# useTorForBtcMonitor Option

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/usetorforbtcmonitor-option/13445>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 8, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/usetorforbtcmonitor-option/13445 "2025-11-08T22:31:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![networksport](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/networksport/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@networksport](https://bisq.community/u/networksport)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/usetorforbtcmonitor-option/13445/1 "2025-11-08T22:31:41Z")

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What does **–useTorForBtcMonitor** option do? The description says: **“If set to true BitcoinJ is routed over tor (socks 5 proxy) for Bitcoin monitor.”**, default is true. What is Bitcoin monitor?

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**Author:** ![suddenwhipvapor](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/suddenwhipvapor/32/3291_2.png) [@suddenwhipvapor](https://bisq.community/u/suddenwhipvapor)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/usetorforbtcmonitor-option/13445/2 "2025-11-09T15:05:43Z")

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From the code:

## Bitcoin node monitor

This is a simple headless node with a http server which connects periodically to the Bisq-provided Bitcoin nodes and  
disconnect quickly afterwards.

In general you don’t want/need to touch that option, and I’m betting it is true by default.