# Connecting to bitcoin network **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 5, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871 "2020-01-05T16:00:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![septicfrank](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/septicfrank/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@septicfrank](https://bisq.community/u/septicfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/1 "2020-01-05T16:00:24Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/2 "2020-01-05T22:59:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![septicfrank](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/septicfrank/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@septicfrank](https://bisq.community/u/septicfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/3 "2020-01-06T04:46:20Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/drfredphd/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@DrFredPhD](https://bisq.community/u/DrFredPhD)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/4 "2020-01-06T19:11:51Z")
Bisq is not compatible with Bitcoin 0.19. As you’re running your own node it won’t connect. ---
**Author:** ![ogv](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/ogv/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@ogv](https://bisq.community/u/ogv)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/5 "2020-01-11T09:02:38Z")
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 ( ---
**Author:** ![Kubeikai](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/kubeikai/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Kubeikai](https://bisq.community/u/Kubeikai)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/6 "2020-01-11T11:24:54Z")
You need to allow bloom filters (peerbloomfilters=1 in bitcoin.conf) ---
**Author:** ![wood](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/wood/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@wood](https://bisq.community/u/wood)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/7 "2021-12-03T00:05:36Z")
Bloom filters are by default disabled as of 0.19, because they are a [bad idea](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/9540) 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? ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/8 "2021-12-03T09:26:18Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![wood](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/wood/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@wood](https://bisq.community/u/wood)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/9 "2021-12-04T01:52:29Z")
Do I still need to add peerbloomfilters=1 as well? ---
**Author:** ![w000000t](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/w000000t/32/3124_2.png) [@w000000t](https://bisq.community/u/w000000t)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 8:37am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/connecting-to-bitcoin-network/8871/10 "2021-12-04T08:37:42Z")
No, that line I suggested will do the job