Zeus App Via Tor

Bonus guide: Connect Zeus App Over Tor

Difficulty: medium

Download the Zeus app, APKs available here: https://github.com/ZeusLN/zeus/releases, on F-Droid and Google Play.

Edit torrc with sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc and add the following lines:

HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/lnd_api/
HiddenServiceVersion 3
HiddenServicePort 8080 127.0.0.1:8080
HiddenServicePort 10009 127.0.0.1:10009

Save (Ctrl+O, ENTER) and exit (Ctrl+X)

Restart Tor:

$ sudo systemctl restart tor

View the private credentials of your new hidden service. The first part is the onion address, the second part is the secret.

$ sudo cat /var/lib/tor/lnd_api/hostname
z1234567890abc.onion

Make sure Go is installed (should be v1.11 or higher):

$ go version

If need to install Go, run these:

$ wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.11.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.11.linux-armv6l.tar.gz
$ sudo rm *.gz
$ sudo mkdir /usr/local/gocode
$ sudo chmod 777 /usr/local/gocode
$ export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
$ export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
$ export GOPATH=/usr/local/gocode
$ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

Install lndconnect:

$ cd ~/download
$ wget https://github.com/LN-Zap/lndconnect/releases/download/v0.1.0/lndconnect-linux-armv7-v0.1.0.tar.gz
$ sudo tar -xvf lndconnect-linux-armv7-v0.1.0.tar.gz --strip=1 -C /usr/local/bin

Switch to user bitcoin and generate the LND connect URI QR code (or String):
It will be a big QR code so maximize your terminal window and use CTRL - to shrink the code further to fit the screen. Replace the host variable with the onion address previously generated. To generate QR Code:

$ sudo su bitcoin
$ lndconnect --lnddir=/home/bitcoin/.lnd --host=z1234567890abc.onion --port=8080

To generate a String:

$ sudo su bitcoin
$ lndconnect --lnddir=/home/bitcoin/.lnd --host=z1234567890abc.onion --port=8080 -j

Scan or copy paste it with Zeus and you are done.