<p>Sure. Install <a href="https://www.torproject.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tor</a> and add <code>tor=1</code> to your <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11190/where-is-the-config-file-of-bitcoin-qt-kept/11210#11210">bitcoin.conf</a>.</p>

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But is that what Tom van der Woerdt meant?
Inqier X
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Tor is the easiest and most effective way of protecting your IP address.
Nick ODell
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It's not very effective. It's slow as hell.
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@InqierX You mean efficient? You can use a VPN, it will probably be faster.
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Nick ODell
<p>At <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/9807/5228">https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/9807/5228</a> Tom van der Woerdt wrote "people who don't broadcast their IP address".</p>

<p>What did he mean by that? Is there a way to set up a particular Bitcoin client so that it does not broadcast my IP address or to make it more private in other ways?</p>

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People who don't broadcast their IP address?
Inqier X
# People who don't broadcast their IP address?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-05-25)

At <https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/9807/5228> Tom van der Woerdt wrote "people who don't broadcast their IP address".

What did he mean by that? Is there a way to set up a particular Bitcoin client so that it does not broadcast my IP address or to make it more private in other ways?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-05-25. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Sure. Install [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/) and add `tor=1` to your [bitcoin.conf](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/11190/where-is-the-config-file-of-bitcoin-qt-kept/11210#11210).

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: But is that what Tom van der Woerdt meant?  
> **username_1**: Tor is the easiest and most effective way of protecting your IP address.  
> **username_0**: It's not very effective. It's slow as hell.  
> **username_2**: @username_0 You mean efficient? You can use a VPN, it will probably be faster.  

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