Phoenix 2.2.0 released

[cygan]

after Electrum presented a new version today, the Phoenix wallet has now also published a new release with the 2.2.0 version
this release includes the new feature 'swaproot'. it is a new swap-in protocol that leverages powerful new features - you can find more information in the following blog entry:
https://acinq.co/blog/phoenix-swaproot
https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases

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[Yamane_Keto]

so them new design for Swaproot privacy is to use is Taproot to hide pay-to-script transactions and miniscript for recovery swap-in.



I liked the idea, especially since there is no longer a static address so everyone can know that you are using Phoenix.

[Kruw]

This is another huge impact improvement from Acinq, their efforts pushing the on chain efficiency of Lightning wallets allows Bitcoin to sustain a higher total number of users.

[cygan]

the new 2.2.0 version brings better privacy because there are no more static receiving addresses and by merging the signatures through musig2, you have up to 27% lower onchain transaction fees when opening the channel

[Yamane_Keto]

you have up to 27% lower onchain transaction fees when opening the channel

This is due to Taproot and the 27% reduction is for transactions containing 3 inputs and could be more based on the number of inputs.
https://bitcoinops.org/en/tools/calc-size/

Their use of miniscript descriptors and script-path spending demonstrates how Taproot can be used to improve privacy instead of spamming.

[cygan]

since yesterday there is the new 2.2.1 release, which includes the following fixes:

• fix a crash when receiving background payments
• fix a backend issue that affected auto wakeup/payment reception on ios

This is mostly a bug fix release, with also some UI improvements and new localisations.

https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases