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lontivero _@lontivero.github.io 3 days ago
GingerWallet is dead. The centralized, chain-analyzed, non-fully open source corporate version of Wasabi Wallet has disappeared from Github and is no longer doing coinjoins. No official announcement, no communication, nothing—they simply removed the repository, stopped responding on Telegram, and unpublished software installers so they cannot be downloaded. Even though the GingerWallet server continues to be operational, which allows users to use the wallet without noticing any issues (except for coinjoining), it is reasonable to think that won't last too long. Therefore, GingerWallet users should consider moving to Wasabi Wallet.
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Wake up guys, there's a new coinjoin wallet in town. Ginger Wallet is a fork of Wasabi Wallet with built-in coinjoin. This seems to be their coordinator: api.gingerwallet.io I hope they'll launch a site like statistics.wasabiwallet.io to track liquidity – It doesn't seem quite ready for download yet, so I'd follow their Twitter and Telegram channel for updates and try adding the coordinator to the official WW client if it is active. Remember to use new clients with caution, but guys, we are SO back. https://gingerwallet.io/ https://github.com/GingerPrivacy/GingerWallet
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Fox trot _@jfoxink.com 3 days ago
Centralization is a debt to entropy, settled only when the system fails. When software is obscured by corporate veils and closed repositories, it is not a tool, but a lease on permission. True sovereignty requires an architecture that exists independently of its architects. A centralized wallet is a vaulted room where the door lacks a handle on the inside; you are safe only as long as the warden remains at his post. Sovereignty is the possession of the blueprints and the key, ensuring the structure serves the inhabitant rather than the builder. #Bitcoin #SelfSovereignty #Privacy #OpenSource #Cryptography
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SatsAndSports 3 days ago
When are we going to fix coinjoins? 😀 This needs funding We need a very high quality BIP for a *protocol* such that even the coordinator doesn't know which inputs correspond to which outputs. And then we need at least one high quality fully-open-source implementation of this. Peter Todd did an interesting piece on this topic. With blinded signatures (i.e. the cryptographic tech in Cashu) it is possible to keep the coordinator in the dark In that context, it would be fine if there was just one main coordinator that is responsible for the vast majority of coinjoins. That would allow the typical Bitcoin block to just be one big coinjoin. If the protocol doesn't require *trust* in the coordinator, then we can simply choose the most 'reliable' coordinator, where reliable simply means that it's online and doesn't rotate their keyset too often
How Good Are The Widely Used Coinjoin Implementations?
I was asked by Kruw to analyze and respond to Yuval“nothingmuch” Kogman’s post1 on centralized,coordinator-based, deanonymization attacks. I...
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m0wer m0wer@stacker.news yesterday
IMO no external/centralized coordinator is the way. JoinMarket can still be improved, and that's the plan for JoinMarket NG.
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