Privacy progress

[Bijo9]

Hi,
I would need help, I set the coordinator URI with the following parameter: <redacted> But when I receive the funds none they all have 0% privacy progress. Do you know why or what should I do? Thanks in advance

[MarnixCroes]

I guess you haven't participated in a coinjoin yet?
https://docs.wasabiwallet.io/FAQ/FAQ-UseWasabi.html#how-can-i-see-coinjoins-in-the-history-list

So, you need to enter a coordinator -> coinjoin -> coins become (more) private -> privacy progress increases.

[Bijo9]

There is no shield on my transactions, what am I doing wrong?

[MarnixCroes]

nothing, you just didn't coinjoin yet.

[MarnixCroes]

I suggest to read the getting started guide in the docs to get started https://docs.wasabiwallet.io/getting-started/
or watch a tutorial video like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52pSd3I1nac, to get an idea how it works.

[Bijo9]

To complete my information, my PC connection is through tethering via my phone, which uses a VPN. The 5 transfers I made to the Wasabi wallet are from Coinbase to the Wasabi wallet. The largest amount I sent is 0.00143200 BTC. Do you need more information?

[MarnixCroes]

coinjoin doesn't automatically start below 0.01 BTC. So you have to manually press the play button to start it.

[Bijo9]

I think not. How do I participate in a coinjoin? It's not automatic? I entered this address in the coordinator: <redacted>. Then I do a direct transfer to the account address that Wasabi generates for me. There may be a step I'm not doing. What do I have to do to make a coinjoin? When I make a transfer to my wasabi wallet address, the coinjoin is already on play.

[Bijo9]

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I did like the tutorial "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52pSd3I1nac" except that I sent from coinbase (exchange). Do you think this could be the cause?

[MarnixCroes]

ok. your current balance $40 is considered small for coinjoin, as the fee can be $4 so 10% of your balance, if not more. But that's a side note.

In your history you are receiving and the last two tx you sent out, so no coinjoin.
For coinjoin to happen you need to receive -> have the money in your wallet -> do nothing so the wallet can coinjoin.
Which you should've seen in the video.

The musicbox with "Mining fee rate was too high" is because the mining fee of the coinjoin round was more than what you have in your max coinjoin mining fee rate in your settings.

[MarnixCroes]

Do you think this could be the cause?

that is unrelated

[Bijo9]

I changed the coordinator setting following your advice, setting "max coinjoin mining fee rate" from 5 sat/vb to 150 sat/vb. Is 150 sat/vb enough to ensure that my transactions always go through CoinJoin? (I hadn't seen this setting :( )

[turbolay]

Please do not share coordinator names in this repo, nor private information (your balance)

Problem is solved, you changed settings putting a small max mining fee rate, software worked as you instructed it to.

[Bijo9]

Understood. I don't know if it's resolved, as soon as I do a conclusive test I'll let you know.

[Bijo9]

I have a question: if I set the "max coinjoin mining fee rate" parameter to 5 sat/vb, when it should have been 40 sat/vb, why doesn't my transaction wait and arrive directly in my wallet without going through CoinJoin? Is this normal or is there a parameter to say wait for coinjoin anyway?

[MarnixCroes]

Bitcoin transactions have a fee (rate).
If you send a bitcoin tx yourself, you set the fee rate yourself.
I you participate in coinjoin (collaborative tx with multiple people) the coordinator sets the fee rate.
To prevent against a malicious coordinator who sets a very high fee rate that wastes your money, you can set the max fee rate you want to pay.

[Bijo9]

It's solved for me. You should not hesitate to leave your wallet connected all night and the privacy progress increases. So for my part the problem was therefore linked to the sat / vb and to let it run for several hours. Thank you very much for your help.