Oddbean new post about login | logout Simplest, most understandable explanation of how https://i.nostr.build/T0Iq1jdQD62RxmZL.jpg coinjoins work. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/joinmarket-lead-on-bitcoin-mixing-future
God I miss whirlpool. It was getting so good. Ronindojo had implemented all the ui features of whirlpool on the node that Sparrow had and removed the need to have a desktop instance. We were so close to having it live in the wild. Soon ™️
Unfortunately it is safe to assume anything that was ever whirlpooled is fully deanonymized and in the hands of feds. nostr:nevent1qqspkewj3x853qsmc73sd0y0quxgwp4f549qz9spdg64wh2tmd4v57cpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmnt9upzq5q9f5r79n0n9vgr2ammm88h8xf2ft3zlywpffmzald2t0mp7364qvzqqqqqqy6hhds3
I don't take vlad as a serious person given the history. Doesn't mean there may not have been a tor issue but I don't see how that breaks onchain privacy.
Upon further investigation several things. Cypher acknowledges that the whirpool client does have tor identity mangement change all along. The code issue pointed out was a move for preparation of decentralizing the coordinator and updating of soroban. Pavel a dojo coder clearly points out that Samourai wallet and Sparrow wallet had whirlpool client as a dependency. These devs put their lives on the line and I stand with them. They need community support and this fud seems to come right after a 3.5 btc donation. If people believe that these guys are acting in bad faith then it could make others not likely to donate. There is no demixing whirlpool.
I will always stand behind Samourai and support them in their fight against being terrorized, kidnapped and having their property violated. That doesn't change the fact that the whirlpool client reused its session id and the coordinator logged it.
I believe that this is not true. The referenced change was for the latest updates in decentralizing the coordinator and updates with soroban. Whirlpool client always had tor identity mgmt and Sparrow and Sam wallet were dependent on the whirlpool client. https://image.nostr.build/a0bbbc57aa8f4f61461326387e38d03586b9e2524da50953e02a89cff7365965.jpg https://image.nostr.build/a0bbbc57aa8f4f61461326387e38d03586b9e2524da50953e02a89cff7365965.jpg https://image.nostr.build/8571c859e624b9564d2e12ca0277e781632787a0f74165f49ac07de92205f5f4.jpg
Use BTCPay Server's coinjoin plugin or Wasabi Wallet instead. It's has far superior privacy compared to Whirlpool since there's no premix tx0 leaking your common input ownership and peeling trackable toxic change. You make EVERY transaction anonymously in a HUGE coinjoin: https://mempool.space/tx/8e00c2e6aa2de874741560b4cfe19a0fc5fffd087d5d8f3d1129eded246a7cbd
