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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...

Can I reuse a bitcoin address from my wallet? Yes. The addresses that your wallet generates can be reused as many times as you want, but it is considered a privacy risk. You should try to avoid this behavior whenever possible to maximize your privacy.

What are the Android permissions Samourai makes use of? You may be wondering why the Samourai Wallet app available from Google Play needs a certain permission. This article will try to explain what each permission is needed for and what exactly Samourai is doing once you give permission. SMS...

Can I buy BTC with Samourai Wallet? No. Samourai is software designed to store and secure the BTC you already have.

Is Bitcoin Cash (bcash) supported ? No

Is segwit supported? Yes. Samourai fully supports segwit, Segregated Witness. The wallet by default has segwit enabled with native segwit addresses (BIP84/bech32) displayed. You can optionally enable Segwit Compatibility (BIP49) addresses, or Legacy (BIP44) addresses on an on-demand basis.

My wallet / balance / transactions won't load If your balance is incorrect and/or transactions aren't displaying the most common reason is a network failure. Check Tor: If you previously enabled Tor on your wallet, make sure that Tor is connected and is not being blocked by your network. You may...

The following FAQs were put together by Samourai Telegram admin, Furkan to help answer common questions in the telegram group. Q: why is your wallet in alpha? A: As soon as dojo pairing is available it will be out of alpha Q: wtf is Dojo? A: Dojo is the name of the backend that samourai...

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...

NOTE: These are temporary steps for power users who wish to help test the bleeding edge of privacy transactions within Samourai Wallet. This functionality is provided without a completed UI. Use Stowaway to create a transaction that looks like a "typical" bitcoin transaction but actually is a...

‼️NOTE: These are temporary steps for power users who wish to help test the bleeding edge of privacy transactions within Samourai Wallet. This functionality is provided without a completed UI. Use STONEWALLx2 to create high entropy mini CoinJoin transaction with the help of a privacy conscious...

Break the assumptions of blockchain analysis with mathematically provable doubt between sender and recipient of your transactions. A strong ring of entropy surrounds your transactions We can see exactly how effective STONEWALL is at providing increased doubt linking the inputs and outputs of a...

Ricochet Description Adds extra hops of history to your transaction Collaborative Tx (CoinJoin) No Conditions Fee 0.002 BTC Learn More - Making your first Ricochet spend STONEWALL Description Break the assumptions of blockchain analysis with mathematically provable doubt between...

Sending Bitcoin There comes a point when you need to make an outgoing transaction from your Samourai Wallet. This is called a send. Samourai can get pretty fancy with different types of sends, but we'll keep it simple here. Video Tutorial Quick Scan If you have a QR code of the recipient's...

Advanced users can sweep any existing valid bitcoin private key into Samourai Wallet. This will send the balance of the single private key to an address in Samourai Wallet . Step 1 - Prepare the private key Samourai Wallet will scan a QR code representing the private key. Make sure the private...