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Ginger Wallet - v2.0.23

12 Nov 12:22
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Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet

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🎉 What's New in v2.0.23 🎉

🕵️ Secret Hunt (New!)

  • At Ginger Wallet, we believe privacy should be both empowering and engaging. With our upcoming feature, Secret Hunt, we’re introducing a new way for users to participate in Coinjoin — turning each round into a step toward uncovering a hidden Bitcoin treasure.
  • By participating in Coinjoin rounds, you collect seed words for a prize wallet. The first person to gather all the seed words can unlock the wallet and claim the prize.

⚙️ Performance & Network

  • Enhanced efficiency and data handling performance
  • Now prefers Brotli compression over gzip on Tor connections for better bandwidth usage

🧩 General Improvements

  • Minor fixes and code cleanups
  • Typo and small translation fixes

📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔎 What's Changed

Full Changelog: v2.0.22...v2.0.23

Thank you for using Ginger Wallet and supporting privacy! 💜

Ginger Wallet - v2.0.22

17 Sep 08:25
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Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet

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🎉 What's New in v2.0.22 🎉

🔐 Privacy & Coinjoin Enhancements

  • Introduced conservative solution against Coinjoin coin fragmentation
  • Added private coin selection support to the new Coinjoin selector

📡 Network & Performance

  • Optimized node usage for better connectivity
  • Increased Primary Guards used in Conflux for improved throughput

🧩 User Interface & UX

  • Rebranded software visuals and replaced icons
  • Tooltip fixes and improved search responsiveness
  • Translation updates for a smoother experience

🔧 Technical Improvements

  • Updated NBitcoin to v9.0
  • Newtonsoft.Json updated to 13.0.3
  • Updated Microsoft libraries
  • Fixed Safe mining fee rate handling
  • General code cleanup & test fixes

📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔎 What's Changed

Full Changelog: v2.0.21...v2.0.22

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Ginger Wallet - v2.0.21

14 Aug 12:07
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Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet

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🎉 What's New in v2.0.21 🎉

🔐 Privacy & Security Improvements

  • Introduced ban reason display for better transparency

⚙️ Node & Network Enhancements

  • Enhanced connectivity with Bitcoin nodes, ensuring faster transaction broadcasts and quicker block synchronization
  • Updated 2025 application certificate to maintain trust and compatibility

✍️ New Features

  • Added Sign Message functionality for message authentication

🔧 Technical Improvements

  • Fixed AbsoluteMinInputCount import issue
  • Code cleanup and optimizations for improved maintainability
  • Fixed fiat balance availability to ensure accurate display

📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔎 What's Changed

Full Changelog: v2.0.20...v2.0.21

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Ginger Wallet - v2.0.20

24 Jul 09:16
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🎉 What's New in v2.0.20 🎉

🌐 Improved Translations

  • Turkish translation has been improved
  • French translation has been improved
  • Chinese translation has been improved
  • German translation has been improved
  • Fixed spacing and casing issues in several translated texts

🧠 Smarter UX & UI Updates

  • 🧭 Wallet state indicator in the navigation bar is now properly synced with the CoinJoin state
  • 🔕 Tor error handling improved – irrelevant issues no longer disturb users
  • 🎨 Improved Buy/Sell button design
  • 🧭 Better onboarding UX for Wasabi Wallet users
  • ⚙️ Settings screen is now more organized and user-friendly
  • 🌀 Introduced transition animations to reduce cognitive load
  • 🌈 Color adjustments made for better contrast
  • 🔐 2FA badge removed to avoid bothering users
  • 🆕 Old announcements no longer appear as unread for new users
  • 🖼️ Removed loading screen
    • Users now land directly on the wallet's home screen
    • Features that don't require loading are instantly available
    • Overall UX is much faster

🔧 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue where legal documents had to be accepted twice
  • Fixed crash when Tor was already in use by another process
  • Fixed issue where Announcement icon blinked on startup
  • Fixed incorrect copied value in Privacy Progress tile
  • Fixed crash when explicitly closing the Send Success dialog
  • Default behavior for SubAction buttons (Send, Receive) can now be customized via right-click context menu

⚙️ Technical Improvements

  • UI engine updated for better performance
  • General performance and stability improvements

📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔎 What's Changed

Full Changelog: GingerPrivacy/GingerBackend@v2.0.19...v2.0.20

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Ginger Wallet - v2.0.19

27 May 17:21
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🎉 What's New? 🎉

🌐 Supported Languages

Enjoy Ginger Wallet in your favorite language. We've made several fixes to enhance translations:

  • English (English)
  • Spanish (Español)
  • Hungarian (Magyar)
  • French (Français)
  • Chinese (中文)
  • German (Deutsch) (new!)
  • Portuguese (Português) (new!)
  • Turkish (Türkçe) (new!)
  • Italian (Italiano) (new!)

🚀 New Features & Enhancements

💸 Client-side Fee Rate Providers

Ginger Wallet now fetches fee rates directly from your chosen provider, maintaining your privacy via Tor.

Customize your provider under:
Settings → Bitcoin → Fee Rate Provider

Available Providers:

  • Mempool Space (default)
  • Blockstream.info
  • Your own full node

🛒 Buy Bitcoin from a New Provider: Wert

We’ve expanded your options for purchasing BTC! Ginger introduces Wert, a provider known for its relaxed KYC requirements—no document upload required for transactions below $1000 USD.

Check Wert’s site for more details.

Current Providers:

  • Wert (new!)
  • Banxa (new!)
  • Transak
  • Moonpay

🗑️ Delete Wallet function

You can now delete unused or unneeded wallets. It is generally good practice to delete unused wallets to avoid accidental data leaks.

Important: Make sure your wallet is not in use before deleting!

🎨 User Interface Improvements

  • Fixed inconsistent spacing across different languages.
  • Adjusted animations and design for Coinjoin player.

⚙️ Technical Improvements

  • Updated NBitcoin to v7.0.42.2 for improved stability and features.
  • Enjoy slightly faster wallet loading and synchronization.

Thank you for your continued support! 🌟


📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

What's Changed

Full Changelog: GingerPrivacy/GingerBackend@v2.0.18...v2.0.19

Ginger Wallet v2.0.18

12 Apr 14:53
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🎉 Ginger Wallet v2.0.18 – What's New? 🎉

🎨 Appearance & UI Enhancements

  • Customizable decimal separator (dot or comma)
  • Customizable thousand group separator (None, space, dot, comma, apostrophe)
  • Configurable Bitcoin fraction grouping
  • Button colors and several icons now include smooth transitions
  • Updated UI engine
  • Adjusted disabled button states
  • Minor logo correction

📈 Redesigned Privacy Progress Widget

  • Brand-new widget with a modern look
  • View your semi-private balance
  • Fiat values now shown for private and semi-private balances
  • Rounded progress bar for better visual clarity

💰 More Fiat Currency Options

You can now view your Bitcoin balance in even more fiat currencies!
Along with USD ($), EUR (€), HUF (Ft), and CNY (¥), additional exchange rates are now supported.
Exchange rates are now fetched directly from providers (client-side), improving privacy and reliability.

🔔 Redesigned Notifications

  • A more readable layout
  • New X button to close notifications manually
  • Timer bar added so you know when a notification will disappear
  • Unified expiration time for all notifications

🐳 We Care About Whales

  • Large balances now fit nicely in the balance widget
  • Improved alignment of large values in the transaction history

⚡ Power-Saving Mode

When the wallet window is minimized or hidden, it will now consume significantly fewer resources.

🐞 Bug Fixes & Improvements

  • Fixed flickering tooltips in many cases
  • Resolved issues with Buy/Sell orders disappearing or mixing across wallets
  • Fixed empty fee rate on Transaction Details page
  • Fixed layout issue in Privacy Suggestions when suggested and original amounts were identical
  • Fixed "Not Found" issues in the search bar

🔧 Under the Hood

  • Terms & Conditions updated
  • Backend can now log to Discord
  • Improved stability and general performance
  • Internal refactors for better maintainability

📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

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Ginger Wallet v2.0.17.2 - hotfix

27 Mar 14:11
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🎉 Ginger Wallet v2.0.17.2 – What's New? 🎉

Resolved a crash that occurred when entering a BTC address on the send screen with a specific language selected. Other than that, it's identical to version 2.0.17.1.

🚀 New Features & Improvements

💰 More Fiat Currencies for Display

You can now view your Bitcoin balance in multiple fiat currencies!
Along with USD ($), we’ve now added support for:

  • Euro (EUR €)
  • Hungarian Forint (HUF Ft)

Simply select your preferred currency in the settings to see your Bitcoin value in real-time fiat conversions!

💡 UI & Localization Enhancements

  • Improved Hungarian translations
  • Added missing translations
  • Fixed welcome screen language selector layout
  • Improved responsive layout for localization

🔧 Technical Fixes & Enhancements

  • More supported exchange currencies

🛠️ Stability & Performance Improvements

  • Fixed crashes when accessing the announcement list

👉 For a full breakdown, check out the "What's Changed" section below!


📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔄 What's Changed

  • Hotfix for the BTC address crash
  • Quick fix for HW Taproot
  • Added missing translations
  • Fixed crash in announcements
  • RegTest should not set UseTor to "Disabled" in the config file
  • Localization responsive layout
  • Improved Hungarian translations
  • Welcome screen language selector layout fix
  • Various UI text consistency fixes
  • Config unit test update
  • Fixed crash when accessing announcement list
  • Made the release script user-independent
  • More supported exchange currencies
  • Fixed CurrencyEntryBox context menu
  • Various fixes
  • Localization presets

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Ginger Wallet v2.0.17.1

17 Mar 13:08
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🎉 What's New?

🚀 New Features & Improvements

💰 More Fiat Currencies for Display

You can now view your Bitcoin balance in multiple fiat currencies!
Along with USD ($), we’ve now added support for:

  • Euro (EUR €)
  • Hungarian Forint (HUF Ft)

Simply select your preferred currency in the settings to see your Bitcoin value in real-time fiat conversions!

💡 UI & Localization Enhancements

  • Improved Hungarian translations
  • Added missing translations
  • Fixed welcome screen language selector layout
  • Improved responsive layout for localization

🔧 Technical Fixes & Enhancements

  • More supported exchange currencies

🛠️ Stability & Performance Improvements

  • Fixed crashes when accessing the announcement list

👉 For a full breakdown, check out the "What's Changed" section below!


📋 System Requirements

  • Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔄 What's Changed

  • Quick fix for HW Taproot
  • Added missing translations
  • Fixed crash in announcements
  • RegTest should not set UseTor to "Disabled" in the config file
  • Localization responsive layout
  • Improved Hungarian translations
  • Welcome screen language selector layout fix
  • Various UI text consistency fixes
  • Config unit test update
  • Fixed crash when accessing announcement list
  • Made the release script user-independent
  • More supported exchange currencies
  • Fixed CurrencyEntryBox context menu
  • Various fixes
  • Localization presets

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Ginger Wallet v2.0.17

05 Mar 15:26
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🎉 Release Highlights: GingerWallet v2.0.17 🎉

🚀 New Features

🔥 Sell Bitcoin Directly from Ginger Wallet

Easily sell Bitcoin within the wallet using our new trade aggregator, ensuring you get the best available rates for a smooth and seamless experience.

🌱 Taproot Address Support

Now you can receive Bitcoin to Taproot addresses, enhancing privacy and efficiency.

💡 UI & Usability Enhancements

  • Upgraded UI engine for improved performance and visual consistency
  • Various UI fixes for a more seamless experience

🛠️ Performance & Stability Improvements

  • Enhanced logging for better diagnostics and troubleshooting
  • Various test fixes and minor refactors to improve stability

👉 Check out the full list of changes in the "What's Changed" section below!


📋 Requirements

  • Windows: 10 1607+ / 11 22000+
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔄 What's Changed

  • Adding sell BTC feature
  • Update UI interface engine
  • Various UI fixes
  • Adding Taproot receive functionality

Ginger Wallet v2.0.16

08 Feb 10:37
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🎉 Release Highlights: GingerWallet v2.0.16 🎉

🚀 New Feature: Buy Bitcoin!

You can now buy Bitcoin directly from Ginger Wallet. This feature integrates a trade aggregator to provide the best available rates and seamless purchasing experience.

🔧 Improved CoinJoin Coin Selector

  • Performance optimizations
  • Dynamic minimum anonymity score range
  • Option to disable the old coin selector fallback

💡 UI Updates & Fixes

  • Multiple layout refinements for a better experience
  • Fix for macOS hide behavior
  • Enhanced validation animations

🛠️ Technical & Performance Improvements

  • Updated Tor to v13.5.9
  • Improved logging and configuration handling

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixes for CoinJoin selection logic
  • Hungarian translation corrections
  • Various test fixes and minor refactors

👉 Check out the full list of changes in the "What's Changed" section below!


📋 Requirements

  • Windows: 10 1607+ / 11 22000+
  • macOS: 12.0+
  • Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+

🔄 What's Changed

  • Buy Bitcoin integration
  • CoinJoin selector improvements
  • UI and UX refinements
  • Performance optimizations
  • Updated Tor version
  • Fee estimator enhancements
  • Bug fixes and test improvements

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