[tor-talk] [Bitcoin-development] Tor hidden service support

[grarpamp]

>> Regarding the addressing, why not use directly the .onion address?
>
> https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification#Network_address
>
> Unfortunately, this addressing scheme apparently cannot accommodate
> other anonymous networks, such as I2P, that uses 256 bits for its
> Base-32 addresses.

There are some related I2P bits in the bitcoin code. I've not
looked to see what is their scope.

256 bits - A tough interop problem for sure. It seems maybe
a worthy long term goal for the projects to sort out.