# Connecting Sparrow vs Bitcoin Core or Electrum **URL:** \ **Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\ **Created:** [June 20, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351 "2022-06-20T13:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AVGjoe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/avgjoe/32/2970_2.png) [@AVGjoe](https://community.umbrel.com/u/AVGjoe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351/1 "2022-06-20T13:07:51Z")
One question and one issue below: Question: What is the difference between connecting your sparrow wallet to your node via bitcoin core (URL/USER/PW) and Electrum (URL)? * * * Issue: For some reason I can no longer connect to my bitcoin node via my electrum URL. Not sure what’s going on. I open my node \> Connect \> P2P (Tor) \> copy Address \> Sparrow properties \> servers \> electrum \> paste URL \> port 50001 \> disable SSL Won’t test. This isn’t a new node and has been connected to sparrow successfully in the past (aka yesterday). I have rebooted the node and verified up to date. * * * Note: the reason I asked the top question is because as I write this I’m trying the “bitcoin core” section and it seems to be “working” 40% scanned. ---
**Author:** ![AVGjoe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/avgjoe/32/2970_2.png) [@AVGjoe](https://community.umbrel.com/u/AVGjoe)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351/2 "2022-06-20T14:12:44Z")
Under the Private Electrum tab I tried URL = umbrel.local PORT: 50001 And it worked… is this less secure than using the onion address from my umbrel node? ---
**Author:** ![AVGjoe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/avgjoe/32/2970_2.png) [@AVGjoe](https://community.umbrel.com/u/AVGjoe)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351/3 "2022-06-22T22:15:59Z")
Just giving this a bump. I’m still curious. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![agrizzlybear](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/agrizzlybear/32/1956_2.png) [@agrizzlybear](https://community.umbrel.com/u/agrizzlybear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351/4 "2022-11-08T12:32:54Z")
I’ve just started having the exact same issue. Connected to Private Electrm Server using Tor (which was working beautifully for about 2 weeks), then suddenly it stopped working the other day and now trying to find a way to connect Electrm via umbrel.local (following Darth Coin guide but not had any success) and also can’t find a way to connect to Bitcoin Core. Is becoming very frustrating… ---
**Author:** ![Tdf1230](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@Tdf1230](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Tdf1230)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351/5 "2022-11-11T15:53:58Z")
I’m having similar issues and wanted to know if there are any fixes ---
**Author:** ![Tdf1230](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@Tdf1230](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Tdf1230)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351/6 "2022-11-11T15:55:38Z")
By the way I’m a little new to umbrel ---
**Author:** ![Jon\_Hodl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/jon_hodl/32/3193_2.png) [@Jon\_Hodl](https://community.umbrel.com/u/Jon_Hodl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/connecting-sparrow-vs-bitcoin-core-or-electrum/8351/7 "2023-01-08T10:41:03Z")
I also connect to my Umbrel via “umbrel.local” instead of via Tor and would like to know more about this. Am I sacrificing any privacy when I do this?