instead of TOR. Anyway, the Tor browser is just a special version of FF. If you dl the browser bundle you actuall start the proxy which in turn launches the browser. So just dl that and point qt to the proxy.
First of all, extremely sorry for my limited knowledge. By TOR, I understand a browser that connects to an anonymous network which helps to hide the IP of the TOR user by multiple proxies. So, how does one run Bitcoin Core through a browser ? I must be missing something... Can U please point me to any directive/manual that shows How to run Bitcoin Core using TOR ?
p.s. I checked blockchain.info is working fine inside China => http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=blockchain.info
p.s. I checked blockchain.info is working fine inside China => http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=blockchain.info
It's Tor, not TOR.
Tor is most commonly used for anonymous Web browsing, but it can anonymize any TCP traffic. In Bitcoin-Qt, the default proxy settings (127.0.0.1:9050, version 5) in the network options are usually appropriate for Tor. Just run Tor and tell Bitcoin-Qt to use the proxy.
Thanx for correcting. As an abbreviation I thought it should be all caps like TCP.
Can u plz tell me what do u mean by Just run Tor ? Run the Tor Browser or a Tor Node ?
p.s. I checked blokchcain.info is working fine inside China => http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=blockchain.info
I just checked almost all bitcoin sites I know (news sites, exchanges, gambling sites, cloudmining sites, mining pools, block explorers) and none of them is blocked except for bitcointalk.
So I guess bitcointalk is blocked not because it is bitcoin-related, but rather some posts here get on the officials' nerves.
That's my guess as well. Possibly these posts:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.7147202
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/china-detention-of-human-rights-defenders-following-commemoration-of-1989-tiana-636986
china and russia sure don't like bitcoin any bit.. i guess they don't want people cashing out, instead of holding their currencies.
Most governments in the world don't know bitcoin.
For the second part, if they don't want their people to buy bitcoin, shouldn't they put some stricter regulations on their local exchanges rather than blocking bitcointalk?
2) it is hard to block Bitcoin buying and selling even with strict regulations. They may have blocked bitcointalk because people can trade currencies here without the government knowing.
p.s. I checked blokchcain.info is working fine inside China => http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=blockchain.info
I just checked almost all bitcoin sites I know (news sites, exchanges, gambling sites, cloudmining sites, mining pools, block explorers) and none of them is blocked except for bitcointalk.
So I guess bitcointalk is blocked not because it is bitcoin-related, but rather some posts here get on the officials' nerves.
First of all, extremely sorry for my limited knowledge. By TOR, I understand a browser that connects to an anonymous network which helps to hide the IP of the TOR user by multiple proxies. So, how does one run Bitcoin Core through a browser ? I must be missing something... Can U please point me to any directive/manual that shows How to run Bitcoin Core using TOR ?
p.s. I checked blokchcain.info is working fine inside China => http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=blockchain.info
p.s. I checked blokchcain.info is working fine inside China => http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=blockchain.info
It's Tor, not TOR.
Tor is most commonly used for anonymous Web browsing, but it can anonymize any TCP traffic. In Bitcoin-Qt, the default proxy settings (127.0.0.1:9050, version 5) in the network options are usually appropriate for Tor. Just run Tor and tell Bitcoin-Qt to use the proxy.
How can they stop Bitcoin Core from connecting to Bitcoin network ? If they could do, wont it defeat the whole concept of P2P ? I think, by barring a certain IP range, a P2P cant be broken...
Bitcoin Core is pretty easy to block. I think that just blocking port 8333 would cause serious problems for Chinese users. (There are some nodes on the network that don't use port 8333, but they're rare.) Bitcoin isn't designed to be difficult to block -- that's what Tor is for. It's been possible to run Bitcoin through Tor since version 0.1 AFAIK.
First of all, extremely sorry for my limited knowledge. By TOR, I understand a browser that connects to an anonymous network which helps to hide the IP of the TOR user by multiple proxies. So, how does one run Bitcoin Core through a browser ? I must be missing something... Can U please point me to any directive/manual that shows How to run Bitcoin Core using TOR ?
p.s. I checked blokchcain.info is working fine inside China => http://www.greatfirewallofchina.org/index.php?siteurl=blockchain.info
china and russia sure don't like bitcoin any bit.. i guess they don't want people cashing out, instead of holding their currencies.
Most governments in the world don't know bitcoin.
For the second part, if they don't want their people to buy bitcoin, shouldn't they put some stricter regulations on their local exchanges rather than blocking bitcointalk?
china and russia sure don't like bitcoin any bit.. i guess they don't want people cashing out, instead of holding their currencies.
They export so much mining equipment..
I had no idea that china blocked bitcoin talk... When did this happen?
http://altcoinpress.com/2014/09/bitcointalk-org-now-blocked-in-china/
The Great Firewall Wall is absurd.
I had no idea that china blocked bitcoin talk... When did this happen?
China! the day you blocked bitcointalk is also the day where the richest person in china just opened his IPO and raised billions in New York..
and he said he was influenced by the ideals of silicon valley and Forrest gump an American movie... these are the foundations for his success..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGqXkW2vMZs&feature=player_detailpage#t=260
blindly blocking innovation is no good for anybody.. bitcoin is the next generation of internet.. instead of being like a bully, look at silicon valley and learn.
That alone will save your ghost Towns and your people who live in 10 sq.foot apartments..
and he said he was influenced by the ideals of silicon valley and Forrest gump an American movie... these are the foundations for his success..
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGqXkW2vMZs&feature=player_detailpage#t=260
blindly blocking innovation is no good for anybody.. bitcoin is the next generation of internet.. instead of being like a bully, look at silicon valley and learn.
That alone will save your ghost Towns and your people who live in 10 sq.foot apartments..
Clarification and solution posted. Now people blames the GFW.
How can they stop Bitcoin Core from connecting to Bitcoin network ? If they could do, wont it defeat the whole concept of P2P ? I think, by barring a certain IP range, a P2P cant be broken...
Bitcoin Core is pretty easy to block. I think that just blocking port 8333 would cause serious problems for Chinese users. (There are some nodes on the network that don't use port 8333, but they're rare.) Bitcoin isn't designed to be difficult to block -- that's what Tor is for. It's been possible to run Bitcoin through Tor since version 0.1 AFAIK.
Are people in China still able to connect to the Bitcoin network using Bitcoin Core, MultiBit, etc.?
How can they stop Bitcoin Core from connecting to Bitcoin network ? If they could do, wont it defeat the whole concept of P2P ? I think, by barring a certain IP range, a P2P cant be broken...
He knows that he's behind the world's largest censorship system, but yet he immediately assumes that two unrelated sites going down at the same time is a conspiracy by their operators to block Chinese users?? That's really stupid.
nah its because if they accuse the goverment theyll get sent to labor camps for life 
Are people in China still able to connect to the Bitcoin network using Bitcoin Core, MultiBit, etc.?
Bitcoin Core works fine with me. Chinese gov are like the worse ever i swear. We need bitcoin to succeed to put them in their place. Feel bad for the people and confused why this nation actually functions.
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