Connecting to your own Bitcoin node
Bisq will connect to your local Bitcoin node if it finds it upon starting up. This article contains the requirements for this to work correctly.
You can also specify the addresses of particular Bitcoin nodes in Settings
> Network Info
.
Contents
General node settings
Make sure the node you're looking to connect to, whether local or remote, meets the following requirements:
- Specify
peerbloomfilters=1
inbitcoin.conf
file if running 0.19.0.1 or later - Make sure node is not running in pruned mode (
pruned=N
in config means node is pruning blocks)
Connecting to a local Bitcoin node
If you're running a Bitcoin full node on the same machine as Bisq, Bisq should connect to your node on startup—it will look for Bitcoin Core or bitcoind
running on localhost
on port 8333.
Just make sure to not be running any other Bitcoin-based altcoin nodes (like LTC) while starting Bisq.
Connecting to another Bitcoin node
By default, Bisq maximizes your privacy by connecting to nodes run by trusted Bisq contributors.
If you'd like to connect to another node, you can specify its address in Settings
> Network Info
. Bisq will validate the address and connect to the specified node the next time it starts.
Bisq v1.7.4 and later releases support connecting to Bitcoin nodes with Tor v3 addresses.
Troubleshooting
If you get into a state where Bisq is unable to connect, you can revert to a provided node as follows.
Bisq -btcNodes=emzybtc3ewh7zihpkdvuwlgxrhzcxy2p5fvjggp7ngjbxcytxvt4rjid.onion:8333 -useTorForBtc=true
Contributor nodes can be seen here in the Bisq code.