Releases: GingerPrivacy/GingerWallet
Ginger Wallet - v2.0.23
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
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
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
Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet
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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
Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet
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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 $1000 USD.
Check Wert’s site for more details.
Current Providers:
- Wert (new!)
- Banxa (new!)
- Transak
- Moonpay
🗑️ Delete Wallet function
You can now delete unused or unneeded wallets. It is generally good practice to delete unused wallets to avoid accidental data leaks.
Important: Make sure your wallet is not in use before deleting!
🎨 User Interface Improvements
- Fixed inconsistent spacing across different languages.
- Adjusted animations and design for Coinjoin player.
⚙️ Technical Improvements
- Updated NBitcoin to
v7.0.42.2for improved stability and features. - Enjoy slightly faster wallet loading and synchronization.
Thank you for your continued support! 🌟
📋 System Requirements
- Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
- macOS: 12.0+
- Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+
What's Changed
Full Changelog: GingerPrivacy/GingerBackend@v2.0.18...v2.0.19
Ginger Wallet v2.0.18
Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet
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🎉 Ginger Wallet v2.0.18 – What's New? 🎉
🎨 Appearance & UI Enhancements
- Customizable decimal separator (dot or comma)
- Customizable thousand group separator (None, space, dot, comma, apostrophe)
- Configurable Bitcoin fraction grouping
- Button colors and several icons now include smooth transitions
- Updated UI engine
- Adjusted disabled button states
- Minor logo correction
📈 Redesigned Privacy Progress Widget
- Brand-new widget with a modern look
- View your semi-private balance
- Fiat values now shown for private and semi-private balances
- Rounded progress bar for better visual clarity
💰 More Fiat Currency Options
You can now view your Bitcoin balance in even more fiat currencies!
Along with USD ($), 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+
📜 Full Changelog: View Changes
Ginger Wallet v2.0.17.2 - hotfix
Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet
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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 ($), we’ve now added support for:
- ✅ Euro (EUR €)
- ✅ Hungarian Forint (HUF Ft)
Simply select your preferred currency in the settings to see your Bitcoin value in real-time fiat conversions!
💡 UI & Localization Enhancements
- Improved Hungarian translations
- Added missing translations
- Fixed welcome screen language selector layout
- Improved responsive layout for localization
🔧 Technical Fixes & Enhancements
- More supported exchange currencies
🛠️ Stability & Performance Improvements
- Fixed crashes when accessing the announcement list
👉 For a full breakdown, check out the "What's Changed" section below!
📋 System Requirements
- Windows: 10 (1607+) / 11 (22000+)
- macOS: 12.0+
- Linux: Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 37+, Debian 11+
🔄 What's Changed
- Hotfix for the BTC address crash
- Quick fix for HW Taproot
- Added missing translations
- Fixed crash in announcements
- RegTest should not set
UseTorto "Disabled" in the config file - Localization responsive layout
- Improved Hungarian translations
- Welcome screen language selector layout fix
- Various UI text consistency fixes
- Config unit test update
- Fixed crash when accessing announcement list
- Made the release script user-independent
- More supported exchange currencies
- Fixed
CurrencyEntryBoxcontext menu - Various fixes
- Localization presets
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Ginger Wallet v2.0.17.1
Ginger Wallet – The easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet
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🎉 What's New?
🚀 New Features & Improvements
💰 More Fiat Currencies for Display
You can now view your Bitcoin balance in multiple fiat currencies!
Along with USD ($), 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
UseTorto "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
CurrencyEntryBoxcontext menu - Various fixes
- Localization presets
📜 Full Changelog: View Changes
Ginger Wallet v2.0.17
Ginger Wallet is an easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet
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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
Ginger Wallet is an easy-to-use, privacy-focused, open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet
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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
📜 Full Changelog: View Changes