Tor integration about openbazaar-go

[tyler-smith]

TOR support will come from a TOR transport for IPFS which needs to be written. There is an issue for it here: ipfs/notes#37

There's not much happening with it. If anybody was interested in working on one it would be a great way to contribute to OB IMO.

[cpacia]

Here's a guide to implementing another transport https://github.com/ipfs/examples/blob/bdfef47c851cdb5c41a32af80ec4d7cd0587fa49/examples/transport/readme.md

[cpacia]

PR #342

[cpacia]

It should probably:

1. Detect if tor is running by querying the control port
2. If it's running and tor hasn't been set in the config
   2a) stop initialization and ask them if they want to use tor.
   2b) if so, configure tor and proceed with startup.

It should also have the option to run in onion only mode or dual stack mode.

[cpacia]

Ideally we should be able to make it also use the socks proxy to connect to clearnet nodes via Tor. That might be more complicated as I think we'd have to modify the libp2p dialer. On the other hand, I'm not sure if that functionality will be desired. Connecting only to onion or dual-stack nodes from Tor is probably sufficient.

[cpacia]

Another requirement for this should be a full node wallet implementation. The spv wallet likely leaks more private data than a Tor user would find acceptable. This would require a wallet implementation that either connects to bitcoind or packages btcd as an alternative.

[OstrichEgg]

I just created a $100 (USD) bounty for the solving of this issue (i.e. integration of Tor into openbazaar-go).
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/37322830-tor-integration

I will probably post additional bounties for this issue as the funds become available for dispensing. Good luck, devs!

[cpacia]

I have it roughly working here https://github.com/cpacia/openbazaar-go/tree/tor

But i'm waiting for IPFS 0.4.5 because I integrate it because there were tons of dependency issues that I had to manually fix that will probably be fixed in 0.4.5

[OstrichEgg]

@cpacia , Glad to hear it! I think Bountysource automatically dispenses the bounty when its bots detect that the open issue has been officially marked as Resolved to the dev whose pull request resulted in the completion of the issue.

[OstrichEgg]

cpacia, once your PR is accepted and issue is closed, follow my earlier link to claim the bounty.