<p>Hi <a class="user-mention" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/hovercards?user_id=46785343" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/bisqontails22">@bisqontails22</a>!</p>
<p>You have been on the correct way by using</p>
<pre><code>$./Bisq --torControlPort 9052
</code></pre>
<p>If you want to use an external Tor instance, you always have to tell Bisq where to find the control port.</p>
<p>However, unless your Tor instance is open to everyone (which I do not assume is the case on Tails) you have to provide authentication information in addition to the control port:</p>
<pre><code>$ ./Bisq --torControlPort 9052 --torControlCookieFile=/var/run/tor/control.authcookie --torControlUseSafeCookieAuth
</code></pre>
<p>That is the theory. I have been the guy adding this functionality to Bisq but I must confess that I only tested on my local Arch Linux installation. And there, it works like that.<br>
Unfortunately, there simple has not been any time to spare setting up Tails and test the thing there.</p>
<p>Please let me know if that works for you. If not, please provide the log file output.</p>
<p>There might be some Gui support for external tor and its error messages eventually, however, right now, there is more important work to be done.</p>

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