Wasabi Wallet v2.8.5 is out (GitHub release, ~1 hour ago). What changes for you:
- Payjoin sending (BIP78) is removed, "to reduce code complexity and attack surface". Worth knowing since 2.8.3 in September had just added Taproot payjoin. If you relied on it, that's gone after you update.
- Security: dependency updates for disclosed vulnerabilities, plus stricter transaction verification against malicious servers.
- Coinjoin: fixes an edge case where clients failed to build outputs. Coinjoin payments under 10,000 sats can no longer be queued (they used to get stuck).
Quick check before/after updating:
1. If login shows "Compatibility passphrase was used!", make a new wallet and move funds. That workaround (for an old macOS paste bug that truncated non-ASCII passphrases) is being removed soon, and those wallets aren't recoverable with standard BIP39 tools.
2. Verify the download signature (docs.wasabiwallet.io, Install Package page).
Source: github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/tag/v2.8.5
#bitcoin #wasabi #privacy
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