Topic: [END] WasabiWallet.io Review Campaign | 0.002 BTC/Review - page 2. (Read 5075 times)

To clear things out:

I explain in my review the reasons why I didn't try coinjoin (yet), but I informed myself about this service before I wrote my post, of course. After using it last week, I can only reiterate my satisfaction with CoinJoin. You said that "These CoinJoin rounds cost a lot of money, so if I was a Wasabi user, I'd want to really know what I'm getting for my money". I anonymised 0.01676 BTC for just 0.00005 BTC in "Economic mode": that is 1$ for 335$, or a 0,3%, which is ridiculously cheap IMHO.

On the other hand, you can read in my review some flaws that must be addressed, but to me the overall valuation is very positive. In fact, I am not a candidate in their signature campaign for a week and a half and I proudly keep their signature until I find a new campaign, for free, not because I am endorsing anything for money, but because I genuinely like this project. So please, don't judge if you are not sure about your hunches.


This is your opinion. If you read my entire review, I explain that I wouldn't repeat, as a Mac user, what others had masterfully explained before me about installation, and I thought it appropriate to limit myself to commenting on a few points that had not been addresed in previous reviews, not as a programmer, that I am not, but as the average Wasabi user that I am.


Please, stop criticizing and let's keep building together. I didn't know that this was a competition.

In the event any member could not (or did not CoinJoin), it would be difficult to take the rest of the review seriously thus making it no longer a candidate for the 0.002 BTC review reward.

There were 30 members selected by icopress to provide reviews. By reading some of the reviews, I would find it difficult to believe that all reviewers have been genuine in their reviews. The three reviews you have highlighted below are very sub-standard but thankfully there have been several detailed reviews that bring a lot of information that would be appreciated by Wasabi.

I am scanning through this thread a bit; there are some really nice and thorough reviews that answered some open questions of mine, and some are... let's say 'different'.

Here are a few examples I noticed pretty much back-to-back endorsing the wallet even though CoinJoin didn't work or they didn't try it..
Please, people, if you write an honest good review, you will get your reward from icopress, no matter if you praise the wallet or not. You don't have to pretend something is great and recommendable if you couldn't get its main feature (CoinJoin) even going or don't understand it. Not to blame you; that's on the software, the software is made for 'everyone', so it should explain everything and not leave anything unclear. These CoinJoin rounds cost a lot of money, so if I was a Wasabi user, I'd want to really know what I'm getting for my money.

Lmo the last I checked this is a review thread, so if you have not tested the wallet why are you commenting here and tagging others, I can see this is for merit begging as I have seen that in your history, you can have tons of merits just by being a booth sucker.

You messed up something here. The "Ubuntu windows" version does not exist, even khaled did not say that he had such a thing. Ubuntu is specific Linux distribution and is not in any way related to Microsoft software.

Wasabi Wallet will be a good Wallet to be used in desktop or laptop. From the interface and the features on the screen, it is more attracting. Though I have seen n0nce thread on wasabi and read the analogy (Overview).  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wasabi-blacklisting-update-open-letter-24-questions-discussion-thread-5405325 and also Ratimov scanning and skimming of the desktop version of the wallet (overview) https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--5286821
 I have not used it before but is like I will try it to Know the real use of the wallet so I can make comments with confidence on the wallet. khaled0111, you said you use Ubuntu windows, is it normal as other windows? Such as windows 7, 8 and 10. Because in my desktop, I have partition the system with windows 7 and Ubuntu but since when I installed it I have not used it. So I can't really tell how it works. I also want to thank all those users that review the Wasabi Wallet for smaooth and clean uses.

Finally, here is my review of WasabiWallet, tested on my win 10 PC.

I have to admit that the installation itself went faster than I expected. there is no unnecessary question through instaling.
However, for example, I would like to be able to install it in a custom directory, rather than default target like /app/roaming. there are plenty of reasons for that.

Using dark mode, at first glance everything is acceptable. however, I would have put together the menu a little better. we have additional settings and functions in several different places. I believe that it could be arranged more simply.



In receive tab, I would like to have the possibility to see my addresses. Now I only have labels, so it's a bit tiring to get to the address because it requires a few more actions.
The first address which I used to receive coins, now I can't find anywhere. Behind labels are other unused addresses.
When sending coins it will be fine if there "send all" button or something like that. it is also completely unnecessary to have a separate tab for advanced fee options, there is enough space and it will be fine if you can see which the recommended fee of which will be used.

I tried to connect them to my Trezor wallet, but he didn't manage to do that. I get the first screen on my hardware, but the option to enter a pin does not work
(Trezor one, with the latest firmware updates)



at one point something happened with the connection, although he was connected to 12 peers, the wallet was offline. My internet connection was fine at that point.



since the first wallet I created, I forgot the password. Trying to access using the seed phrase but that was not enough. the wallet itself also has a recovery password option, but it ended unsuccessfully. So I create another new one.

I send around 0.0193BTC there. I choose the Coinjoin strategy "maximize speed" and Coinjoining started 20 minutes after the deposit. Privacy progress varied from 7% up to 65% and back to 24%.

I kept the wallet running and waited for 100% privacy, but that didn't happen.
When I check my receiving address on explorer, all coins mixed very fast. (about 2 hours)
however, the wallet continued to do conjoin and after all, now I have some left in my wallet 0.00999351 BTC I believe it stopped there because by default autostart Coinjoin 0.01.
Therefore, the Coinjoin fee cost me around 0.01 BTC, because even after the end he continued to work.
There is a message that further mixing is uneconomical.

I used Ubuntu 18.04 to test the Wasabi wallet. So I downloaded the .dep file from the official website and followed the instructions from their documentation page on how to verify and install it to be sure I won't make any mistake.

After verifying the signature and installing the wallet, I run it for the first time and it immediately found an old wallet on my hard drive that I totally forgot about and didn't know it exists. So instead of asking me to create a new wallet, Wasabi started loading the old wallet (this proves it maintains backward compatibility as the old file was created with the older version).
Wasabi says that the time needed for downloading and processing bitcoin network data depends on the size of my wallet. However, in my case, this process took several minutes although my wallet received a single transaction.
I also noticed when running Wasabi for the first time that my device (good specs) became slow and laggy. I didn't experience this with bitcoin core.

After the wallet finished syncing and opened up, the balance field showed something like this: "####". At first, I thought there might be something wrong like broken wallet or connection syncing issue or maybe the wallet is simply empty. Then I realized that this is one of Wasabi features (to hide the balance for privacy reasons). Instead of using "#" I suggest using asterisks "*" which I believe is more intuitive as everyone one knows asterisks are used for hidden text.

When checking the Setting tab, I found that starting coin joining for amounts above xx is enabled by default. The same for ignoring dust amounts (0.00005btc which is not dust by any means). In my opinion, such features that require deducting money from the wallet have to be disabled by default.

I downloaded the windows version. Did not notice anything heavy at all on CPU or RAM stress apart from very rare blips which occur when opening and initialising some programs.

I opted to try Wasabi without using the testnet feature and went straight to mix. As there are no funds in the empty wallet the privacy progress stands at 100% but as soon you receive funds it drops to 0% then works up towards 100%.

I created a second wallet which I did not use but it is simple to create and toggle when/if you need that style of setup. With TOR built-in to the program it gives a layer of privacy which can be increased by using a VPN as it does not affect Wasabi functionality but further enhances privacy for those wanting to feel more secure.

After I made a couple of deposits, it took around 6 hours for the first mix to occur which showed around 30% privacy progress but the full amount of the first deposit as “private”.

After allowing the program to run in the background, the mix for the second deposit took another 5 hours or so on top which then took the privacy progress to 98% and both accumulative amount transactions (minus the mix and tx fees) were showing “private”. After that I switched the device off.

That means the first mix took around 6 hours and the second around 11 hours. When checked on the blockchain there were plenty of other transactions listed which would make it either almost impossible for the average person (or extremely difficult for experienced individuals) to try to ascertain a trace.

Later when I switched on the device again and opened Wasabi it was correctly showing 98% and I let it run in the background, after several hours I noticed I realised the mix was up to 99% and another small fee was applied… this was because the setting in Wasabi was defaulted to mix when the program opened. The facility to pause the mix by pressing a button is at the bottom which was is option for those that are happy to use mixed coins stated as "private" but not yet at 100%.

Overall, I am happy with Wasabi during this experience while testing. I will definitely recommend Wasabi to others as it is open source, easy to use and it keeps the process on your own desktop avoiding online mixers and keeping the process simple.



Suggestions:

The first mix took around 6 hours, now I am aware what to expect therefore I will not be worried by seeing 0% privacy progress but for the first time it can be a little daunting for the uninitiated. Maybe modifying the UI to give sort of indicator would help ease nervous users

I would advise those unfamiliar with mixers and also Wasabi to do some online research to understand about how the process actually works. I would also advise to read the FAQ

I would advise users expecting an instant mix that it does not happen. Wasabi is ideal if you want to mix but want to have access to your mixed coins the following day for example or at least after enough time to allow the mix to occur.

Username: repear7
BTC Address: bc1q74d942xqa56ahm3nf0pn48c6hygxrs0gn9tcga

Oops, my bad


Makes sense(the community project part) but still clueless about which projects are being attacked here. Gonna read previous reviews.

He is saying Wasabi is attacking community projects, not that it is a community project itself.

Yea I am curious too. There's nothing about wasabi to call it a community project(nothing wrong with it for obvious reasons),

Wasabi is a privacy-oriented wallet service. It's pretty much very clear. They even have job openings and will accept any contribution to their open source project(if anyone is interested https://wasabiwallet.io/contribution.html).
Paying people to sing praises and no criticism sounds more counter-productive to me.
It's clear that they want to improve and expand. That's why they welcome criticism  

Can you specify what you mean? I doubt very much that it is as you say, that they are paying to attack community projects. I would like to check where you get that interpretation from.

I think wasabi wallet could be classified as a service.

They have an estimated profit of 9~10  BTC/monthly(follow the money and this estimate is from 2020. Definitely more than that now. Maybe 20?) from the coinjoin service they offer. Being open source is one of its another feature. I wouldn't call it community based.

This is why Wasabi and OP are open to crtiticism

Why is this campaign paying users to publicly attack community projects? Seems sort of counter to a good advertising campaign and needs to be addressed. I’d appreciate it if the campaign manager would address the situation and resolve it as paying users who attack others with lies seems like bad practice to me.

Edit: Who is funding this campaign?

My review for the Wasabi wallet:

Starting like a noob:

I searched for "download wasabi" on google, wasabiwallet.io has a pretty weak ranking their. Overall it's ranked 5th/6th with this keyword. Even a bitcointalk post tops them with this particular keyword.

I got curious about other keywords on other search engines. It was all good and had #1 place.

But for some reason, on my Azure Windows 11 server when I searched for "wasabi wallet" on bing(internet edge's default search), I get a strange result as #1. Probably a phishing site?
I am unable to replicate this search result on my personal laptop and mobile with bing. But it keeps on showing the same result on azure machine for some reason  

So yea, needs a bit of SEO work maybe.

Downloading & Installation process

My mac laptop's OS(MacOS 10,13   ) is outdated for this wallet.(not a surprise since many applications usually are but I install their old versions. Since it's a bitcoin wallet, I refrained from doing so)
I installed it on my remote windows server. It was seamless.

I was asked to set a coinjoin strategy, when I clicked on customize

There was an option "Coinjoin time preference". I hovered my mouse over the text, hoping there would be more info.
For people who haven't used coinjoin before(like me), some hint about "Coinjoin time" would be helpful. Just like how there are hints for Red coin when we hover over it.

Usage

When I reached the wallet's home, for a while I thought it was loading something. But no, it's a design for an empty ledger. I believe there could be better ways to display an empty ledger. Like just displaying a text message "You have no transactions"

I switched to testnet, to experience sending & receiving. Seems like it catches transactions from mempool, so it was pretty quick to update me with incoming transactions. For some reason, the "label" column enjoys majority of space.  
Maybe the wallet could show the receiving address when we click on the label? Because even when I click on "transaction detail" icon, I don't see the receiving address. The same thing for withdrawals, I can only see the label. But no address itself, even when I click on the transaction detail icon.

I know it would defeat the purpose of labeling an address. But it doesn't have to show the address straightaway, only when someone clicks transaction details or a label(as a re-assurance).



If I was crypto-rich and didn't want beggars or IRS to follow my wallet then I would definitely keep using it.

8/10 - No bs wallet with a very cool design.

My Experience:  Wasabi Wallet Review

Initial impressions:

Download and installation was fairly quick.  In a few minutes, it was time to start setting it up, tailoring it if you would.  At this point, I created a new wallet by clicking on Create a new wallet.  Afterwards, you will deal with and verify your recovery phrase, so far so good and typical.  Next, you'll need to pic a Coinjoin strategy and even if you customize, you will still see a strategy in your wallet settings.  Here is where I would like to see a truly customizable strategy more so than a customization within a strategy; maybe this could be a consideration for a future release and both could be available instead of just customization within a strategy.  Another nice feature is Network Anonymization (Tor) option in the wallet settings along with the Discreet Mode on the lower left, which hides your balance as well as certain Transaction Details.  There is also a sliding scale along an x, y axis which shows fee and time correlation.

Ease of Use:

Really easy to use and rather intuitive.  To truly test out, I sent a transaction using Coinjoin as the "privacy and anonymity" aspects are appealing.  The Coinjoin feature can take some time, took about an hour or so for me, give or take 15 min, could be quicker for some or longer for others.  The transaction got to where it should and by the looks of the blockchain, it mixed things quite well to the point of being "untraceable/unfollowable" without software assistance, and even then, not so sure how some software packages would perform.  

Verdict:

A great wallet that I will use again.  Wish the fee control was more granular like Electrum, where you get an estimation, before committing, of how many blocks before transmitting.  This wallet also has a strong focus on privacy and anonymity, and one has to determine 1) if the 0.3% fee for the Coinjoin service is it worth it or not and 2) how does this pricing compare to other similar services, and 3) can you deal with the added transaction time.  The answers may vary depending on the individuals' needs, desires, and goals.

My Review
I downloaded WasabiWallet on my windows 10 device. The downloading process was smooth and quick. After installing WasabiWallet, the first thing that I noticed was the simplicity of the user interface, it was simple but not boring. The colors were not dull like other wallets I have used in the past, there seems to bring life to the wallet.



Creating my wallet was easy, I was asked to write down my recovery phrase, I noticed there was no way to copy the phrase which is a good sign that Wasabi is really about one's privacy and protection. I think the best way to store one's recovery phrase is the old fashioned paper and pen method and Wasabi agrees with me. The copy option suggests it is okay users to store their recovery phrase digitally which is bad. Kudos to WasabiWallet for not making a copy function available.



I like that the wallet has a dark mode feature. Personally I'm obsessed with the dark mode feature, I can comfortable use my WasabiWallet any time of the day without bothering my eyes. You can also have the liberty to turn on/off Tor as seen in the image.


Wasabi makes use of Tor to increase customer privacy. They also have the coinjoin feature on default. With this, you don't have to use mixer services which for me is great. You can turnoff the coinjoin in settings if you do not want to use it.
 
Wasabi wallet is user-friendly, the interface is neat and easy to navigate even for a beginner.  WasabiWallet is offers the perfect service - privacy and open sourced, the user is truly in control of his coins. I didn't find any bugs. I will be using WasabiWallet more in the future.

Wasabi Wallet Review


Why You Should Use the New Bitcoin Wallet, Wasabi

Wasabi is a new Bitcoin wallet that provides a much safer alternative to your current Bitcoin wallet. In this article, we will discuss why you should use Wasabi instead of your current Bitcoin wallet.
What Is Wasabi? - Wasabi is a Bitcoin wallet designed with security in mind.
It provides secure storage of your coins and private keys and takes several steps to ensure the safety of its users.
You can even connect to other RPC nodes.

One of the most important benefits of using Wasabi is its security. Wasabi has an advanced security system that makes it difficult for hackers to break into your account and steal your Bitcoins.
It also has an offline mode, which helps protect against hackers who might try to attack your device while you’re connected to the internet or even after you disconnect from the internet.

Another benefit of using Wasabi is its privacy features. Unlike some other wallets, Wasabi does not store any of your private keys on its server or on any other third-party server.
This means that no one can access your funds without your knowledge. It’s also easy to restore a wallet in case you can’t access your device or somehow delete the app.
To do this, just follow these steps: Start by downloading the app again ➵ re-entering your password ➵ This will create a new seed phrase ➵ recover all of your funds.

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Best,
Swordsoffreedom