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Wasabi Wallet Review

Since other members before me have already installed Wasabi Wallet in their Macs (sorry for that, bitbollo) I will skip the part about the installation process and I won't repeat what others have already explained masterfully.

Just one tip for users that, like me, use some sort of antivirus software. In my case, I use Avast, and when I first tried to install the wallet a window popped-out stating that bitcoind was infected with BitCoinMiner. This is just typical with Bitcoin wallets afaik but, for newbies, the process to bypass the proposed quarantine is the following one:


When the message pops-up...


...click on the three rounded dots and then create exception...


...so the exception is created and that file won't be scanned anymore.


That said, I am not really keen on installing many wallets in my computer (I mainly use Electrum wallet and Ledger Live) but I really like the alternative that brings Wasabi, as the design is quite cool, UI is beautiful, compact, intuitive, in overall the wallet is easy to use for entry level Bitcoin users, and it adds this coinjoin feature that, to be honest, I haven't used it yet but I'm eager to try it in the next days (for the purpose of this review I have transferred some satoshis but below the 0.01 BTC recommended amount, so I will wait and rely on the experience of other members until I make the next transaction).

UI and coinjoin are great pros, not to be shadowed by the following two cons I found:

First of all, the synchronisation every time you open your wallet can be a bit annoying, but at least in my case it takes just a few seconds every time I open it (a few minutes when I first executed it after the installation) and not 1 hour like in the previous post.



And last, but not least, I have an issue that may be just mine because of my computer being a bit old or something, but using MacOS (Monterey) and Wasabi Wallet v.2.0.1.1, I simply cannot minimise the window, because it pops-up immediately. I hope it gets fixed in the next update, it is a bit annoying, but nothing too serious, and the pros far outweigh the cons.

That said, it only remains for me to add that it is an honor to be one of the standard bearers of this project in the forum. Keep up the good work!


EDIT after being criticized by some for reviewing before actually using CoinJoin: 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.

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My review !

I was not able to install on my Macbook.
I have tried in a secondary partition but it was not accessible/not working.
I tried to install on the main partition but it doesn't work. Sad (well yes I have tried both executables...)
[It could be possible is just a mistake of some options on my mac.... but never happened before with other sw]

I have installed on a Windows machine. Everything was smooth.
I have received a payment and sending out just to try how it works and yes it's a good wallet easy to use with some options for "experienced user". I don't think this the simpliest wallet out of there....

Suggestions:
-There is not an android/iOS application Sad I think this could be a good option for the future.
- it was better to copy the seed word directly and not force the user to write down.
- Coinjoin explanation must be added on full, the final user should get an explanation about the process just for general information.
- advanced setting in a bar are something hard to be used (if you don't know the exact term you can't find an info).
- I can't extract the single private key (why not add this possibility?)
- It's not like electrum that doesn't allow to see ALL address associated (here I am forced to add a label each time)
- Synchronization after a reboot requires /1 hour and more . It was better a disclaimer about it ::

Generally speaking the wallet seems professional with several features for privacy and for customization.
I have not tested coinjoin directly but I think this is one of the best novelty they have introduced.





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Am I right in thinking the deadline for posting the review is 17th July?
Jolly, I think July 25th is ok.  Tongue
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Am I right in thinking the deadline for posting the review is 17th July?

Hurry up guys... some of you already got paid!
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I was doing a review of the Wasabi wallet based on the build version 2.0.1.1.

I liked that I can download the wallet from several sources, this is both the official website (https://www.wasabiwallet.io/#download), GITHUB (https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi/releases), where you can download both older versions of the release and preliminary new versions for testing, as well as for fans of maximum anonymity, the opportunity to download the wallet from the official website is available on the Tor network (http://wasabiukrxmkdgve5kynjztuovbg43uxcbcxn6y2okcrsg7gb6jdmbad.onion/) - the link was not checked by me.

After downloading, be sure to check the PGP signature, because scammers do not sleep!

Wasabi wallet has desktop applications for several operating systems:
1. Windows 10 and above.
2. MacOS 10.15 and above, there is a version for INTEL and M1 processors.
3. Various versions of Linux, such as Ubuntu, Debian and others.

Let's start at the beginning with what I liked about the Wasabi wallet:
- Sufficient ease of installation and configuration. This is unlikely to cause difficulties for inexperienced users. In addition, there are many guides on the Internet how to do this.
- The ability to connect hardware wallets. I connected my Ledger Nano S to the Wasabi wallet without any problems.
- The connection to the network occurs with multiple encryption through 3 random proxy servers. This increases your online security.
- The CoinJoin function allows you to mix transactions with other users, which makes your transactions anonymous to a high degree.
- Non-custodial. Users store their private keys themselves, there is no possibility of storing them on the developers' servers.

What I didn't like about the wallet:
- It is not possible to change the interface language. In fact, this is not such a big problem for most inhabitants of the crypto market. However, if we are talking about attracting newcomers to use this product, then adding other interface languages would play a positive role.
- Wasabi wallet did not want to work on a 32-bit system. I have a lot of old laptops lying around, I thought to try using one as a separate Wasabi wallet, but it didn't work out (
- I couldn't use the CoinJoin function to mix coins from a hardware wallet. The instructions say that for this you need to place the keys on the computer, but I did not do it.


Conclusions: The wallet definitely deserves attention. It is easy to install and use. It has high security, ensures confidentiality and anonymity. I would recommend it for use.
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My WASABI wallet reivew:

What is WASABI WALLET?
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Wasabi Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial, privacy focused Bitcoin wallet for desktop. It implements a trustless privacy technique, called Chaumian CoinJoin.
Source: https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WasabiDoc

Why WASABI?
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This is the place with an introduction to privacy in general, and why especially financial privacy is so important. Here is covered how Bitcoin is already good for privacy, much better than the incumbent monetary system. And why Wasabi can make Bitcoin an even better tool of self-defense by default.
Source: https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WasabiDoc/tree/master/docs/why-wasabi/

How to use WASABI wallet?



Reviewing this wasabi wallet is very technical, I can't avoid to compared it into Electrum wallet even though I know
they are differ to one another in so many ways. However, when I first downloaded it at my desktop, I think almost 1 hour and
30 mins before its fully completed to install at my computer.




I also noticed that in less than a week now, wasabi wallet created a several version this a couple of days, where the version I am
reveiwing so far was the version of wasabi 2.0

Second, when I first created my wallet over Wasabi at BitcoinBTC address it was fine and I don't have any question about it.



This was a good guidelines if anyone want to ask something here at wasabi, it was actually very
informative about the question You/We want to find out.


Question:

what is the purpose of coinjoin at the wasabi wallet?

- I'm not exactly sure to my understanding about this coinjoin, whatever, just correct me if I am wrong with it.
Based on what I understood, once you try to deposit at coinjoin with a minimum threshold of 0.01BTC your balance
in Satoshi will stakes if it is not in privacy in terms of coinjoin activation, but not sure about this.

- Moreover, I think there is also a danger things once you do something wrong at the coinjoin according to my observation in it.
Just make sure you have a proper understanding in it, so you won't regret in the end using this wallet of course.

My Feedback from the WASABI wallet

- This is what I like at the wasabi wallet where you can change the color background from black to white background
   where other's don't have. And the interface was too simply attractive based on my experienced as a new user of this wallet.

- You can generate several times the address as long as you can.


Reminders:

1. You must activate 2FA, if you want to deposit for us to secure our Bitcoin balance in it, to avoid unexpected things
    in which we don't like to happen, just like example for lossing our balance in it.

2. Make sure you have a proper understanding and knowledge on this matter, besides there is a guidelines to use
   it properly anyway.


Conclusion:

 For an ordinary users of Bitcoin, it is very simple to use as the other wallets has when it comes to transaction whether deposit or
withdrawal. But in the other features this wallet was really differ to other wallets. There are some features that I like and I don't like
as well, but its only a few of them where I know some of the reviewers saw it for sure.



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Perhaps, I am not too late to pass my review at wasabi, I will finish my review before end of this day
I didn't notice the time, where a lot of the participants was already submitted their task here at
the wasabi review campaign. Thanks for the reminders Sir.
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To be honest, I especially liked mocacinno's review.

Hurry up with what?

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Ohh forget it. I didn't notice that there was a oral lel campaign to the wallet reviw. I thought I was replying to the signature campaign.
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To be honest, I especially liked mocacinno's review.
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Wasabi Wallet Review

Download process
Very fast and straight forward. It took me less than 2 minutes to navigate to the website, download and install the wallet – very convenient. The application pops up on the desktop and all you have to do is to double-click and you’re all ready to experience the Wasabi experience (sounds like I’m an ambassador, but this is just my style of writing)

Branding & Functionalities
The branding of the wallet backed by its functionalities really appeals to those who are concerned about their privacy. We should all be if you ask me.

Wallet initialization



Suggestion: As a nice little addition I suggest adding the possibility of sliding back & forth between the above presentation of wallet’s features.

It is a little confusing that on the website it is specified that users shouldn’t pay coordinator fees while on the prompts this is not specified:



Terms & Conditions Review
Not overly complicated with legal jargon. It was quite easy to read and understand. I took the time to go through it thoroughly and no phrases raised up question marks regarding their commitment to keep privacy as a top priority.

UI Analysis
First of all I am a little bit confused about the gradient lines when having no transaction in my wallet. It looks like something might still be loading.
I like that I can very easily disable CoinJoin if I don’t want to use it from the Wallet settings just by one-click. And even more privacy settings are available in the left toolbar like changing themes and some other privacy settings. I particularly dig the discreet mode. There are times when I want to use my wallet, but there are other people in the room. Most of the time I don’t want them to take a peek at my balance. Cheesy



I’m getting a warning in the wallet and I am not sure why. It looks like the “backend” is not connected, whatever that might mean.
EDIT: This problem got solved just by waiting a little bit more.



Suggestion: I like that we can label transactions when we ask the wallet for a receiving address, but I don’t understand why it is mandatory to enter it. Sometimes I just want a one of my bitcoin addresses without specifying from who I receive them.

Search feature – I find this feature extremely useful, especially if I want to delete a wallet and/or access the data folder of the application. I tested the wallet recovery option so I only had to delete the “.json” file from the ‘wallets’ folder and then quickly recover the wallet by providing the recovery phrase.

Wallet list – I dig the way wallets are displayed on the left side of the wallet and the animations when transitioning between them. Smooth & simple!

Transactions
The most practical test --> transactions handling. For the purpose of this test I have used the Bitcoin mainnet. I have sent a transaction from a segwit address with an insignificant fee of a few cents to a well-known online casino. Everything went smoothly. I also made a withdrawal from the casino to another address – no issues here.

CoinJoin Review
Created a new wallet on the Bitcoin testnet to try the CoinJoin feature. I have selected the optimization for speed.

1st test
- It took some time for the wallet to find peers. However, once I started the CoinJoin it took about 5 hours for my coins to become fully private (100%).
- Starting balance: 0.0007 BTC
- Ending balance: 0.00008 BTC (~ - 0.00062 BTC)
- The CoinJoin process was indeed uneconomical as warned by the wallet. That is why Wasabi recommends to perform a CoinJoin when you have at least 0.01 BTC in your wallet. However I’m not really sure why Bitcoin left my wallet in so many transactions. I see both transactions labeled as CoinJoin and simple outgoing transactions that I haven’t made manually. This is a bit confusing to be honest. I’m going to try Coinjoining again with a balance of around 0.005 and re-test the feature.



2nd test
- Managed to load my wallet with 0.0259 TBTC from different faucets. Now my goal was to make them all private so I started the CoinJoin process with the "Maximize speed" setting activated
- Starting balance: 0.02590404 BTC
- Ending balance: 0.02477675 BTC (~ - 0.00112729 BTC)
- The CoinJoin process was performed in 69 transactions and 0.00112729 BTC was charged as mining fees --> not sure if coordinator fees were included in that. Anyways that amounts to ~4.35% of the sum coinjoined. That is quite decent taking into account that I optimized for speed, not cost.
- TIME: in ~4 hours the coinjoin process was finished



CPU Utilization
It looks like the wallet is a bit CPU intensive, but not exaggerated. It constantly uses around 10-20%. I suspect this is due to tor implementation. To be mentioned that this is also mentioned in the Wasabi FAQ: “No, Wasabi and CoinJoin features require considerable computational power, not currently replicable on a smartphone.”

Wallet Recovery

Steps:
1)   Delete the .json file from the wallets’ folder of the application.
2)   Close and re-open the Wasabi application.
3)   Select the Wallet Recovery option.
4)   Provided the 12 recovery words and the password associated with the wallet.
5)   Wait until the Bitcoin network data is downloaded and processed --> it took around 1 hour for the wallet to get sync’ed.

Security
The wallet is privacy-focused, but I think it would be a killing combination if you can upgrade its security and this is also a branding suggestion --> “Wasabi – security and privacy at its finest” or something around those lines
o   2FA Authentication – this is really essential – also I would like to be able to place limits on the amount of transactions per day I can make without using 2FA. (sometimes I prefer speed over security), plus this security feature will limit my loss if someone get a hold of my wallet's password.
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Conclusion: For normal Bitcoin transactions the wallet is excelent, but you need to be careful about activating CoinJoin by mistake if your focus is stacking sats and not privacy. But hey, Wasabi has been created for the privacy-concerned audience in mind. So you might want to opt for a simpler wallet and not that CPU-intensive if you’re not interested in keeping your transactions private. My opinion is that if you’re dealing with higher amounts of Bitcoin (>0.01 BTC) a 0.3% fee for anonymity is really a cheap price to pay. Just as a side-note I noticed on Github that @nopara is one of their main developers (making most of the commits). He is well recognized for his work on Bitcoin privacy.
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Note: I will be providing a review based on my experience alone. I will leave most of the technical part including codes to other participants with a better knowledge about it. Most of point will tackle about user experience while using the wallet as a normal crypto user.

First Impression
The User Interface of the wallet is very premium and sophisticated at the same time. The gray color as well as the design makes the wallet looks like a premium app. The experience of using the wallet is just like using a custodial wallet which is very easy to use and understand. This is my first time to use a non-custodial wallet that has an experience of a custodial wallet since it's a user friendly wallet unlike electrum and other wallet that has a lot of function which is hard to understand by normal user. In wasabi wallet, There's description on every function that will guide the user even a newbie to understand it.

Registration


There's no copy feature on the stage indicated on the image above. Even copying it via mouse is not possible, It's either you will screen shot or write it down manually in able to save it. I suggest to add a copy feature for the seedphrase to make it easier for new user to create account.

Wallet Address


I like being organized of this wallet because you need to label all the address that you will use in both sending and receiving Bitcoin. It will help to properly track your expenses and income, User that filing tax report for IRS will not gonna have a hard time to track down there transaction when they are using wasabi wallet because the wallet will not allow them to received and send money without assigning a name for the sender and receiver for that specific transaction.

Wallet Feature

The image above speak for itself but I just want to point out how great this wallet for having a lot of information needed by crypto user especially the price of Bitcoin which most of the wallet doesn't. The price update real time and it saves time for me to check what's the fiat equivalent value of the Bitcoin that I will gonna send to someone instead of checking it manually on preev or coinmarketcap. So this feature is definitely one of my favorite, I didn't try the conjoin feature since I don't need to use it and I leave that to other user for feedback.


I just noticed that Wasabi wallet didn't display incoming unconfirmed transaction even if it's already recorded in the blockchain but rather only confirmed transaction alone. I hope this feature will be add soon so that user can notify immediately if there's an incoming transaction to his wallet especially when someone is waiting for payment. It will save time checking on blockchain record if wasabi wallet display unconfirmed transaction too.


Transaction fee can be only adjust by manually editing the value of the amount you will gonna send. Adding max amount and display for transaction fee amount will be helpful for user to make more convenient user experience on sending balance.


Remarks: Wasabi Wallet is a very good wallet in all types of user since it has different mode that suitable for different type of crypto user. This wallet is open source which means anyone can review the code for transparency which is a good sign for being trusted. I enjoy using it because I was amazed on the beautiful display and features of this wallet as if this non-custodial wallet. Non-custodial wallet usually is built up with plain dsplay and a lot of technical feature that normal user hard to understand but Wasabi wallet on the other hand break the norm and introduced a very good looking product that is very rare to see on other wallet.

I definitely love this and I hope there will be an android version soon!
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My wasabi wallet review:

First of all, I was disappointed that there is no mobile version. I believe this is a must, especially for Android.

I installed the windows 10+ version in my Windows 11.

I found a bug in the hardware wallet connection. As this bug consumed more time than expected, my review will be mostly about hardware wallet connection. I believe this will be a constructive criticism, as it will help the development and improvement of the software. 

The bug is that the wallet shows zero balance in my hardware wallet using a passphrase. If I use the same hardware wallet without any passphrase (other wallet), it shows balance)

If the software is incompatible with a hardware wallet with a passphrase, that is a lack of feature and it should be displayed in the wallet with a passphrase. Balance zero is the wrong information, so it is a bug.

 I believe people may lose funds because of that bug, because wasabi wallet even generated addresses which technically do not belong to my hardware wallet. Which derivation path is it using? If I send fund to those addresses, will I be able to recover them? This is critical imo.

Below my review, description of  the bug and my overall experience:



Easy download and installation.
As it is compatible, my first option after installing the wallet was to connect my ledger nano S.

My ledger nano S has 2 wallets. The main one and a "hidden one", which uses a passphrase.  Both have different PIN.

I tried the hidden one first.

I created the wallet name “HW” and then I saw this message after unlocking the wallet:


After I clicked Yes, there was a message “Wallet with same name already connected”. But it was a fresh wallet, first installation… I didn’t understand the message:



 I just started over and found the wallet name “HW” in the left panel and opened the wallet.

Then I was stuck in this screen for a long time (about 2 hours):


I didn’t like the idea to download all this stuff… I don’t feel more privacy either. How much GB am I going to download? What are those files?
I would probably give up now if I were trying a new wallet. I feel safer without downloading additional stuff which I don’t clearly know what it is.

It took about 2 hours to download everything.
The wallet was not recognized. I don’t know what is that wallet with 0 balance, and I received no seed.




This wallet has dozens of transactions, so this is clearly wrong. This the bug. I put my hardware wallet and it shows a different wallet.
And what are those addresses? they are not mine. how are they generated? What if it was a fresh wallet, and if I send funds to it?? They might get lost.


Then I decided to create a new wallet for the same ledger wallet (with passphrase), again. Then I got the same message from before:

 
Then I saw there is a problem here. This wallet has a 25th word, the passphrase. Is it supported by Wasabi? If not, that is a must, for security reasons. More information here: https://www.ledger.com/academy/passphrase-an-advanced-security-feature



Then, I decided to test again using a ledger nano without any passphrase. I had to download Bitcoin Network data again (whatever it is). More 30 minutes.


It worked in ledger nano S without any passphrase.



Then I tried to remove the first wallet (the bugged one with passphrase) but I couldn’t. I wasn’t able to find that feature in wasabi wallet. For a “privacy wallet” , this is a must feature.
You need to be able to remove your wallet whenever you want! You can do that in electrum and many other wallets.

I was able to delete wallet data by using Windows Explorer and deleting wallet.json file. It worked after restarting the wallet software. But, an option to do that would be much better.

After deleting the first wallet, I tried to create it again and saw the same error message “Already added to software”

I didn’t see the zero balance wallet again. This bug might happen only when it is the first wallet installed. (?)



Conclusion and suggestions:
  • Not clear information about what is the wallet really downloading . A buttom like “do you want know more about this? Click here”. The long time to download is not good imo and should be optimized.
  • Wrong balance about the connected hardware wallet when using passphrase is a serious bug IMO. There should be more information about the support or not for that feature (I didn’t find information about it in wasabi website) https://docs.wasabiwallet.io/using-wasabi/ColdWasabi.html#using-hardware-wallet-step-by-step
    if it is not supported, write that in the error message.
  • Lacking remove wallet data option. This is very important for any wallet, especially for a wallet which is “privacy by default”.
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Wasabi is a wallet that is said to be privacy-focused. I find it more essential to make my review concentrated on the privacy-oriented part, which is CoinJoins. I downloaded the software, verified the binaries, I opened it up, wrote down the seed phrase, and here it is, the "Coinjoin Strategy":


I'll attempt to try out all of these strategies.

Minimize Costs strategy
I deposited 500,000 sats, and a "Waiting to auto-start coinjoin" sign appears, which feels like it's mandatory to CoinJoin? Anyway, I clicked on "Wallet Settings" and disabled it. I wouldn't have it by default, but with this huge "PRIVACY BY DEFAULT" text on the main page, you can't do otherwise.

Alright, so transaction is confirmed. Let's CoinJoin. There's something satisfying with the UI, but I don't like trading off lightweight operation for this:


(Although the previous version of Wasabi was less lightweight than that IIRC)

CoinJoin started. But, why is it taking 1 and a half minutes? What's my computer doing there? Mining?  Tongue


If an unknown miner solves a block within the next 6 minutes, that'll probably be me:


I guess I'm now waiting for the rest to solve a block each...


Seriously now, I don't understand why it's taking so long. It's re-showing the same things, to wait for new participants, preparing coinjoin, constructing coinjoin, all over again in loop. Is it perhaps because I disabled auto-mixing?

Okay, so I enabled it, and it now shows "Finalizing CoinJoin". Aaand "Waiting for new participants" again.  Tongue
I suppose this means there are no participants currently, so I'll just wait.

Edit: My funds are now mixed, and I only paid 804 sats, transaction id: 571dbc7b0e5b9ea7a89b754ec7953f2ceb6719dbc8a6fcc286867f16ea235f17.

Pros:
  • Cheap CoinJoin.
  • Effective CoinJoin. (194 inputs, 242 outputs)
  • There's no minimum value for input, which is a massive upgrade from the 0.1 BTC that was required prior v0.2.
  • Not sure if it's a pro, but I had my ChipMixed funds re-mixed. I didn't get any blacklisting alerts. Is it currently blacklisting certain inputs or will this begin after our reviews?
Cons:
  • Confusion in the "wallet lobby". I didn't know when I'd have my money mixed.

Maximize Speed
I honestly didn't understand any difference with "Maximize Speed". It was also cheap and effective (254 inputs, 329 outputs). I didn't take much less to wait for participants and to construct the CoinJoin, if that's what is all about. I'm still curious to know why it's taking so long for just a CoinJoin.

Maximize Privacy
Okay, so CoinJoining this way takes a lot of time. Without any confirmation, I waited for around an hour, just to construct the CoinJoin. I don't understand why it takes so long, perhaps it needs to be addressed. 

The transaction id is: 3916f77e3d73a4de0dbc9d4f82dbf7780568eb12a7a1056a1daa78e28a8bc5aa
As you can see, there are 203 inputs, 220 outputs. That's considered effective, but I'm still not sure how does this strategy differentiates. One thing I also don't understand is why I have 17% privacy progress when I just used the most privacy-oriented strategy, which is used, as the software says, by the "paranoids".




What I don't like from the wallet software:
  • When sending money, it doesn't allow me to empty my wallet.
  • When sending or receiving money, I have to write a description (e.g., who's the recipient). It isn't bad to leave me note my transactions, but forcing me to is bad.
  • I cannot utilize coin control, which is considered important for both privacy and flexibility. Bitcoin is UTXO based, not balanced based. It should allow me view and choose which UTXO to spend. Even if it isn't allowed by default.
  • I don't find the developers trustworthy. That's because of their pro-censorship behavior, which is against the fundamentals of bitcoin.

What I like from it:
  • I can connect to my own full node.
  • It's lightweight if we compare it with the previous version.
  • I choose what's the minimum amount to CoinJoin.

That was the end of my review. If I think of something I forgot, I'll edit it.
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Merit: 7064
I used old Wasabi wallet before, so version 2 was a big change for me and I needed some time to get used to all the changes.

First thing I saw in new wallet is new terms that I had to accept and that is legal document between service proveder znSNACKs and me as the person who is using this service.
Money laundering is strictly prohibited in this terms, and we know that can have different interpretations, so by using Wasabi wallet I basically have to accept Coin Filtering
that is done by zkSNACKs and they have no obligations to disclose any details about that to me as a user.



After accepting new terms I had to wait few minutes until Wasabi was synced and I could create a new wallet by generating 12 seed words.
First problem for me happened when I tried to create new wallet connecting Trezor One hardware device, but it failed many times reporting that something is wrong with my device, or I had to unlock it.
My Trezor works perfectly with Electrum and Trezor Suite, so I thought that new Wasabi maybe doesn't support Trezor, but in their documents they claim to support Trezor, ledger and coldcard.
I have no idea why Trezor doesn't work with Wasabi for me, and I guess developers needs to fix something.



After this fail I experienced one more problem with Wasabi wallet.
I sent coins in Wasabi for Coinjoin and I decided to test how new coinjoin works, so I selected option for maximum speed and pressed start that looks like a play button.
Wallet was on for whole day and nothing changed, privacy was still showing 0% after many completed rounds of coinjoins.
Next day I decided to disable Tor and try again Coinjoin, because I heard there were some issues with Tor network... but with no luck.
My privacy was still 0% and coinjoin didn't happen even with Tor disabled in settings, and reason for this is unknown.
Note that I could complete coinjoins with older Wasabi version in past without any issues, but maybe they are not accepting my coins this time.

I could send and receive coins just fine but I personally don't like new interface for this, and then I run into third issue.
After searching everywhere in settings and on their website I found out that there is NO COIN CONTROL in Wasabi version 2?!
We are 2022 and I don't understand thius decision, but some information I found from Wasabi team is saying they did it because most people don't use coin control correctly  Tongue
Instead of removing something completely it would be much better to have it in some hidden settings for advanced users.



Few things I like about Wasabi is dark theme and discreet mode, but I think that everything else is a step back compared with older Wasabi wallet.
Lack of coin control, unsupported Trezor wallet, and inability to perform coinjoin makes my conclusion easy.
Unless some big changes happen I probably won't use Wasabi and I will use other wallets for everyday use and for privacy reasons.

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