You can use any block explorer to check to see if transactions are private.
You can run your own private block explorer.
They chose to run a chainalysis outfit & a honeypot of Xpubs.
I wonder why?!
They didn't have to collect those Xpubs, they just wanted to, to make more money.
Also mentioning wasabi is a false positive comparison, as I'm not doing some BS compare & contrast as I wouldn't have used either.
In talking to people smarter than me I think there’s two points 1) since the Samourai backend is proprietary it is unknowable if there was a honeypot. They could’ve had good opsec and purged xpubs after using them or kept them forever. Impossible to know unless/until it comes out in court. 2) someone somewhere has to collect xpubs to coordinate the transactions. Oversimplifying: So your options are basically central coordinator or run your own(they called this a Dojo). Samourai provided both options. User had to elect not to run their own Dojo and divulge their xpub, it was not required. People should never give up their xpub imho
I definitely agree with the meta point of it was a mistake to use either. I don’t think they provided much if any privacy and it was clear governments were closely monitoring and likely Sybil attacking them and you only were as private as your coinjoins peers were smart about not doxing themselves, aka not very private at all.
