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Unlike a static bitcoin address you can share your payment code publicly without revealing your entire balance or transaction history. Step 1 - Open the PayNyms screen From the main screen of the wallet press the blue '+' button located on the bottom right of the screen. Tap the purple PayNyms...

A payment code is a permanent and reusable code that you can share with anyone. It is tied to your secret words. It looks similar to a bitcoin address but it is longer and starts with 'PM8T' Payment Codes in Samourai are the first implementation of the BIP47 Proposal by the Open Bitcoin Privacy...

Errors Common error messages, what they mean, and how to resolve them. Message More Information Error spawn java ENOENT Make sure Java is installed on your device and is correctly included in your PATH. MIX:ERROR A mix can fail for a number of reasons, and doesn't indicate that...

Q: Do I need to keep Whirlpool running on my desktop to keep getting new cycles? A: If you want to cycle your coins then Whirlpool needs to be running. If you have already cycled your coins (meaning they are in the post-mix "account" in Whirlpool) then keeping your client running will make you...

Samourai offers multiple liquidity pools depending on the size of the UTXO you wish to cycle through Whirlpool. Once you have funded your deposit account and the transaction has confirmed, it is time to add your UTXO to a pool. Add your UTXOs to a pool: With the Deposit tab selected, you will...

Whirlpool is different than other CoinJoin services, in that you do not pay a volume based fee per anonymity set, but instead you pay a one time flat fee for an unlimited anonymity set. To put it simply, it costs the same in Pool Fees to cycle 1 BTC or 1000 BTC. Once the pool fee is paid, it...

Now that you have configured the desktop client to your liking the next step is to choose or add coins to begin cycling in Whirlpool. The desktop client will detect bech32 addresses within your Samourai Wallet, these UTXOs can be selected or you can generate a new address to deposit coins from...

Whirlpool is completely non-custodial. The term "account" refers to an address space covered by your recovery words and passphrase. Within Whirlpool there are two areas of this address space that are segregated from the rest of the wallet to preserve privacy. Deposit This account consists of...

Occasionally we will announce promotional SCODE's - or Samourai Discount Codes - that you can apply to your Whirlpool client for reduced price or even free mixes. Keep an eye on our Twitter account and our Telegram rooms to be the first to hear about new SCODE's How to add an SCODE Once you...

When you have paired your wallet to whirlpool you should stop the client (by pressing STOP in the top right) and familiarise yourself with the available configuration options. While the default configuration is ready for use immediately, it is worth understanding the client as you use Whirlpool...

In order to use the desktop version of Whirlpool you need a Samourai Wallet with the latest version of Samourai Wallet installed and configured. Follow these instructions to pair your Samourai Wallet to your Whirlpool desktop client. Step 1 - Generate pairing code Generate the pairing code...

Whirlpool has been designed with extensive privacy enhancing strategies that help make sure you do not undo the privacy gains of Whirlpool when you go to spend your UTXOs. It is advised that you keep your funds within Whirlpool and directly spend using your Samourai Wallet on an as needed basis...

What is Boltzmann? Boltzmann is a script that returns the entropy of a given transaction. This script measures the linkability of inputs to outputs of a given transaction, by determining the number of individual mappings of the inputs to outputs used in the transaction. What is a Boltzmann...

What is a XPUB? An Extended Public Key - also known as an XPUB - is a part of a bitcoin standard (BIP32) that can be thought of as a 'read only' view into a wallet. An XPUB allows full view to all transactions, addresses, and balances in a specific wallet, but doesn't allow spending of any...

Cheaper and more efficient transactions, by default SegWit transactions are more efficient than other legacy transaction types. With SegWit enabled by default, you pay less in miner fees when transacting with Samourai Wallet and benefit from cheaper transactions. Segwit is short for Segregated...

BIP44 refers to the accepted common standard to derive non segwit addresses. These addresses always begin with a 1. BIP49 refers to the accepted common standard of deriving segwit "compatibility" addresses. These addresses begin with a 3. BIP84 refers to the accepted common standard of deriving...

When I scan the QR for my receive address in another app, I see an error message. If you attempt to scan the QR code for one of your Samourai wallet's receive addresses via a third-party service and see an error message, then the service you are using may not yet support bech32/Native Segwit...

When a bitcoin transaction is created, the bitcoin wallet searches for available unspent outputs in the wallet and uses them to send the specified amount to the specified destination. The entire unspent output must be spent, so if the amount on the output is larger than the specified amount to...

Bitcoin transactions are sent to the network with an extra fee attached. This fee is paid directly to the miner who adds the transaction to a block. Miner fees are based on the size of the transaction being sent in bytes. Miner fees are not impacted by the amount of bitcoin being spent. The fee...

By default, Samourai Wallet errs on the side of increasing the blockchain privacy and plausible deniability of transactions. This focus has a side effect of increasing in the size of transactions created, thus increasing the overall cost of the miner fee when sending. The wallet can be fully...