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Re: Wasabi blacklisting update - open letter / 24 questions discussion thread
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n0nce
on 18/07/2022, 02:49:05 UTC
⭐ Merited by o_e_l_e_o (4) ,ETFbitcoin (1)
Sparrow simply connects to Samourai wallet's CoinJoin implementation and to Samourai's own coordinator.
Thanks for clarifying that for me.  I haven't used Sparrow although I've been seeing it mentioned frequently these days.  I looked into it a couple of days ago and like the features it provides, like an integrated block explorer.  I was hoping it could connect directly to core and wouldn't need to a remote SPV server, but from reading the documents it looks like it just uses Electrum SPV servers for it's connections.  I may install it and play around with it for a bit just get familiarized.
Sure; give it a go. It does have a 'direct to Core' connection option. No need to install SPV software.

As for CoinJoin, I'm still on the fence about it.  Same with JoinMarket, tbh.  I don't mind using ChipMixer for some things, but usually I rely on Monero to break the link between me and my coins.
JoinMarket is just a CoinJoin implementation, of course. It's fun that in the original thread there's so much talk about 'taint' and how you get 'clean coins from exchanges' through them. Cheesy Leaves a sour taste for me..

Because of the incentives of JoinMarket, you have access to a huge amount of clean, untainted bitcoins to mix with at a very low price. Many of the bitcoins you're mixing with will be bought from regulated exchanges, owned by legitimate holders of bitcoin.
Later, though, he claims another thing, no? Huh Anyhow; things might have changed since then.
5. Improves the fungibility of bitcoin, since the distinction between 'clean' and 'dirty' bitcoins will be meaningless. Eliminates this particular systemic risk to bitcoin.

My comments were more about tendencies, i.e. people want convenience; if I was a shitcoiner and I had to go to three of four different sites to trade fiat at one, XMR at another, Shithereum at a third, and Tron at a fourth just to avoid KYC or taint proclamations, I might just give up and hand over all my data to CoinBase.  If Bisq made trading those shitcoins easier, and included "accounts" for multiple smart-chains, more people might find it more attractive.
Personally, I have this little distinction between 'on-/off-ramp' (fiat <> crypto) and 'exchange'. For me, such a 'fiat gateway' doesn't need the more advanced features and multitude of trading pairs that an exchange should offer. The services like ShapeShift (which you mentioned) or FixedFloat do allow basically any trading pair, so you'd only really need 2 services: Bisq and a crypto <> crypto exchange.