Using Stowaway, A Privacy-Enhancing Tool From Samourai Wallet
Animated cover image by @artdesignbySF. When it comes to defensively guarding the privacy of Bitcoin users, Samourai Wallet has been on the bleeding edge for many years, bringing new features and improvements to users that help achieve anonymity through Whirlpool, its CoinJoin implementation, and to maintain privacy with spending tools like Stowaway, Stonewallx2, Ricochet and PayNyms. Samourai Wallet is also the only Bitcoin wallet to date that has implemented BIP 47. Additionally, it recently implemented the app-agnostic, Tor-based communication layer Soroban. Soroban brings....
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