setting externalip=<version 3 onion address> results in error #18254

issue Liongrass opened this issue on March 3, 2020

Liongrass commented at 2:28 PM on March 3, 2020: none
Hi all!

I have been running a Bitcoin node reachable via a onion address for a long time. Today I decided to upgrade to a Version 3 address, but encountered an error.

2020-03-03T Error: Cannot resolve -externalip address: 'rn2rjwuxfjzvjfkg2hmrduc2n7tjjpasrlianfskdhhhhfqqvf7kliyd.onion'

My new bitcoin.conf file:
```
listen=1
externalip=rn2rjwuxfjzvjfkg2hmrduc2n7tjjpasrlianfskdhhhhfqqvf7kliyd.onion
```
My old bitcoin.conf file:
```
listen=1
externalip=llljnatksfgtlhko.onion
```
This works fine: 2020-03-03 AddLocal(llljnatksfgtlhko.onion:8333,4)

Bitcoin Core version: v0.18.0.0-g2472733a24a9364e4c6233ccd04166a26a68cc65
sipa commented at 5:02 PM on March 3, 2020: member

Yes, Onion v3 addresses are not currently supported. A P2P protocol extension is needed to be able to relay those (see BIP 155).
laanwj commented at 12:03 PM on March 4, 2020: member

Correct, see issue #9214, and PR #16748
laanwj closed this on Mar 4, 2020
MitchellCash referenced this in commit f9d918c814 on Mar 10, 2020
vasild commented at 2:05 PM on October 12, 2020: member

This is now implemented and will be included in 0.21.
DrahtBot locked this on Feb 15, 2022

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