S15 E45: Lucas Ontivero & Turbolay on Wasabi Wallet's Future

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What's next for Wasabi Wallet after ZK Snacks shut down the biggest CoinJoin coordinator? Lucas Ontivero & Turbolay, the two developers who still maintain the code, are positive that the project will grow even bigger than before! So when is 3.0 coming?

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)

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