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Wasabi Wallet Upgrades Software To Prevent Attack Which Would Have Interfered With Bitcoin Privacy Feature
Summary: Wasabi Wallet users looking to keep their Bitcoin transactions private through CoinJoin must upgrade to the latest version, according to a recent announcement. The Wasabi Wallet developers hard-forked the wallet on Thursday, September 3 to address a software vulnerability brought to their attention by Trezor hardware wallet developer Ondřej Vejpustek. He found that Wasabi Wallet could ...
Wasabi Wallet users looking to keep their Bitcoin transactions private through CoinJoin must upgrade to the latest version, according to a recent announcement.
The Wasabi Wallet developers hard-forked the wallet on Thursday, September 3 to address a software vulnerability brought to their attention by Trezor hardware wallet developer Ondřej Vejpustek. He found that Wasabi Wallet could stop serving clients if an attacker were to spam the network in a denial of service attack.
If the attack Vejpustek discovered were carried out it would have interfered with Wasabi Wallet's CoinJoin feature which allows users to obscure their coins' transaction histories by mixing their Bitcoin with other clients.
Wasabi Wallet took this as an opportunity to emphasize the importance of collaboration among development teams and responsible disclosure.
By Emily Mason
Tags: CoinJoin,Trezor,Wasabi Wallet
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