Wasabi CoinJoin Is Dead: What Happened and Where to Go Now
Wasabi Wallet still exists. Wasabi CoinJoinA Bitcoin privacy technique where multiple users combine inputs and outputs into one transaction to make ownership links harder to analyze.Glossary → does not. On June 1, 2024, zkSNACKs shut down the coordinator that powered Wasabi’s privacy workflow. A lot of Bitcoin privacy advice died with it.
What Actually Changed
The wallet still works for storage, sending, receiving, and hardware wallets. What disappeared was the WabiSabi coordinator. No coordinator, no CoinJoin flow.
What Still Works
| Tool / Approach | Status | Complexity | Use case |
|---|---|---|---|
| JoinMarket | Active | High | Decentralized CoinJoin for users willing to learn |
| PayJoin | Active | Medium | Point-to-point privacy improvement without full mixingA broad term for techniques or services that attempt to break visible links between cryptocurrency inputs and outputs by pooling or rerouting funds.Glossary → |
| Lightning | Active | Medium | Payments with better network-level privacy than base chain |
| Monero | Active | Low-Medium | When you need default privacy instead of optional privacy |
Why This Matters
Bitcoin privacy stays fragile when it depends on one coordinator, one company, or one legal entity. Wasabi is the latest example.
Privacy on Bitcoin is still possible. Pick tools with less hidden centralization. That is why JoinMarket still matters.
What To Replace in Your Setup
If your current stack or published documentation still references Wasabi CoinJoin as a live option, replace it with JoinMarket for advanced Bitcoin users, PayJoin where supported, and Monero where default privacy matters more than staying inside the Bitcoin stack.
The bigger lesson is structural: optional privacy layers on transparent chains are easier to break than systems built around privacy from the start.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this article cover?
zkSNACKs shut down Wasabi Wallet’s CoinJoin coordinator in June 2024. What broke, what guides became obsolete, and which Bitcoin privacy tools still matter in 2026.
Why does this matter?
It matters because it affects Bitcoin, Privacy Tools, Guides. The real question is who controls the system, what data gets exposed, and what risks the user takes on.
What should readers check first?
Start with the trust assumptions. Check who runs it, what data it collects, where the weak points are, and what tradeoffs you accept if you use it.