Is there a tutorial on how to use Bisq1 on whonix?

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Is there a tutorial on how to setup Bisq1 on whonix vms?

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This tutorial explains it explicitly for Bisq2, not Bisq1.
Bisq2 works fine that way.

I did the steps, just with Bisq1 and also changed the paths from Bisq2 → Bisq
Would that create a tor over tor scenario?

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Here is a relevant topic on the Whonix Forum:

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The quotes in that topic are not on the Bisq Wiki page anymore. Therefore it is, as far as I can tell, not helping me to be honest.

It works, but only when I use a bridge in the tor config from bisq.

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When I start it with this command:

/opt/bisq/bin/Bisq --torControlPort=9051 --torControlPassword=notrequired --socks5ProxyBtcAddress=127.0.0.1:9050 --useTorForBtc=true

It starts and runs fine. Can someone tell me if I still have a Tor-over-Tor scenario here?

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@adrelanos

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You’re specifying that it should use Tor when it’s already within the Workstation. By default, any application you run within the Workstation goes through a Tor tunnel. Specifying that you want Bisq to create its own tunnel would create a Tor-over-Tor scenario.

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It starts with its own version of tor.
Thats why I made the initial post. asking if following the tutorial for bisq2 and changing the directories for bisq1 prevents exactly this.

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You can check the wiki history to search for the last version documenting Bisq 1.

Note:

Consider this unsupported.

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Thank you. I finally found what I searched for.

Is there any reason, that the guide for Bisq1 was removed? Bisq1 and Bisq2 are different applications that serve different purposes and are developed seperately.

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If that is so, then the reason for no longer documenting Bisq1 is:

Upstream failing to use proper application names.

Typically:

  • 1 and 2 typically represent version numbers;
  • Higher version numbers are supposed to replace lower version numbers.
  • Old versions are deprecated (a while) after newer versions are released;
  • Applications with different purposes have different names - not only a different version number.

Stray off such common conventions will lead to confusion.

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No. Bisq1 and Bisq2 are separate applications that can be installed
alongside each other.
The numbers are not in the form usually used by versioning, and it’s a
mistake to think that they represent this. In this case these are
different names, just as TV1 is a different channel from TV2.
The Bisq1 guide should be reinstated.

I never presume to speak for the Qubes team.
When I comment in the Forum I speak for myself.

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Also Bisq2 is still in beta.

I never presume to speak for the Qubes team. When I comment in the Forum I speak for myself.
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