Wasabi admitted they are doing it voluntarily and preemptively.

Running your own coordinator is a different question to connecting to your own node. But given there are zero third party coordinators with any volume, and given both JoinMarket and Whirlpool both have good volume, then as you say - why would anyone bother?

I've spoken at length about why no one should ever use Wasabi so I won't repeat all that here. Suffice to say, they directly fund blockchain analysis, they are anti-privacy, pro-surveillance, and pro-censorship. If you want privacy, Wasabi is the last place you should look.

If your ETH was all purchased peer to peer and not linked to your KYC, then swapping it on a centralized exchange puts you back to square one. You can still do this and then mix it as above, or you can trade it peer to peer and just be patient while you wait on enough liquidity to swap it all.

Converting them in small batches like 10K to 20K per day would take months to convert 1000ETH to BTC so the viable option to to pick the centralized exchange which obviously will have KYC but if you are from certain countries then you don't have to pay taxes for the crypto to crypto transactions because government consider it as assets so only time is we have to pay taxes at the time when we convert them into fiat.

What are you trying to achieve? Do have KYCed bitcoin which would want to unlink from your real identity? Are you trying to mix some other altcoin?

Why not send your Ethereum or other Erc20 token to mexc exchange and then trade there to btc easily amd then Withdraw. You can deposit, trade and Withdraw without kyc. You can also use Safepal wallet to do this task without doing lengthy process to send token to Mexc, convert it to btc and then Withdraw. you can do in Safepal wallet just by clicking on swap and connect your wallet with mexc and Eth or other any token will be converted to btc without KYC. Third way to buy Wbtc and then convert it to btc using bridge but fee is high in this case so I will recommend second one.

I've spoken at length about why no one should ever use Wasabi so I won't repeat all that here. Suffice to say, they directly fund blockchain analysis, they are anti-privacy, pro-surveillance, and pro-censorship. If you want privacy, Wasabi is the last place you should look.

There are two main much better coinjoin implementations you can use, either Whirlpool or JoinMarket. Whirlpool is accessible via Samourai and Sparrow wallets, and JoinMarket from their own software here: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver

Some do. There is currently 8,300 BTC of UTXOs on Whirlpool. Lots more use centralized mixers instead.

Maybe try https://app.pando.im with MetaMask?

AFAIK, the only truly decentralized cross-chain exchange out there is Thorchain (100M TVL)[1]. The rates/fees are a bit high though, but if you don't mind that, it's probably the best option out there.

[1] https://thorchain.org/swap

Use any DEX listed on Bestchange or kycnot.me to exchange your altcoins for Bitcoin, but do it in small batches or you will almost certainly lose the whole thing.

Not sure why you're started to be an Ethereum whale when the token is centralized and AFAIK there's no ERC20 wallet support run over Tor browser, so when you're use less privacy browser, you're not actually anonymous.

As you have mentioned before your choice is using low liquidity exchange (DEX) but the fee is quite friendly if someone willing to trade 1:1 or just choose instant exchange where you will pay high fee.

Given that Trezor now support blockchain analysis by their partnership with Wasabi, they are a very poor choice of hardware wallet. Add in their support of AOPP last year, and they have a very anti-privacy ethos, which is not what you want from a hardware wallet manufacturer.

No, it is source verifiable, not open source. There is a difference, as explained by the link I provided.

Coldcard is no longer open source - https://nitter.net/sethforprivacy/status/1651039483419058177#m

Closed source, and were discovered to be sending seed phrases in plain text across the internet. Not a good choice I'm afraid.

Not to mention that its a freaking browser extension! I have absolutely no idea why it is so popular; I can't think of a less secure way to store your coins than in a browser extension of all places.

I've spoken at length about why no one should ever use Wasabi so I won't repeat all that here. Suffice to say, they directly fund blockchain analysis, they are anti-privacy, pro-surveillance, and pro-censorship. If you want privacy, Wasabi is the last place you should look.

There are two main much better coinjoin implementations you can use, either Whirlpool or JoinMarket. Whirlpool is accessible via Samourai and Sparrow wallets, and JoinMarket from their own software here: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver

Some do. There is currently 8,300 BTC of UTXOs on Whirlpool. Lots more use centralized mixers instead.

I have used wasabi but not with samourai. But then, there's this thread about Wasabi that you might want to see.

--> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5457560.0 "Petition to remove Wasabi from recommendations of bitcoin.org"

It is an interesting topic since it's one of your choice and you may want to proceed with it. But take a good read about it first and maybe that will change your picking decision and you may go with samourai or any other that's being suggested above.

Wasabi wallet is like Brave browser and Ledger wallet.

Wasabi wallet
The best privacy online is one of many phrases about privacy at the landing page of Brave.com.

They break their own words by KYC if users want to claim BRAVE token rewards.
What is "KYC" and how does it fit into Brave Rewards?

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Ledger wallet

Ledger wallet claims to provide wallets for self-custodians. Recently they provided Ledger Recover which will provide a custodian service for your wallet backup and recovery. They claim that it is safe but do you trust them because they should not provide that service to their customers. Using the service, their customers are no longer non-custodians.


How this works?

Between Wasabi wallet and Samourai wallet, I choose Samourai wallet.

One thing i have learned so far from this thread is Wasabi is not a good option just because of the interference of Centralized authorities with it. And their is no such thing with Samourai? Right? Because i am also new and this thread seems interesting. So i thought i should give them a try. From now on i will try not to use Wasabi but amid of centralization is there any other flaws in Wasabi.

Like, i assume the security level (encryption level in technicality) might be same of both wallets so only difference is of centralization? is that true.

i haven't used any of them till yet but i am also struggling to find one. First i thoguht of Electrum but to use that we need up to date information about it like when to update and from where to update. The last update phishing link scam has still scared me. So, now, i came to know about Samourai, Blue wallet, Math wallet. What are your guys view. i know i should make another thread on it but i think my question is related to OP's thread.

I would prefer Samourai, they have many great products in their bucket and the one you are in need is their Whirlpool project. https://samouraiwallet.com/whirlpool
You can also use coin mixers which are available in the market nowadays. Samourai also have a wallet which keeps your transaction private and safe, as they say it on their website too.

If you do not want chainanalysis and the United States government to be spying on your bitcoin transaction, it is better you use the Whirlpool on Samurai which I think is what you are asking for.

I think the both are convenient to use but for  more secured transaction, you can go for samurai if you think your transactions are not secured. If you feel a mixer could help then yomix could be of great help.

I think censorship of transactions done by wasabi has actually made people to avoid it. Before the censorship the answer would have been it but right now people are turning towards Whirlpool which is what Samourai uses. So for clear privacy sake stay away from wasabi. Another suggestion would be Sparrow which uses Whirlpool too.

Go through this thread to read what prominent members of the forum think of them

Safety and security is another topic entirely. Online wallets are not safe as offline wallets like wallet on airgapped device and hardware wallet. Multisig too are safer on Electrum and Sparrow. 2FA wallet on Electrum is also safer if the authentication app is on another device.

Yes, it supports MacOS. Sparrow is better in my opinion, but only on desktop devices.

It supports bitcoin.

Full client: Bitcoin Core
Hardware wallet: Passport
Desktop: Electrum and Sparrow
Mobile: Electrum and Bluewallet
On airgapped device: Electrum

This post perfectly suits in the Beginners & Help board.
In short Electrum, Metamask, Blue Wallet are the most secured and they are top in my list. Though I have more wallets to add but I am sure they are sufficient. From them the most favorite one is Electrum. These hot wallets are open source based and obviously non custodial crypto wallet.
You should learn about open source and close source crypto wallets and have knowledge about non custodial and custodial crypto wallets to choose your own favorite hot wallets. Then you will easily realize which wallet is providing you the best security.