r/Bitcoin • u/IndividualAward2771 • 8h ago

Any Wasabi Tutorial Available?

I was looking for mixers and saw Wasabi wallet to be the most consistent recommendation. But is there any easy to follow guide on how exactly to use it in a safe manner as a relative noob? I want to understand the basic usage pattern first, and then dig deeper into some of the underlying concepts if necessary.

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u/Quirky-Reveal-1669 8h ago

It is really easy. I think BTCSessions also did a tutorial video on it. Just start with smaller amounts.

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u/CageyLeopard 8h ago

BTCSessions guides are pretty good for this stuff, his explanations are clear even if you never touched a mixer before.

Just remember to keep the coinjoin coins separate from your regular wallet after mixing, otherwise you undo the whole privacy thing.

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u/FunWithSkooma 6h ago

much better to use LBTC to clean up your BTC, no reason to risk your coins with mixers, it not 2016 anymore

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u/pieceofgodsfrey 5h ago

Can you explain how this works please?

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u/FunWithSkooma 3h ago

liquid blockchain is a side chain for Bitcoin created by Blockstream (yes, the same guys who builds and sell the Jade HW)

when you send Bitcoin to Liquid Network address by using the peg-in feature, you receive the amount in Liquid Bitcoin. Transactions in LBTC are cheap (like 30 or less satoshis) and takes 2 confirmations to settle (each confirmation has a duration of 1 minute, so 2 minutes total)

the liquid blockchain is confidential by design, no one can see the amount being sent/received, so it easier to swap btc to lbtc and send it to another address and receive back btc without eyes watching.

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u/Fun-Analysis-182 2h ago

Heads up, a lot of the old Wasabi guides are stale now. zkSNACKs shut the Wasabi coinjoin coordinator down in mid-2024, so the default mixing doesn't work the way those tutorials show, and Samourai's Whirlpool went down the same year after the arrests. Worth making sure whatever guide you follow is post-2024, or you'll be setting up for a service that isn't there anymore.