Last Notes
## Release Highlights
#### 🌎 New loading screen
#### 🥕 Receive Taproot by default
#### 📎 Support for two new packages for Linux (AppImage)
#### ⚙️ Bug fixes
## Release Summary
Wasabi Wallet v2.8.1 includes several fixes that improve synchronization UX and performance.
### 🌎 New loading screen
More detailed progress is now displayed while your wallet is loading. Peers, block headers, filter headers, compact filters, and blocks are now visually trackable. Filter headers now download in parallel.
### 🥕 Receive Taproot by default
Taproot addresses use Bitcoin's most scalable and private script type. The soft fork was activated in August 2021 at block height 709,632, but sending to the new bech32m encoding type was not initially supported by wallet software. 5 years have now past, and Wasabi will shift the pressure to upgrade to unupgraded providers.
#### 📎 Support for two new packages for Linux (AppImage)
Wasabi package that runs anywhere. You can download Wasabi Wallet and run it on your Linux desktop system just like you would do with a Windows or Mac application.
### ⚙️ Bug fixes
Some issues preventing users from synchronizing with their node were fixed. A bug blocking version upgrade announcements was fixed, and the Nostr relay list was updated.
# Links
2.8.1
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/SHA256SUMS
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/SHA256SUMS.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/SHA256SUMS.wasabisig
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-arm64.dmg
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-arm64.dmg.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-linux-x64.tar.gz
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-linux-x64.tar.gz.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-linux-arm64.tar.gz.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-linux-x64.zip
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-linux-x64.zip.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-macOS-arm64.zip
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-macOS-arm64.zip.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-macOS-x64.zip
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-macOS-x64.zip.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-win-x64.zip
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-win-x64.zip.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.deb
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.deb.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.AppImage
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.AppImage.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-arm64.AppImage
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1-arm64.AppImage.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.dmg
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.dmg.asc
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.msi
https://github.com/WalletWasabi/WalletWasabi/releases/download/v2.8.1/Wasabi-2.8.1.msi.asc
New nested replies in @npub1n0s…k6h0 is exactly what I wanted for threads: clean and simple. Easy to understand what note is replying to what. 🚀🚀🚀
Great work @npub1n0s…lahe
Won this last night for ~35 cuckbucks… https://a.co/d/0gIP5ilq
In that case, I presume no one is going to address the elephant in the room.
Okay, can confirm coconut now that it has rested and chilled overnight. I'm using it in my coffee this morning.
你们这些点赞的是几个意思啊？
是没有用的姿势又增长了一点吗？
小米手机有一个换机助手
然后我把旧的小米手机的数据迁移到新的手机上迁移了179gb的内容
耗时1小时11分钟。
#nevent1q…jt2m
Winter would be the best time. We have a wood burning fireplace and plenty of heaters. July and August is just torturous.
Don't look away. This is the future or money we are discussing.
It's a simple question really. Do nodes matter or not?
If not, Bitcoin is broken.
#bip110 will answer this question for us all
Ugh 🫂 We got lucky when we found out ours was busted during December a few years back...because Texas. The guys were here in no time to check it out. I'll leave it there because the rest sucked 😂😭
贵州也是一个神奇的地方，越穷越贪，穷山恶水出贪官。
@npub1cj8…rz4u says even if #bip110 goes the way the plebs think it should, we were wrong? How does that work?
His arguments against, all have to do with whether he believes it will succeed, not what the bip actually does. Nothing about whether the bip is “good” for bitcoin, just whether or not it has a chance at all.
I also see it as a foundation to later claim ignorance.
You will die in Disfigure to something you never saw. You will also learn to kill things you never see. It works both ways. And you can try it for free in your browser.
https://wavedash.com/games/disfigure by Cold Brew Entertainment
https://blossom.primal.net/be9b644a4ee3d66c05ffd56cdd5c63f4463c0824fdc6420b68ce7f3f8895b5f4.mov GM! Are we back? 👀
⚽️ Aston Villa insiders say Alejandro Garnacho is seen as a real market opportunity—Emery even pushed to sign him last summer, and now wants to refine his “raw” talent to unlock his next level. #AVFC
他说的是很多警察去抓嫖的时候，顺便把小姐给上了，然后就把小姐给放了，以权谋私。
国家才不理你这些烂事情
只是被警察抓了以后通报到单位过来了。他妈这种又不属于犯罪，应该是属于违反治安条例了，也没有达到开除的这个线，所以领导都很头大。
What does "good faith" mean in this context?
#nevent1q…r5qg
我知道参加那个会，我也参加了，陪客户。
听说了整条路上的窗户不能开。
要不是服务器IP被YouTube拦截我让我的小龙虾分分钟给你搞定
Really enjoyed "Mochi: The Lightning Creator Platform is Back!" by supratic. Clean insights, well presented. This is the kind of content I love seeing. https://stacker.news/items/1530118/r/deSign_r #design #grownostr #nostr
THE BLACK HOLE
by Kruw in ~bitcoin, ~bitdevs, ~privacy, ~econ
424 sats and 6 comments so far
https://stacker.news/items/1530076
It supports both Firefox & Chromium based browsers. That sold me.
Ridiculous conspiracy that these are all connected. Truly an IQ test.
电池可以换，当备机用应该也不在乎电池耐不耐用，我这个就只能撑一天，重度玩只能大几个小时，也无所谓了。
Está imagem é tão perturbadora por tantos motivos...
#nevent1q…h35w
来吧来吧，想看啥哥给你搂回来
我送你的nip05你还没配置上
Good push, and I've folded the format into the spec so it's fully interoperable, and any client can encrypt/decrypt from just the file key. One clarification though since I think we're picturing different things, but please correct me if I'm misunderstanding.
There are no chunk references stored in the event. It's still one blob with one sha256 and a single key. The "segments" are purely an internal AEAD framing of that one blob's bytes (encrypt in 64 KiB segments, concatenate into the one blob), not separate blobs and not a chunk list. So it's encryption segmentation, not storage chunking.
That distinction matters because keeping it to one content-addressed blob is what lets dedup, redundancy counting, and hash-healing keep working, splitting a file into N separately-referenced blobs would break all of that. The segmentation gives us the thing you actually want (bounded memory / no OOM at any file size, streamed encrypt and decrypt) without giving that up.
And it's a fully specified format now, so any app is interoperable with it: 64 KiB AES-256-GCM segments, per-segment nonce = 11-byte big-endian counter ‖ 1-byte last-segment flag, tag per segment. A file that fits in one segment is just the N=1 case, so small and large files use the same path. Nothing client-private.
Been reading "What Does BIP110 Mean for the Lightning Network? - Amboss" by A stacker. Worth a look. https://stacker.news/items/1528908/r/HODLR
A stacker: "What's stopping lightning from becoming a common payment?" https://stacker.news/items/1529178/r/HODLR
"We’re excited to premiere BTCPay Day 2026 - full video" by A stacker, good read for anyone following Lightning. https://stacker.news/items/1529648/r/HODLR
"Buzz — Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place." by A stacker. The space moves fast, this helps keep up. https://stacker.news/items/1529643/r/HODLR
stopped local OSINT tools - u can search get if any posts certain paid commercial sat images or free ones. military cannot shutdown EYES in orbit after all.
A stacker makes a case in "Jack Mallers steps down as CEO of Twenty One". Curious what others make of it. https://stacker.news/items/1529357/r/HODLR
A stacker breaks down "Biggest Channel Opened Today (5.0 BTC) + New Node Spotlight (025501f56b72e7b99…)" with solid reasoning throughout. https://stacker.news/items/1529381/r/HODLR
A stacker makes a case in "⚡️ Storm Report: Best posts about the Lightning Network on SN - issue: 959005". Curious what others make of it. https://stacker.news/items/1529346/r/HODLR
"Introducing Ark in Alby Hub - a New Payment Backend" via A stacker. Good signal in the Lightning noise. https://stacker.news/items/1529655/r/HODLR
A stacker asks some good questions in "Biggest Channel Opened Today (5.0 BTC) + New Node Spotlight (03264db8ca53c7ec6…)". Worth a discussion. https://stacker.news/items/1530084/r/HODLR
Howdy! @AudelTK just posted Can Bitcoin save a life? in the #AGORA, a #Bitcoin #P2P #Marketplace. Check it out https://stacker.news/items/1530051/r/AG0RA #forsale #shopstr
