Connecting to bitcoin network

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Hello,

I’m having trouble connecting to the bitcoin network. Never had this problem before. I use my own node for connections and have plenty of bitcoin connections (tor enabled)

I cannot get passed the initial loading screen. It is saying that I’ve connected to the bisq network no problem.

I am trying to avoid deleting bisq and starting over because my limits were just about to be lifted.

Any help appreciated.

Thank you

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If you are using Linux, you can run Bisq from a command line with option --btcNodes= to specify an IP address or a comma seperated list of IP addresses of nodes Bisq will use for connection to the Bitcoin network.

Bisq is installed at /opt/Bisq/Bisq, so you can run “/opt/Bisq/Bisq --btcNodes=(some IP of some Bitcoin node)”. That way you can try other nodes to start the app and change the settings once it starts.

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Thanks for the response. I’m not a very technical computer user. I am running Bisq on Mac OS. Can this be done through terminal? What exactly should I type in to run bisq and then that option?

Thank you

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Bisq is not compatible with Bitcoin 0.19. As you’re running your own node it won’t connect.

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Any suggestions to solve the problem with Bitcoin Core 0.19.x ?
My bisq 1.2.5 app can’t connect to the local bitcoin node anymore (

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You need to allow bloom filters (peerbloomfilters=1 in bitcoin.conf)

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Bloom filters are by default disabled as of 0.19, because they are a bad idea due to potential for DoD attacks, and they don’t actually help with privacy. Does Bisq still require bloom filters to be set in order to run against a local bitcoin node?

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Yes, bloomfilters can become a DDoS vector, unless you enable it for your own PC like so:
whitelist=bloomfilter@127.0.0.1/32

This will make bitcoincore only enable bloom filters for yourself and noone else on the network

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Do I still need to add peerbloomfilters=1 as well?

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No, that line I suggested will do the job

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