Wasabi Wallet developers will update the wallet to the version 2.0

Wasabi Wallet developers have announced the wallet version 2.0., where the new Wabisabi protocol will be introduced, Simplifying confidential transactions. The update will be launched during the year.

Zksnacks - developer Wasabi Wallet - said in its blog about the upcoming large update of the wallet. В Wasabi Wallet 2.0 The user interface and the design of the source service will be improved, And also the safety of the wallet will be increased using the new Wabisabi confidentiality protocol.

The original Wasabi Wallet wallet is a variety of a mixer, aimed at increasing the safety and confidentiality of bitcoin transactions using Coinjoin technology. This function allows several participants to combine transactions, To hide the sources of receipt of funds.

As noted by the developers, After the update, the manual operations of Coinjoin "will go into the past, or will remain available only for experienced users ", implying, that now the process will be automated.

As for confidentiality, The main innovation will be the introduction of the Wabisabi protocol - its own development Zksnacks, which "simplifies faster and profitable joint transactions, It will lay the basis for payments inside Coinjoin and open the doors for combining with other technologies ".

What exactly these technologies can be involved in, It is still unknown, But in the white book Wabisabi is noted, that the protocol eliminates “blind signatures” - a cryptographic mechanism, which reduces the confidentiality and flexibility of transactions.

In the current version of Coinjoin, it requires, so that each participant introduces the installed amount of BTC. With Wabisabi, users theoretically can pay any amount, no matter, how many other participants in the group transaction will bring.

Recall, that the developers of Wasabi Wallet said, What will replace Coinjoin mixing technology with their own development Wabisabi back in August.