## Tor

Basicswap can be configured to route all traffic through a tor proxy.

Note that TOR integration is experimental and should not yet be relied upon.



### basicswap-prepare

basicswap-prepare can be configured to download all binaries through tor and to enable or disable tor in all active coin config files.


#### Create initial files

Docker will create directories instead of files if these don't exist.

    mkdir -p $COINDATA_PATH/tor
    echo 'SocksPort 0.0.0.0:9050' > $COINDATA_PATH/tor/torrc


#### For a new install

Use the `--usetorproxy` argument to download the coin binaries over tor, then enable tor with `--enabletor`.
Note that some download links may be unreachable when using tor.

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
        basicswap-prepare --usetorproxy --datadir=/coindata --withcoins=monero,particl

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
        basicswap-prepare --enabletor --datadir=/coindata


The `--enabletor` option will add config to the torrc file, the tor container must afterwards be stopped to load the new config:

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop


Start Basicswap with:

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml up


#### Enable tor on an existing datadir

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
        basicswap-prepare --datadir=/coindata --enabletor

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop

#### Disable tor on an existing datadir

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
        basicswap-prepare --datadir=/coindata --disabletor

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop


#### Update coin release

    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml up -d tor
    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
        basicswap-prepare --usetorproxy --datadir=/coindata --preparebinonly --withcoins=bitcoin
    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop