1.5.4

• Fixes a minor build issue causing the QR display dialog to fail to open
• Add menu item to lock all open wallets (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+L)

1.5.3

• Create two person coinjoin transactions using Samourai Soroban (Stonewallx2)
• Pay to PayNym via payjoin using Samourai Soroban (Stowaway)
• Create and claim a PayNym for a P2WPKH software wallet, and follow other PayNyms
• Update UTXOs tab UI to show UTXO balance and count next to smaller UTXO chart
• Remember recent servers for quick reconfiguration via dropdown in the server preferences
• Trigger a full wallet refresh when all the transaction history has changed on loading (e.g. on incorrect passphrase entry)
• Show wallet output descriptors with multipath indexes as per bitcoin/bitcoin#22838
• Improve QR scanning using a double pass, the second pass cropped to an indicated box onscreen
• Allow for a minimum application height of 708px
• Add button in password field to view password in cleartext
• Change default minimum mixes to 3 when mixing out
• Check if wallet is mixing and restart Whirlpool client if necessary
• Add keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W) to log Whirlpool debug information
• Force saving a temporary backup if refreshed wallet transactions are fewer after loading
• Improve UX when validating transaction locktime datetime field
• Add static minimum fee rates provider of 1 sat/vB for all block targets
• Show transaction or PSBT as QR from File menu
• Support Taproot tr() script expressions in UR:crypto-output
• Show script type description when importing a wallet
• Show UTXO sets in transaction diagram
• Make transaction diagram tooltips show indefinitely
• Indicate which accounts are scanned for discovery
• Remember and select previously selected tab when closing a tab
• Show message when no new accounts are discovered
• Allow configuration of a maximum server timeout maxServerTimeout
• Implement batch paging and allow page size configuration with batchPageSize
• Change Windows and Linux installers to use Sparrow menu group
• Set default fingerprint on watch only wallets
• Improve passphrase toggle UX of Bitbox 02 and Trezor T
• Add a public testnet Electrum server
• Upgrade to JavaFX 17
• Upgrade OSX and Linux libsecp256k1 libraries
• Upgrade Hummingbird UR library with revised crypto-account format (non-breaking change)
• Upgrade database to H2 2.0.202
• Bug fix: Fix import of encrypted Sparrow JSON wallets on Linux
• Bug fix: Improve efficiency of fade out animations, especially on Linux
• Bug fix: Fix mix to wallet display name
• Bug fix: Output HWI enumeration and signing errors to log
• Bug fix: Fix version update hyperlink appearing multiple times
• Bug fix: Fix textfield combobox repeat selection
• Bug fix: Show only unspent amount in status bar when refreshing postmix wallets
• Bug fix: Show full wallet name on mix to button
• Bug fix: Allow zero length paths when parsing PSBT key derivations

1.5.3-beta1

• Create two person coinjoin transactions using Samourai Soroban (Stonewallx2)
• Pay to PayNym via payjoin using Samourai Soroban (Stowaway)
• Create and claim a PayNym for a P2WPKH software wallet, and follow other PayNyms
• Trigger a full wallet refresh when all the transaction history has changed on loading (e.g. incorrect passphrase entry)
• Show wallet output descriptors with multipath indexes as per bitcoin/bitcoin#22838
• Improve QR scanning using a double pass, the second pass cropped to an indicated box onscreen
• Allow for a minimum application height of 708px
• Change default minimum mixes to 3 when mixing out
• Check if wallet is mixing and restart Whirlpool client if necessary
• Add keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+W) to log Whirlpool debug information
• Force saving a temporary backup if refreshed wallet transactions are fewer after loading
• Upgrade to JavaFX 17
• Remember recent servers for quick reconfiguration via dropdown in the server preferences
• Show transaction or PSBT as QR from File menu
• Support Taproot tr() script expressions in UR:crypto-output
• Show script type description when importing a wallet
• Show UTXO sets in transaction diagram
• Make transaction diagram tooltips show indefinitely
• Indicate which accounts are scanned for discovery
• Show message when no new accounts are discovered
• Set default fingerprint on watch only wallets
• Add a public testnet Electrum server
• Upgrade OSX and Linux libsecp256k1 libraries
• Upgrade database to H2 2.0.202
• Bug fix: Fix import of encrypted Sparrow JSON wallets on Linux
• Bug fix: Improve efficiency of fade out animations, especially on Linux
• Bug fix: Fix mix to wallet display name
• Bug fix: Output HWI enumeration and signing errors to log
• Bug fix: Fix version update hyperlink appearing multiple times
• Bug fix: Fix textfield combobox repeat selection
• Bug fix: Allow zero length paths when parsing PSBT key derivations

1.5.2

• Show transaction diagram when viewing any transaction
• Automatic account discovery (Add Account dialog)
• Rename accounts via tab context menu
• Fee rate selection for Whirlpool premix transactions
• Pay to next fresh address of any open wallet via address field dropdown
• Recount mixes from postmix transactions if mix data unavailable
• Show total number of registered inputs when displaying "Registered Input" tooltip
• Allow configuration of the postmix index range to allow different strategies for simultaneous wallet mixing
• Import and export a wallet as an output descriptor in a text file
• Add coin selection filter to exclude immature coinbase outputs from spending
• Automatically increase gap limit if required by postmix handler
• Improve UI when Whirlpool connection errors are encountered
• Upgrade to Whirlpool client 0.23.27 (@zeroleak)
• Bug fix: Permit mixing from Badbank
• Bug fix: Fix "output already registered" error caused by overwriting postmix handler increments
• Bug fix: Correct mix status cell to remove mix progress from non-mixing UTXOs
• Bug fix: Retrieve stored index from mix config on Whirlpool wallet load
• Bug fix: Constrain mix from and mix to options to match those supported in the Whirlpool client
• Bug fix: Fix LCD text rendering issue on OSX for non-retina screens
• Bug fix: Fix popup window placement on moving the active window back to the primary screen

1.5.1

• Add multiple accounts to a wallet (Accounts 0 to 9, and Whirlpool related) (Settings tab)
• Lock open wallets for privacy (View menu)
• Support Bitcoin Core RPC connections over Tor to onion addresses (@shesek)
• Add prevent computer sleep function (Tools menu)
• Ask for passphrase re-entry when creating a BIP39 wallet
• Clarify and improve wallet password and keystore passphrase entry
• Always use sparrow Bitcoin Core wallet (may trigger reindexing on Core for those who configured another name previously)
• Make a temporary wallet backup permanent when created in a previous process
• Include amount in transaction inputs and outputs pie chart tooltip
• Indicate when entered BIP39 seed is of unsupported Electrum type
• Add txid to Transactions tab CSV download
• Allow running Sparrow script from other paths (@romanz)
• Whirlpool: Increase postmix wallet gap limit to 40
• Whirlpool: Improve Tor identity management
• Whirlpool: Use configured bitcoin unit when showing pool denomination
• Core connection: default to cookie authentication when user/pass are not filled in
• Bug fix: Fix issue when removing selected items from UtxoTreeTable
• Bug fix: Prevent setting separate passwords on child wallets
• Bug fix: Fix issue showing the mix to dialog when non-standard wallets are loaded
• Bug fix: Always create Bitcoin Core wallet if missing
• Bug fix: Don't allow double click to receive on a whirlpool wallet
• Bug fix: Truncate long Specter Desktop keystore labels
• Bug fix: Preserve check menu item state across wallet windows

1.5.0

• Mix UTXOs via Samourai Whirlpool coinjoin integration (mainnet and testnet)
• Mix to an external, open wallet after a configurable number of mixing rounds
• Add an option to optimize transactions for privacy (STONEWALL) or efficiency
• Add a simple privacy analysis of the constructed transaction to the Send tab
• Add Tor status indicator to the status bar if Tor is configured
• Binaries now reproducible (pre-installers) across all supported platforms
• Add privacy-focused anti-fee-sniping recommendations for taproot transactions (thanks @chris-belcher)
• Introduce multiple wallets in one tab via right aligned subtabs
• Export subtabbed wallets using DB persistence (normal wallets still use JSON for legibility)
• Export UTXOs to CSV
• Add items to the File > Save PSBT menu to copy a PSBT to the clipboard in hex or base64
• Allow the creation of multisig wallets with up to the maximum (20) number of cosigners
• Save application width and height across restarts
• Add caching for verbose transaction lookups to avoid repeat server requests
• Don't use a configured Tor proxy to connect to local network addresses
• Bug fix: Handle unknown derivation path for Caravan imports
• Bug fix: Use the correct address label for the utxo label when recieving a batched tx to several labelled address
• Bug fix: Truncate labels over 255 characters before saving to db
• Bug fix: Copying from the transaction hex view will never copy truncated hex
• Bug fix: Replace illegal filename characters in wallet name with underscores

1.5.0-beta1

• Mix UTXOs via Whirlpool coinjoin integration (0.001BTC testnet pool only)
• Mix to a external wallet after a configurable number of mixing rounds
• Add an option to optimize transactions for privacy or efficiency
• Add a simple privacy analysis of the constructed transaction to the Send tab
• Binaries now reproducible (pre-signature) across all supported platforms (to be independently tested)
• Introduce multiple wallets in one tab via right aligned subtabs
• Export subtabbed wallets using DB persistence (normal wallets still use JSON for legibility)
• Export UTXOs to CSV
• Add items to the File > Save PSBT menu to copy a PSBT to the clipboard in hex or base64
• Allow the creation of multisig wallets with up to the maximum (20) number of cosigners
• Save application width and height across restarts
• Add caching for verbose transaction lookups to avoid repeat server requests
• Don't use configured Tor proxy to connect to local network addresses
• Bug fix: Handle unknown derivation path for Caravan imports
• Bug fix: Use the correct address label for the utxo label when recieving a batched tx to several labelled address
• Bug fix: Truncate labels over 255 characters before saving to db
• Bug fix: Copying from the transaction hex view will never copy truncated hex

1.4.3

• Taproot (P2TR) wallet support for single sig on signet and regtest networks
• Support sending to P2TR (Taproot) addresses
• Increase animation rate (to 200ms period) and max fragment length (to 250 bytes) when displaying UR QRs
• Always serialize PSBT non-witness UTXO fields without witness data (pre-Segwit serialization) to reduce PSBT size
• Optimize and increase sampling rate of QR scanning to 200ms
• Allow selection of webcam device from QR Scan dialog
• Accept pasting a whitespace delimited sequence of words into any word textfield of the BIP39 mnemonic word entry
• Enable Max button for when sending to selected UTXOs without address and label filled
• Handle multiple selection when freezing and unfreezing utxos
• Improve Send amount error labels adding dust threshold label for amounts that are too low
• Add Caravan wallet file import and export
• Upgrade to Java 16, JavaFX 16 and Gradle 7.1
• Close Message Sign dialog on window close button and escape key
• Switch mempool size chart to kvB when max Y value is less than 3 MvB
• Add native secp256k1 library to support Schnorr signing and verification
• Bug fix: Save address labels on a new wallet
• Bug fix: Always delete hwi dir on osx before copying
• Bug fix: Avoid hang on closing webcam due to rescans for new camera devices
• Bug fix: Don't show Message Sign context menu item when message signing can't be performed

1.4.2

• Introduce database persistence with automatic migration of existing JSON wallets
• Add Keystone HWW import and export
• Add SeedSigner HWW import and export
• Allow PSBTs without UTXO data to be loaded if UTXOs are provided in an existing PSBT (Specter DIY)
• Use JSON persistence for Sparrow wallet export, and to import to wallets folder when using Sparrow import option
• Detect Electrs 0.9.0 and upgrade to batched JSON-RPC
• Improve batching read timeout handling so larger requests are given a longer timeout
• Add mempool.emzy.de and mempool.bisq.services as additional external broadcasters
• Set send amount to total UTXO value when sending selected UTXOs before an address or label is added
• Upgrade to HWI 2.0.2
• Highlight default button and allow actioning from keyboard when only one USB device is listed
• Update related empty labels when a label is updated
• Use mempool.space onion address for retrieving fee rates if Tor proxy enabled
• Add format toggle to message signing dialog to choose between Electrum or Trezor formats
• Add Specter DIY to wallet export formats
• When entering mnemonic words, don't close dropdown when a prefix is encountered, and move focus to the next field upon completion
• Set keystore label, model and source type when importing a wallet from Specter Desktop (future versions)
• Alphabetical sorting of import and export options
• Close About and Introduction dialogs when escape key is pressed
• Add context menu to copy transaction hex
• Improve dark theme border appearance
• Improve background drag area instructions
• Add tooltip to Send Selected UTXOs button with directions on how to select multiple UTXOs
• Bug fix: Full screen no longer resizes to smaller window with border
• Bug fix: Fix receive to address context menu actions
• Bug fix: Fix keyboard shortcuts when saving a PSBT or transaction
• Bug fix: Relocate HWI to Sparrow home folder on OSX to avoid partial installation deletions in tmpdir
• Bug fix: Update Send Selected button when freezing or unfreezing UTXOs

1.4.2-beta

This is a BETA release.

Since the move to database persistence will cause automatic migration of any existing wallet that is loaded, it is recommended to make a backup of your Sparrow home folder before running this release. The Sparrow home folder may be found at ~/.sparrow (OSX and Linux) or %APPDATA$\Sparrow (Windows).

• Introduce database persistence with automatic migration of existing JSON wallets
• Add Keystone HWW import and export
• Allow PSBTs without UTXO data to be loaded if UTXOs are provided in an existing PSBT (Specter DIY)
• Use JSON persistence for Sparrow wallet export, and add Sparrow wallet import to import to wallets folder
• Detect Electrs 0.9.0 and upgrade to batched JSON-RPC
• Improve batching read timeout handling so larger requests are given a longer timeout
• Add mempool.emzy.de and mempool.bisq.services as additional external broadcasters
• Set send amount to total UTXO value when sending selected UTXOs before an address or label is added
• Upgrade to HWI 2.0.2
• Highlight default button and allow actioning from keyboard when only one USB device is listed
• Update related empty labels when a label is updated
• Use mempool.space onion address for retrieving fee rates if Tor proxy enabled
• Add Specter DIY to wallet export formats
• When entering mnemonic words, don't close dropdown when a prefix is encountered, and move focus to the next field upon completion
• Close About and Introduction dialogs when escape key is pressed
• Add tooltip to Send Selected UTXOs button with directions on how to select multiple UTXOs
• Bug fix: Full screen no longer resizes to smaller window with border
• Bug fix: Fix receive to address context menu actions
• Bug fix: Fix keyboard shortcuts when saving a PSBT or transaction
• Bug fix: Relocate HWI to Sparrow home folder on OSX to avoid partial installation deletions in tmpdir
• Bug fix: Update Send Selected button when freezing or unfreezing UTXOs