[Tutorial] BlueWallet - Bitcoin Wallet Discussion

[satscraper]

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What functionalities has the improvement/enhancement of the privacy features in Bluewallet lead/relate due to the development of the recent version.

As it is highlighted in the previous post  v.6.6.7 added the functionality to pay to the silent address (BIP352)generated by receiver

However even with the latest version  BlueWallet itself  is not able to generate the receiving SilentPayment address (i think such functionality will be implemented in  the nearest future, and when added the wallet will become fully compatible with BIP352 specs.)

[aylabadia05]

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What functionalities has the improvement/enhancement of the privacy features in Bluewallet lead/relate due to the development of the recent version.

As it is highlighted in the previous post  v.6.6.7 added the functionality to pay to the silent address (BIP352)generated by receiver

However even with the latest version  BlueWallet itself  is not able to generate the receiving SilentPayment address (i think such functionality will be implemented in  the nearest future, and when added the wallet will become fully compatible with BIP352 specs.)

If it is true that in the latest version of BlueWallet, every user can create a silent payment address, I can say that BlueWallet is the first open source Bitcoin-specific wallet that supports this feature, although I don't know if there are other Bitcoin-specific software wallets besides BlueWallet.

@satscraper. I did not provide any information regarding this wallet version update. Thank you for sharing in this thread.

[Pmalek]

If it is true that in the latest version of BlueWallet, every user can create a silent payment address, I can say that BlueWallet is the first open source Bitcoin-specific wallet that supports this feature, although I don't know if there are other Bitcoin-specific software wallets besides BlueWallet.

As the post you quoted mentions, Blue Wallet can only send to silent payment addresses. You can still not create a silent payment address with Blue Wallet and receive bitcoin to it. If you want that, you will have to test Cake Wallet or Silentium. The airgapped HW SeedSigner is also playing around with this functionality, and so is BitBox. Silent payments are still in beta and testing phases when it comes to software support.

[_act_]

Since I moved back to receiving payment on noncustodial wallet, I noticed that the fee estimation on Bluewallet has gotten worse. It estimated the fee very wrong the last time which was the first time I tried it since last 6 month. I overlooked it. But I want to make another payment today and it suggested 7 sat/vbyte as for fast transaction. I checked the mempool but I saw 3 sat/vbyte for slow, medium and fast confirmation. I hope Bluewallet developers will do something about this. Not that wallet fee estimation are perfect also but this estimation is worth complaining about.

Know that this is not a post about if Bluewallet is good or bad wallet. It is a good wallet that I can tell people to use.

[SFR10]

But I want to make another payment today and it suggested 7 sat/vbyte as for fast transaction. I checked the mempool but I saw 3 sat/vbyte for slow, medium and fast confirmation. I hope Bluewallet developers will do something about this.

Perhaps you checked mempool right after a block was found. Still, regardless of that, an overestimation of a few sats is well within the margin of error ^{[it would've been a different story if it was underestimating the fees]}.
^{- Alternatively, you can also try connecting to a different Electrum server (apart from using the custom fee feature).}

[_act_]

Perhaps you checked mempool right after a block was found. Still, regardless of that, an overestimation of a few sats is well within the margin of error ^{[it would've been a different story if it was underestimating the fees]}.
^{- Alternatively, you can also try connecting to a different Electrum server (apart from using the custom fee feature).}

Even if the wallet is having good fee estimation, I prefer to just check the mempool. Either I make use of https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#BTC,24h,weight or https://mempool.space/. I prefer to customize my fee. I am only referring to those that do not know about mempool and how they can customize the fee themselves in a way that the wallet will at least be almost accurate if not accurate.

[cygan]

yesterday the new 7.0.0 version of the Blue wallet was released
this version includes some bug fixes as well as the following new features:

• payment codes (bip47)
• send to silent payments (bip352)

https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v7.0.0

[cygan]

another small new update (7.0.2) for the Blue wallet

• total balance on the main view

https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v7.0.2

[cygan]

version 7.0.4 is out with, among other things, this new feature:

• advanced mode options are now available contextually on each screen top right options

you can see the complete changelog with various bugfixes here: https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v7.0.4

[qwertqwert783462]

Hello. How can I reset ( i want to change it actually ) Bluewallet encryption password in iOS App? I know my current password, I can successfully login to wallet. When I go to Settings/ Security and disable option for Storage "encryption and Password protection" I am getting a prompt to enter password. I enter password and click OK.... Wallet never returns back, keeps this ring rotating as it is doing something. I left it for an hour, still the same, the only option I have is to cancel the action which reverts to old password. Also I tried to delete wallet ( I have the same wallet still on my other device ) and delete whole App. When I reinstall App - it connects to old storage and works well with old password.

[Charles-Tim]

Hello. How can I reset ( i want to change it actually ) Bluewallet encryption password in iOS App? I know my current password, I can successfully login to wallet. When I go to Settings/ Security and disable option for Storage "encryption and Password protection" I am getting a prompt to enter password. I enter password and click OK.... Wallet never returns back, keeps this ring rotating as it is doing something. I left it for an hour, still the same, the only option I have is to cancel the action which reverts to old password. Also I tried to delete wallet ( I have the same wallet still on my other device ) and delete whole App. When I reinstall App - it connects to old storage and works well with old password.

That means you have to delete it manually. Look for the wallet file on the iPhone. I remember I use to experience this on Electrum but on Windows. Also hope the wallet file did not backup on iCloud or something.

If you enter a wrong password 10 times, probably the wallet can delete itself in a way you might need to restore it with your seed phrase. But I am not so sure if I get it correctly. I mean what j saw on Reddit about it.

To clean the password protection fail the pass 10x

Although, I do that on Android and it kept requesting for password and nothing happened.

[qwertqwert783462]

Thank you Charles, that helped.
I did entered wrong pass 10 times and storage was erased. I was able to import my wallet and set a new passphrase.

ALSO, I realized that wallet SW is correct and option to disable encryption actually works. Problem is with the iOS, once you prompted to enter old pass, you enter pass and press OK… OK button slides to the bottom while still NOT BEING PRESSED. It is iOS just hides keyboard. You still see button OK but it is very close to the bottom of the screen where there is a swipe area…. That is why you need to click OK once more but trying to hit the top of OK button, avoiding to touch swipe area. My mistake was that I was clicking OK but it was not registered due to overlapping with swipe area of the phone screen.

So, all works and we know 2 way to reset pass code.

[aylabadia05]

Just to let you know that those who are still using BlueWallet v7.0.6 can update to v7.0.7 which has been announced by marcosrdz via github.

In the v7.0.7 release there are eight Features. For Fixes there are quite a lot of items. Refactors and Translations including Additions can be opened at https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v7.0.7

[satscraper]

Just to let you know that those who are still using BlueWallet v7.0.6 can update to v7.0.7 which has been announced by marcosrdz via github.

In the v7.0.7 release there are eight Features. For Fixes there are quite a lot of items. Refactors and Translations including Additions can be opened at https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v7.0.7

7.0.7 was great as it added bunch of new features to BlueWallet .

Nevertheless it should be noticed here that it contains a few shortcomings that have been already fixed by the following 7.0.8 and 7.0.9 releases. The latter is the latest release as of today.  

[aylabadia05]

Just to let you know that those who are still using BlueWallet v7.0.6 can update to v7.0.7 which has been announced by marcosrdz via github.

In the v7.0.7 release there are eight Features. For Fixes there are quite a lot of items. Refactors and Translations including Additions can be opened at https://github.com/BlueWallet/BlueWallet/releases/tag/v7.0.7

7.0.7 was great as it added bunch of new features to BlueWallet .

Nevertheless it should be noticed here that it contains a few shortcomings that have been already fixed by the following 7.0.8 and 7.0.9 releases. The latter is the latest release as of today.  

Thanks for sharing both releases after the release of version 7.0.7 I shared.

In the releases 7.0.8 and 7.0.9 there are indeed not many items but the process that is fixed is the necessary items such as the Entropy menu selection item and the operational security concern bug.

[Lucius]

I've been using this wallet on my smartphone for some time now and recently I've noticed two problems. The first is that I can't set a custom fee because when that window opens I can't type anything in, it's like the menu overlaps in some strange way. I thought this would be resolved with new versions, but the problem still exists.

The second problem is much stranger and manifests itself in the fact that when I click on any link in Viber or WhatsApp, BlueWallet starts. I must note that the links are not malicious in any way, and that I have not noticed anyone trying to hack the wallet, given that the balance is intact.

The app was downloaded from GooglePlay and has always been updated that way - version 7.1.0.

[Pmalek]

I've been using this wallet on my smartphone for some time now and recently I've noticed two problems. The first is that I can't set a custom fee because when that window opens I can't type anything in, it's like the menu overlaps in some strange way.

I am using version 7.1.0 myself. I understand what you mean with the fee menu overlapping. The custom fee option sometimes appears at the bottom of the list but at times it's also inserted in the middle (between slow and medium fees). Selecting a random fee and closing opening the fee window seems to fix this. I have no issues with entering the custom fees, though. The thing I don't like is that you can only enter round numbers as fees. 

The second problem is much stranger and manifests itself in the fact that when I click on any link in Viber or WhatsApp, BlueWallet starts.

I have never experienced this. Does the link also open normally in the browser in the background along with BlueWallet starting? Perhaps a setting is configured badly, where the system is trying to load external links through BlueWallet instead of through a browser.

[Lucius]

@Pmalek, maybe I'm missing something, but I've tried everything possible and just haven't been able to get the menu to set a custom fee - maybe BW and my (outdated Android) are no longer working as they should. When I have my next transaction I will try to take a screen sample and post it here.

Regarding opening links, I looked at Viber's settings and found an option called "Open links internally" and now I have a situation where some links are opened internally in Viber, and for some I get the message "no internet, try again". When it comes to WhatsApp, links from it still try to open in BW.

The links are not tried to be opened in the browser, and I really don't know how it is possible that the links are trying to be opened in an app with which it is simply not possible.

[Pmalek]

@Pmalek, maybe I'm missing something, but I've tried everything possible and just haven't been able to get the menu to set a custom fee - maybe BW and my (outdated Android) are no longer working as they should. When I have my next transaction I will try to take a screen sample and post it here.

Seems OK on my end except the overlapping issue that you can see on the first image:



But I have no problems accessing the custom fee settings and entering a different sat/vByte number:

Regarding opening links, I looked at Viber's settings and found an option called "Open links internally" and now I have a situation where some links are opened internally in Viber, and for some I get the message "no internet, try again". When it comes to WhatsApp, links from it still try to open in BW.

The links are not tried to be opened in the browser, and I really don't know how it is possible that the links are trying to be opened in an app with which it is simply not possible.

Does that only happen when you click on links in Viber and WhatsApp? What about links from this forum, social media, etc.? How do they open?

It might be a system-related issue. Something to do with the default apps that the system uses when opening links. Check your phone's settings. There should be an option to find the default app for opening links on your phone. Check under Settings and Applications or something like that.

If you can't fix it that way, you can always uninstall Blue Wallet and see how the links will open. Reinstall it again afterwards.

[Lucius]

When I try to set a custom fee, I get the following window where I can literally do nothing - there is no field to enter the fee, and the keyboard is not displayed at all.




As for links, I did a little research into each individual app and in the BW settings under the "open by default option" (otvori prema zadanim postavkama) I found that the app had something set as default that I couldn't see, but when I cleared the settings and tried to open links from Viber and WA from both apps, the links now open in the browser. The difference is that Viber now asked me if I wanted to open the link with BW or Firefox, which again makes no sense, but at least now I know where the problem was.

I think it's time for a new smartphone, it started behaving strangely lately, but what to expect after 5 years.