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 joinmarket still doesn't work with descriptor wallets in bitcoin core, and it's become kind of pressing that this is addressed

legacy wallets have been deprecated for a long time, and are very likely going to be removed in next major version of bitcoin core (29.0), there's migration functionality to upgrade old wallets but this won't help for the use of legacy RPC calls like "importmulti"

after that it will ofc. still be possible to use it with version 28.x, but it's kind of sad to see an important privacy tool fall behind like this

so in case anyone wants to give it a go:
https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver/issues/1571 
 (maybe it would make sense to put up a bounty for this, no idea if that actually works) 
 Bounty would be best I'll put something up for this  
 why not just donate direct to /dev/fd0? 

you know this is long haul difficult work and he's been at it for a while. 
 I have and this is good on joinstr to have a geyser page for receiving donations  
 nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kueg6g89xw and nostr:nprofile1qqsw3znfr6vdnxrujezjrhlkqqjlvpcqx79ys7gcph9mkjjsy7zsgygpr9mhxue69uhhqatjv9mxjerp9ehx7um5wghxcctwvsq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjd93kztnrdaksz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ekk7um5wgh8qatz7tvu4p wrote lot of stuff about supporting decentralized coinjoin implementations in April this year after the arrest of Samourai founders.

I am sure HRF and Opensats can support contributors, maintainers etc. in this repository. 

I work on a different coinjoin implementation which is simpler and works fine with descriptor wallets. However, I want to see joinmarket do better. 
 You need to find support from orgs that wouldn't be at risk of losing their nonprofit status. 
 Can you elaborate please? 
 Maybe this is a good start: https://theintercept.com/2024/11/10/trump-nonprofit-tax-exempt-political-enemies/ BTW this bill failed to pass this week, for now 
 many folks would probably contribute to that bounty! 
 100%.  /dev/fd0 is a good someone for this. i'd just support him directly, he just needs more visibility. 
 sound good to me, if he is willing to work on this !

that wasn't clear from the post, making a new coinjoin implementation is great but i think there's value in keeping joinmarket running too, as it's already there and usable; a new system will first have to bootstrap 
 afaik he's been looking for funding for joinstr.xyz for quite a while now. you can fund him on geyser or directly via zaps or LN. 

personally I prefer the direct p2p. The entire #hivetalk project I started this summer was funded by zaps and direct LN donations. Its got enough to run it for at least a year+ now. No grants no central intermediaries. 
 afaik he's been looking for funding for joinstr.xyz for quite a while now. you can fund him on geyser or directly via zaps or LN. 

personally I prefer the direct p2p. The entire #hivetalk project I started this summer was funded by zaps and direct LN donations. Its got enough to run it for at least a year+ now. No grants no central intermediaries.