<p>I'm running a bitcoin core full node with Tor and I've configured a hidden service for that.
The point is: bitcoin core log shows me an onion address which is very smaller than the one I found in <code>/var/lib/tor/bitcoin-service/hostname</code>.
I noticed that other peers in the network connect with me using the small <em>.onion</em> address.
Which is the difference between these two types of onion address? Are they correlated eachother in some way?
I've also tried to use the longer <em>. onion</em> address in the <em>externalip</em> option inside <em>bitcoin.conf</em>, but it gave me an error.</p>

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2019-11-09T09:01:13.600Z
The small address is the address onion v2 and the long address is the address onion v3, but I know a lot of tor, try to use the StackExchange tor https://tor.stackexchange.com/
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I read somewhere that bitcoin core doesn't support onion V3. However, I'll repost this question in the tor forum
dcfg
<bitcoin-core><network><full-node><tor><bitcoin.conf>
Types of onion address
dcfg
# Types of onion address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-08)

I'm running a bitcoin core full node with Tor and I've configured a hidden service for that.
The point is: bitcoin core log shows me an onion address which is very smaller than the one I found in `/var/lib/tor/bitcoin-service/hostname`.
I noticed that other peers in the network connect with me using the small *.onion* address.
Which is the difference between these two types of onion address? Are they correlated eachother in some way?
I've also tried to use the longer *. onion* address in the *externalip* option inside *bitcoin.conf*, but it gave me an error.

**Tags:** bitcoin-core, network, full-node, tor, bitcoin.conf

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The small address is the address onion v2 and the long address is the address onion v3, but I know a lot of tor, try to use the StackExchange tor https://tor.stackexchange.com/  
> **username_0**: I read somewhere that bitcoin core doesn't support onion V3. However, I'll repost this question in the tor forum  

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