Privacy tooling for Bitcoin: CoinJoin, Wasabi, and protocol privacy improvements (2013–2023)

1. CoinJoin proposed as a Bitcoin privacy technique

   Jan 1, 2013Labels: Gregory Maxwell, CoinJoin

   • CoinDesk
   • Investopedia

2. Blockchain.info introduces SharedCoin CoinJoin service

   Nov 1, 2013Labels: Blockchain info, SharedCoin

   • CoinDesk
   • Bitcoin Wiki

3. Researchers publicize weaknesses in SharedCoin privacy

   Jun 10, 2014Labels: SharedCoin, privacy research

   • CoinDesk

4. BIP47 created to reduce address-reuse linkability

   Apr 24, 2015Labels: BIP47, reusable payment

   • Bitcoin Wiki

5. BIP141 (SegWit) defined to fix malleability

   Dec 21, 2015Labels: BIP141, SegWit

   • Bitcoin Wiki

6. SegWit activates on Bitcoin mainnet

   Aug 24, 2017Labels: SegWit, Bitcoin mainnet

   • SegWit Wiki

7. Wasabi Wallet launches with built-in CoinJoin

   Oct 31, 2018Labels: Wasabi Wallet, CoinJoin

   • Wasabi Docs
   • CoinDesk

8. Bitcoin Core 0.19.0.1 boosts client privacy direction

   Nov 24, 2019Labels: Bitcoin Core, BIP158

   • Bitcoin org
   • Bitcoin Core

9. Wasabi previews WabiSabi for variable-amount CoinJoins

   Nov 5, 2020Labels: WabiSabi, Wasabi developers

   • CoinDesk

10. Taproot (BIP340/341/342) activates on Bitcoin

    Nov 14, 2021Labels: Taproot, BIP340

    • BIPs
    • BIP340 Wiki

11. Wasabi 2.0 testnet release begins broader rollout

    Mar 1, 2022Labels: Wasabi 2, testnet

    • Wasabi Docs

12. Wasabi Wallet 2.0 releases with WabiSabi CoinJoin

    Jun 15, 2022Labels: Wasabi 2, WabiSabi

    • Wasabi Docs

13. Privacy tooling matures amid rising scrutiny and tradeoffs

    Dec 31, 2023Labels: CoinJoin, regulatory scrutiny

    • Investopedia
    • Wasabi Docs