# Short (V2) vs long (V3).onion addresses for users?

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/short-v2-vs-long-v3-onion-addresses-for-users/10827>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/short-v2-vs-long-v3-onion-addresses-for-users/10827 "2021-05-17T14:57:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![tieck](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/tieck/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tieck](https://bisq.community/u/tieck)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/short-v2-vs-long-v3-onion-addresses-for-users/10827/2 "2021-05-17T15:41:18Z")

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You can find more information on that topic in this thread and wiki page:

> [@Tor v2 Addresses](https://bisq.community/t/tor-v2-addresses/10503):
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> In October 2021 support for tor v2 address will end ([Onion Service version 2 deprecation timeline | Tor Blog](https://blog.torproject.org/v2-deprecation-timeline)). Is there a possibility to migrate to a new v3 address without stopping all trades and offers at the same time? According to this wiki page [Local reputation - Bisq Wiki](https://bisq.wiki/Local_reputation) an existing onion key should not be deleted while having open offers etc. It would be nice to be able to create new offers using already a new v3 address while slowly using up all old v2 based offers. A migration as smo…

[https://bisq.wiki/Changing\_your\_onion\_address](https://bisq.wiki/Changing_your_onion_address)

Tor v2. will be disabled this year.

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