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Privacy-Focused Wasabi Wallet Reinstates ‘Coin Control’ Feature in Latest Software Upgrade

The feature was reinstated after advanced users complained about the constraints of Wasabi’s automated version of coin control, called “privacy control,” introduced in a previous upgrade.

By Frederick Munawa

Mar 21, 2023 at 3:12 p.m. UTC

Mar 21, 2023

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Wasabi Wallet Will Pay You to 'Crack' a Bitcoin Wallet

The challenge is part of a week-long educational game that has received support from 12 major partners, including Blockstream, Trezor, BTCPay and others.

By Frederick Munawa

Jan 24, 2023 at 10:37 p.m. UTC

Jan 24, 2023

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How Popular Are Crypto Mixers? Here’s What the Data Tells Us

Volume data suggests crypto coin mixing is not as prevalent as one might think. This article is part of CoinDesk's Privacy Week.

By George Kaloudis Edward Oosterbaan

Jan 25, 2022 at 2:22 p.m. UTC

Jan 25, 2022

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Money Trail From Liquid Exchange Hack Points to Wasabi Privacy Wallets

Hackers are using Wasabi wallets to launder BTC stolen from Liquid or received in exchange for other stolen cryptos, according to Crystal Blockchain.

By Anna Baydakova

Aug 30, 2021 at 6:54 p.m. UTC

Aug 30, 2021

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Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Wasabi Lays Out Roadmap for Version 2.0

Wasabi Wallet 2.0 will introduce privacy enhancement "WabiSabi," a more efficient CoinJoin framework.

By Myles Sherman

Jul 7, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 7, 2021

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Elliptic Is Mapping Bitcoin Stolen From 2016 Bitfinex Hack

New research from blockchain analytics firm Elliptic asks whether zkSNACKs, the firm behind bitcoin privacy wallet Wasabi, is turning a blind eye to stolen coins.

By Ian Allison

May 13, 2021 at 3:57 p.m. UTC

May 13, 2021

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Wasabi Wallet and Bull Bitcoin Donate $40K in Crypto to Bitcoin Knots Development

The donation will encourage developing and pursuing open-source tech.

By Benjamin Powers

Mar 1, 2021 at 8:44 p.m. UTC

Mar 1, 2021

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Privacy

Wasabi Wallet 2.0 Will Offer Automatic CoinJoins by Default to Boost Privacy

One of the main Wasabi Wallet 2.0 improvements is not just to the CoinJoin design through WabiSabi, but also its usability. We could see it debut in about nine months.

By Benjamin Powers

Nov 5, 2020 at 4:00 a.m. UTC

Nov 5, 2020

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