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

Bitcoin Takeover Podcast

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)