Users will be able to selectively use UTXO through the Wasabi Wallet interface.
Hungarian-based Wasabi Wallet has released version 2.0.3, which includes an update bringing back Coin Control. The function allows optional insight and control of the Coin Smart Choice Algorithm of the wallet through Coin Control to send.
Coin control, described here by Nopara, the inventor of Wasabi, has become an industry standard expectation for privacy-conscious Bitcoin users, but, according to a press release, its use in Wasabi Wallet 1.0 shows that it often causes more harm than good. With version 2.0.3, users can choose between a smart coin selection algorithm and an optional coin control. Advanced users can hold down the Alt key to review and edit features.
According to Max Hillebrand, CEO at zkSNACKs and Wasabi Wallet contributor, “The goal of Wasabi 2.0 is to remove the complexity and friction from the standard user experience. It is the only way we can gather a large user base and offer substantial privacy. However, we can make the standard easier if we has an optional place to put complexity, where skilled users can adjust the desired performance of the wallet.
In addition to updates, Wasabi Wallet 2.0.3 includes an upgrade to Tor 0.4.7.12, offers improved stability for MacOS M1 users and various bug fixes.
Hillebrand added, “If we want privacy to become the standard for Bitcoin transactions, we must do everything we can to reduce the cost of user fees for using privacy-preserving technologies.”
Previously, Wasabi Wallet customers were faced with the announcement that they will begin to prevent certain unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs) from joining its CoinJoin round, “sparking surprise and rebellion on Twitter as users wondered whether the project would make a decision that would be contrary to the uncensorable ethos. Bitcoin.” Despite these hiccups, this latest update continues to focus on privacy as a core tenant of Wasabi’s development.