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Joinmarket-clientserver 0.6.0: |
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<https://github.com/joinmarket-org/joinmarket-clientserver/releases/tag/v0.6.0> |
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This release has several significant improvements, although changes to the user |
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workflow are minor. It also contains an important bugfix for Qt users who **must** |
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upgrade (see first "Notable Change" below). Non-Qt users are also, however, strongly recommended to upgrade to take |
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advantage of functional improvements. |
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Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github: |
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<https://github.com/joinmarket-org/joinmarket-clientserver/issues> |
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Upgrading |
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To upgrade (but: read and follow instructions in 0.4.0 if from pre-0.4.0): |
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First run the `install.sh` script as mentioned in the README. When prompted to overwrite the directory `jmvenv`, accept. |
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To install using Python2, use `./install.sh -p python2` ; the default is now Python3 and is strongly recommended. |
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Note that `.install.sh -?` will show the options for installation. |
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If you are running JoinmarketQt, note that Python2 is incompatible. |
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Notable changes |
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### Respect config settings for fee filters in Joinmarket-Qt |
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This fixes a bug whereby, although the fees could be checked in a dialog box (if using Single Join, and if checktx is set, which is the default), |
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the randomly chosen makers fees were not forced to be below the fee maximums (relative and absolute) in the config file (settings: |
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`max_cj_fee_abs`, `max_cj_fee_rel`). |
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This bug did not occur in the command line version. |
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This could result in higher fees being paid than intended, with some probability, by the Taker (if they were not using the checktx option). |
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For this reason update is essential for any user of the Qt version of the application (if they intend to do coinjoins rather than simple payments or payjoin). |
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c571613 Make Qt check config fee filters as well as checktx |
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### Tumbler privacy improvements |
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The tumbler algorithm has been improved with the aim to increase privacy. This affects the `tumbler.py` script and `joinmarket-qt.py` GUI. |
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* At the start of the run, tumbler will now fully spend all mixdepths with coinjoin with no change address (also known as a sweep transaction) back to its own internal wallet. After these initial sweeps are done tumbler will continue with the already-existing algorithm of sending coinjoins with randomly-generated amounts. |
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* Tumbler will now occasionally send a round number of bitcoins, for example `0.20000000` or `0.15000000` instead of `0.24159873`. The default probability of this happening is 25% per coinjoin. |
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* The default wait time between coinjoins is increased from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. |
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* The default number of coinjoin counterparties is increased from 6 to 9. |
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* The default number of coinjoins per mixdepth is decreased from 4 to 2. |
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For a full discription and reasoning behind the changes see: [Plan to improve the privacy of JoinMarket's tumbler script](https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/7e92810f07328fdfdef2ce444aad0968) |
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b79d34a Remove amountpower and use uniform distn instead |
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f40ef2c Occasionally round amounts in tumbler schedule |
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35f23eb Add sweep coinjoins to start of tumbler schedule |
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32479ae Modify tumbler defaults to improve privacy |
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### Wallet refactoring for proper reactive behaviour |
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This is a large-ish "under the hood" change that allows the wallet to *react* to external events. Thus after this change a deposit |
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into the wallet is handled automatically, rather than requiring the user to manually resync or restart. This applies both to yield |
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generators and to the Qt wallet; the wallet tab now shows the live balances at addresses. |
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(At a more technical level, as well as |
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changing to a reactive architecture, there are other benefits: a wallet service architecture completely isolates the wallet and |
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blockchain access implementation from its client applications, allowing future changes/refactors to work much more easily, significantly |
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simpler transaction monitoring code, and also we now have only a single polling loop to the underlying Bitcoin Core RPC). |
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c654de0 Wallet and blockchain refactoring |
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eadbed2 Update receive-payjoin for walletservice arch |
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cf19df2 Restore account support in wallet_service, needed for pre-0.17 Bitcoin Core |
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### New custom yield generator(s) |
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The below commits act to slightly refactor and support the use of |
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separate/new custom yield generators. Makers are encouraged to take a look |
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at the new script [here](https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/custom-scripts/tree/master/yield-generators) |
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called `yg-acyclic`, which has a specific idea about using a maker bot to siphon funds out via one |
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mixdepth; read the comments in the file for detail, and please do try it out. |
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35ebfd0 Fix yg-privacyenhanced.py for recent change. |
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8b1e24e Make yg algorithms easier to define. |
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fac2d88 generalize YieldGeneratorBasic.on_tx_unconfirmed |
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### Wallet password via stdin |
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This new option allows one to pass wallet passwords via stdin, so as to allow automated startup of the command line application, |
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without having the security concern that arises from implementing this as a command line argument (shell history/process list etc.). |
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b83e27c Add --wallet-password-stdin |
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### Amount formatting |
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It is now possible to specify amounts in bitcoins, as well as in sats (the default, which is still retained) on the command line, and also in Joinmarket-Qt. You can add `btc` after an amount to clarify. |
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See [here]() for more details. To emphasise, this is not a *change* - you can still do what you did before, but it adds the possibility of using the alternative unit. |
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b2e4308 Allow both BTC and sat amounts for single send / CJ |
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8fd0e75 Mention ability to use both BTC and sat amounts in docs |
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6926a31 Allow both BTC and sat amounts for payjoin receive |
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### Several minor improvements and bugfixes in Qt |
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A couple of things notable in this set: first, seed display was (for some reason?) |
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not implemented in Qt but only on command line; that has now been added. Also, minor |
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bugfixes to how mnemonic extension adding works and ensuring that comment lines are |
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preserved in the config file when using Qt (those comments are sometimes very useful, |
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so please read them if you haven't!). |
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1c01f76 Handle exceptions in direct_send() |
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e6c0575 Abort wallet generation if mnemonic extension choosen but not provided |
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c23c982 Rename "Exit" to "Quit" in main menu |
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9dee0d7 Add dialog for displaying seed phrase to JM-Qt |
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fdc6194 Rename single-letter main window variable from `w` |
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b3c54ca Rename variable that was previously missed |
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8ec948e Fix context menu for bech32 addresses in tx history tab |
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02c2b4b don't use native dialog for schedule open |
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5d4fc41 Preserve comments in config file when using Qt |
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bdc0ac5 Fixes #389 - wallet syncing in Qt |
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24e50cd Use restart_callback in all situations |
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8936cfc Fixes #445 The variable mnemonic_extension is already of type str and so the call to decode() in displayWords was a bug. |
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ed825d5 Handle already existing wallet file on recover |
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### Temporarily revert batch-import during run |
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An obscure error is encountered by some users running on slower disks: because pre-0.19 Bitcoin Core contains a bug with excessive use of database locks |
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during importing of watch-only addresses, an import of as few as 20-60 addresses can create a very long delay (on the order of 10s of seconds), |
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whereas it's hardly noticeable on SSD disks. As a result coinjoins can even fail, hence the below commit reverts a batch import which |
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was intended to make conditions of failure to sync the wallet far less likely. |
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df57099 Revert "Fix bug in detailed wallet sync relating to gap addrs." |
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### Rationalisation of txfee estimate values in code |
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This should not require any user action. |
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The `txfee_default` variable was a leftover from a much simpler first version of Joinmarket |
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with sometimes no access to fee estimates, we no longer need it so it's removed as its existence |
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is confusing. Similarly, the `--txfee` option was also misleading and is now repurposed as an |
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override, see the command line help for details. |
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5c0b9eb Remove txfee_default |
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0ab5b65 Redefine cli-option --txfee |
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### Exit code rationalisation |
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Make exit codes from application shutdown follow standard logic. |
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52108b6 Update exit codes |
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### Minor updates for installation |
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Of note: current libsodium version is old, but we use only the most |
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basic functionality; we will probably update shortly, all the same. |
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`libssl-dev` and `libltdl-dev` are a necessity for certain Debian distros. |
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The twisted version update was not strictly needed, as the security issue |
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in pre-v19 only applied to the `web` module, which Joinmarket doesn't use, |
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but the update is made here since it hurts nothing. |
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cb38ac9 Update url for libsodium |
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84a4ab2 libssl-dev added as dependency |
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09e6385 Added missing dependency libltdl-dev |
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fe66f2e Add option to install.sh to not build the Qt GUI |
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9066ad4 Bump twisted from 18.9.0 to 19.7.0 in /jmbase |
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### Minor changes |
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More minor bugfixes: |
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User created custom schedules were broken by fee check in #367, so restored: |
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d9bcca3 Allow custom schedules to work again after #367 |
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Core supports fee block targets up to 1000 and not only 144: |
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cf54789 Set txfee threshold to 1000 instead of 144 |
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Tumbler was only checking for valid addresses at time of transaction, not at startup: |
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ad65521 Validate addresses in CLI tumbler at start. |
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Two fixes for wallet history function: |
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54326e8 Fix wallet history's display of cj internal sweeps |
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90a449c Handle unconfirmed tx in wallet_fetch_history() |
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Several minor changes to the documentation, logs/error messages, or testing code. |
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documentation and logging |
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42991a4 Add note to docs about running yg in background |
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11304c6 fix formatting error in USAGE.md |
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c9bf1c6 Update documentation: Replace links to instructions in original Wiki ... |
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1509be0 Clarify that the quickstart install guide is only for Linux |
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d568040 Fix outdated link in Linux install instructions |
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e1ff07c add link to custom-scripts ygs in docs |
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testing |
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489aedc move maker_timeout_setting to regtest_joinmarket.cfg |
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6a0e742 Add basic unit tests for YieldGeneratorBasic. |
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Credits |
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======= |
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Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release - |
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- @chris-belcher |
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- @kristapsk |
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- @AlexCato |
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- @AdamISZ |
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- @zaiteki |
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- @CandleHater |
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- @undeath |
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- @domob1812 |
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And thanks also to those who submitted bug reports, tested and otherwise helped out. |
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copypaste this into "release-notes" when the time comes to make a new release, then delete this file |
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Notable changes |
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=============== |
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### Tumbler privacy improvements |
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The tumbler algorithm has been improved with the aim to increase privacy. This affects the `tumbler.py` script and `joinmarket-qt.py` GUI. |
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* At the start of the run, tumbler will now fully spend all mixdepths with coinjoin with no change address (also known as a sweep transaction) back to its own internal wallet. After these initial sweeps are done tumbler will continue with the already-existing algorithm of sending coinjoins with randomly-generated amounts. |
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* Tumbler will now occasionally send a round number of bitcoins, for example `0.20000000` or `0.15000000` instead of `0.24159873`. The default probability of this happening is 25% per coinjoin. |
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* The default wait time between coinjoins is increased from 30 minutes to 60 minutes. |
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* The default number of coinjoin counterparties is increased from 6 to 9. |
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* The default number of coinjoins per mixdepth is decreased from 4 to 2. |
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For a full discription and reasoning behind the changes see: [Plan to improve the privacy of JoinMarket's tumbler script](https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/7e92810f07328fdfdef2ce444aad0968) |
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