Phoenix Wallet news

unfortunately, i could not find a thread for this wallet where all new features or updates are generally published and discussed - hence the creation of this thread

there has been a new function at the new Phoenix 2.3.1 release since yesterday.
bolt12 is finally supported and it is now possible to have statistical addresses (comparable to e-mail addresses) without needing your own domain.
so the sender/receiver will never have to ask anyone for an ln invoice again

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

I have a thread for lightning network wallets. Your contribution on the thread will be greatly appreciated.

Lists of open-source bitcoin lightning wallets

Phoenix was the first wallet on the list. Any wallet posted on the thread can be discussed about. Also new bitcoin lightning wallet can be talked about on the thread so that I can add it to the list.

For those who don't know, Bolt12 is superior to Bolt11 in two particular areas:

Reusable payment requests: You don't need to generate an entire new invoice which expires every time. That makes setting up a lightning wallet on the web much less complex. (For example, you can start receiving tips in your forum signature.)
Privacy: In Bolt11, the node ID of the receiver is disclosed, as opposed to Bolt12. This means that now, payments can be made privately by both parts.

ACINQ which are the developers of the Phoenix Wallet, are also one of the main developers of the Lighting Network itself. We can expect that whenever there is an upgrade to the Lighting network (for example to BOLT12), there should be seamless and timely integration for support in the Phoenix Wallet.

When I get some spare time (which isn't often), I might emulate Phoenix Wallet and perform some white-box security testing to see what it's like. It's been in development since 2019 and has a strong team around it though, so looks like a great option for mobile users.

Quote from: BlackHatCoiner on July 04, 2024, 11:45:58 AM

For those who don't know, Bolt12 is superior to Bolt11 in two particular areas:

Reusable payment requests: You don't need to generate an entire new invoice which expires every time. That makes setting up a lightning wallet on the web much less complex. (For example, you can start receiving tips in your forum signature.)
Privacy: In Bolt11, the node ID of the receiver is disclosed, as opposed to Bolt12. This means that now, payments can be made privately by both parts.

Yeah, BOLT12 effectively allows the invoice to be used by anyone as an "offer" - and doesn't need a specific destination. Kind of like a real invoice, just having a balance that needs to be paid, but it could be sent to anyone, or as you mentioned published in your BitcoinTalk signature for anyone to use. An extra benefit is that the reduction is data size required for the invoice. Might seem small on the surface, but long term it makes it more scalable.

Is this the same Phoenix wallet that is not allowing anyone from US to use it? Roll Eyes

Another thing should be mentioned about this wallet, they are advertising as Lightning Network wallet, but you have to set max on-chain fee when receiving LN payments.
That means that sometimes you will have to pay additional fees when receiving LN payments.
I think that Zeus wallet is currently better than Phoenix for Lightning, and they are not restricting anyone as far as I know.

Quote from: dkbit98 on July 11, 2024, 11:20:09 AM

Is this the same Phoenix wallet that is not allowing anyone from US to use it? Roll Eyes

Yes, it seems so. I assume, they decided to duck the hail of bullets fired by US institutions recently. Of course, US citizens aren't happy about it when they're affected.

Quote from: dkbit98 on July 11, 2024, 11:20:09 AM

Phoenix does automatic channel and inbound liquidity handling for users. When you create a LN invoice and you don't have enough inbound capacity to receive that payment, a new channel will be opened or an existing channels will have its inbound capacity extended (not sure, if you have a choice here). For this an on-chain transaction is required and fees as shown here: https://phoenix.acinq.co/faq#what-are-the-fees.
It's good that you can set a limit here to avoid unpleasant surprises in times of high on-chain fee levels.

I find Phoenix' approach of comfort to handle capacity management a somewhat good compromise especially for a non-custodial Lightning wallet.

It's worth noting, that their FAQ is pretty good in my opinion. It will hardly help someone who doesn't have much clue about how Lightning works, but for those who do know the basics, it's pretty decent. A lot of questions one might have about Phoenix' specific handling of things are addressed as far as I see it.

So far I didn't have bad experience with Phoenix wallet, but I haven't used it extensively. A few payments that failed with Wallet of Satoshi for me did work easily with Phoenix wallet. I didn't care much why, just my particular experience.

Someone released a desktop frontend for Phoenix called a Resurrection wallet.
This is released as open source non-custodial wallet, that works only on Linux OS for now.
I don't think this is officially supported by Phoenix wallet, so be careful and use it only for testing purposes.
https://github.com/ktecho/resurrection-wallet/releases

today the 2.5.0 version was released
this release brings, among other things, a significant improvement in the scanning of qr-codes
you can find everything else under the following github-link: https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/android-v2.5.0

Quote from: cygan on April 08, 2025, 06:46:07 PM

https://x.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1909652018207109567

https://x.com/acinq_co/status/1909651903421554833

That was quick. Executive Order 14178 published on April 7, 2025 and those services make those tweet the next day.

today the 2.5.3 version was released
this release brings, among other things, the following new functions/features:

stateless offers with custom description
simple close (set an exact mutual close tx feerate)
manual export/import of payment history (android only)
contacts now support Lightning addresses

you can find everything else under the following github-link: https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/android-v2.5.3

Hello guys, quick question. Is there a way to send the maximum amount that you have in your wallet?
I am on iOS and I couldn't find an option to send the max amount. So I have to manually type it and calculate the fees myself.

Quote from: ABCbits on April 10, 2025, 10:05:48 AM

That was quick. Executive Order 14178 published on April 7, 2025 and those services make those tweet the next day.

The Biden admin really were trying to be crypto-terrorists, huh.

Even though I am about a month late on realizing this, I'm glad to hear that America is not going to arbitrarily penalize crypto wallets any more.

Now if they would do the came for crypto exchanges...

Quote from: apogio on May 14, 2025, 06:03:26 PM

The android version doesn't have a "max amount" option too.

But the calculation can be done without going to other screen since the Balance and Fee are both displayed in the send tab
And the balance, fee and send amounts' units can be tapped to show "Sat".

yesterday the 2.6.1 version was released
this release supports nfc for sending and receiving for both ios and android devices
you can find the whole changelog under the following github-link: https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/android-v2.6.1

yesterday the 2.6.2 version was released
this release comes with an improved fiat currency converter (already available on Phoenix ios)
you can now see the price of Bitcoin go up in multiple currencies at the same time
you can find the whole changelog under the following github-link: https://github.com/ACINQ/phoenix/releases/tag/android-v2.6.2