Tor

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Lightning should work over tor.

c-lightning and LND both current support Tor

LND instructions

c-lightning instructions

Additional helpful configuration information

how can I setup bitcoin to be anonymous with tor?

Bitcoin over tor

LND

Give parameters here. Do you know them? Please add! ./lnd -h

Tor:

     --tor.active                                            Allow outbound and inbound connections to be routed through Tor
     --tor.socks=                                            The port that Tor's exposed SOCKS5 proxy is listening on -- NOTE port must be between 1024 and 65535 (default: 9050)

     --tor.dns=                                              The DNS server as IP:PORT that Tor will use for SRV queries - NOTE must have TCP resolution enabled (default: soa.nodes.lightning.directory:53)
     --tor.streamisolation                                   Enable Tor stream isolation by randomizing user credentials for each connection.
     --tor.controlport=                                      The port that Tor is listening on for Tor control connections -- NOTE port must be between 1024 and 65535 (default: 9051)
     --tor.v2                                                Automatically set up a v2 onion service to listen for inbound connections
     --tor.v3                                                Use a v3 onion service to listen for inbound connections
     --tor.privatekeypath=                                   The path to the private key of the onion service being created (default: /Users/user/Library/Application Support/Lnd/onion_private_key)