S15 E45: Turbolay & Lucas Ontivero on Wasabi Wallet

Wasabi Wallet shut down its official CoinJoin coordinator. Now what?

Find out what's next for the project by listening to this interview with developers Lucas Ontivero & Turbolay!

Time stamps:

Introduction (00:00:42)

Maintaining Wasabi (00:02:25)

Decentralization and New Features (00:07:10)

Community Takeover and Comparison with Samurai Wallet (00:10:55)

Adapting to New Paradigm (00:15:25)

Why Choose Wasabi? (00:20:57)

The anonymity and privacy features of Wasabi (00:21:56)

Government running a Wasabi coordinator? (00:23:27)

Underrated features of Wasabi (00:24:38)

Automatic coin selector and advanced coin selection workflow (00:27:37)

Concerns and criticisms about Wasabi (00:29:38)

Address reuse and privacy risks in Wasabi (00:32:30)

Integrating Wasabi with external services (00:39:15)

The daemon integration (00:42:43)

Decentralization of Coinjoins (00:44:24)

Liquidity and coordinator updates (00:47:49)

Coordinator connection and discovery (00:50:42)

Coordinator fees and user protections (00:56:10)

Motivation for working on Wasabi (01:02:46)

Lucas Ontivero's Challenges (01:04:29)

Project Commitment (01:06:49)

Community Support (01:09:52)

Privacy in Bitcoin (01:13:30)

Future Solutions (01:15:59)

Regulatory Concerns (01:17:32)

Maintaining Wasabi (01:21:32)

Hardware Wallet Compatibility (01:25:35)

Community Support and Future Plans (01:26:40)

Technical Control and Graphical Interface (01:27:23)

Acknowledgments and Sponsorship (01:28:39)

Following the Contributors (01:30:10)

Importance of Wasabi for Bitcoin Privacy (01:31:17)