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Wasabi v2.5.0 released - Privacy wallet for Bitcoin onlywasabiwallet.io/
2287 sats \ 100k boost \ 29 comments \ @kruw 7 Feb bitcoin
Wasabi is an on chain wallet for desktop that provides privacy by default for Bitcoin. It is built on top of a suite of features to enable completely anonymous transactions:
  • Generates a unique Tor IP for each network interaction
  • Lightweight sync with BIP157/BIP158 block filters
  • Coinjoin or send BIP78 Payjoins to protect on chain history
  • Send to BIP352 Silent Payment addresses
  • Calculates UTXO combinations that don’t create a change output when you spend
If you use Lightning (if you don’t, then you should!) then it’s useful to coinjoin before opening an outbound channel. If you purchased inbound liquidity, it’s useful to coinjoin the UTXO you receive after closing the channel before moving it to cold storage.
Wasabi v2.5.0 is focused on improving the software’s UX based on feedback from veterans. I won’t bother describing how aesthetic it is, I’ll show off some screenshots for you to see for yourself.
Client side block filters let you synchronize privately without needing to connect your full node first:
Crisp home interface:
Passively consolidate your UTXOs in a coinjoin when fees are low:
Audit your coinjoin results:
Resize your payments to avoid wasting block space on a change output:
Check out the full release notes here: https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/tag/v2.5.0
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213 sats \ 13 replies \ @TheMorningStar 7 Feb
What makes this wallet different from others?
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43 sats \ 5 replies \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
The main feature of Wasabi is that you aren't limited to building solo transactions, you can combine your coins with other users to increase the privacy of everyone in the crowd. The more users that participate in the coinjoin transaction, the more privacy each participant gains, and it's completely non custodial.
Even if you don't participate in coinjoins, Wasabi is excellent for managing your hardware wallet since it does network synchronization and transaction broadcasting over Tor.
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Artilektt 7 Feb
I thought Wasabi had abandoned coordinating coinjoins?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
The default coinjoin coordinator ran by zkSNACKs (the company that sponsored Wasabi's development) shut down in June. Community members run their own coordinators now.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kilianbuhn 7 Feb
if there is a coordinator, it's not a coinjoin, it's a mixer
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
"Coinjoin" is a technical term for a transaction that contains inputs from multiple users. Dual funded Lightning channels are technically a coinjoin.
"Mixer" generally refers to websites that take custody of your funds. They're basically phishing scams for people who want privacy.
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42 sats \ 6 replies \ @kilianbuhn 7 Feb
in short: privacy through coinjoins
in the future, i hope, almost all onchain transactions will be coinjoins
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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Filiprogrammer 7 Feb
in the future, i hope, almost all onchain transactions will be coinjoins
and batched Lightning channel open transactions
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kilianbuhn 7 Feb
There aren't enough people getting orangepilled or blockspace used enough to make this necessary yet.
But you ofc still do it now 😁😁
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30 sats \ 3 replies \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
One of Wasabi's developers gave a presentation about this at bitcoin++ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oc9V59PTDU
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Filiprogrammer 7 Feb
Yooo, that's epic! But this would probably take a lot of attempts when 100 people want to open a channel in the same coinjoin. But on a smaller scale this could be amazing!
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kilianbuhn 7 Feb
But this would probably take a lot of attempts when 100 people want to open a channel in the same coinjoin.
Do they? Why?
Coinjoins don't use lots of attempts either or do they?
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @PictureRoom 6h
Is there a good video tutorial that you could recommend on how to do this properly? My concern from the last time I saw this was the number of UTXO's that are created afterwords, but I could be misunderstanding
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kruw OP 2h
After coinjoining, your wallet will normally have 10-20 UTXOs in it, depending on how much your total balance is. But you'll never really accumulate more UTXOs than that since future coinjoins will automatically remix and consolidate your small UTXOs as you continue to send and receive payments.
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105 sats \ 0 replies \ @jsonbits 7 Feb
Looks dope!
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Filiprogrammer 7 Feb
Only 12 hours later another version is out already:
v2.5.1 Fixes a bug with the recovery workflow introduced in v2.5.0
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
Yep, I tested new wallet creation before release but I didn't test wallet recovery. Fast bug fix though!
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Feb
Would be interesting if Wasabi will add LN support through Breez SDK or LDK.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SatsMate 6h
With this lightning wallet, what is the largest amount one can send? Is it under 1M sats?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kruw OP 2h
Wasabi is an on chain wallet, there's no limits because you self custody your own money.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @MANI 6h
Is this just web only?
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Longtermwizard 7 Feb
Why the people that like/use samurai/ashigaru wallet tend to dislike and talk shit about Wasabi wallet??
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
I've never heard any complaints from Ashigaru's devs. We'll find out more from the Samourai during their trial I guess.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Longtermwizard 7 Feb
I am talking about the people that use it, not the Devs.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
You would have to ask them yourself, I won't try to summarize someone else's opinion lest I be accused of a strawman.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @3a42879d5f 7 Feb
When I go to download (for the first time ever), Cloudflare gives me an error 1015. "You are being rate limited" :(
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109 sats \ 0 replies \ @kruw OP 7 Feb
The download button pulls from Github, so if you are using Tor or a VPN then refresh your IP address if it is getting limited.
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