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Both are centralized coordinators is a trade off.

Wasabi uses fees to pay Chainanalysis to survey and block users. If you are found on the blacklist the coordinator confiscates your bitcoin that you are coinjoining. They technically get the best anonymity set because they do large coinsjoin approx 250 input and 250 outputs

Whirlpool doesn’t use coinjoin fees for Chainanalysis, best UI by far of any coinjoin implementation, easily integrated in Sparrow. Centralized coordinator is a downside. Smaller anonymity set because only 5 inputs and 5 outputs per coinjoin but can do multiple coinjoin rounds
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Chris Alaimo 2y ago

I forgot to caveat one more thing. Wasabi sometimes reuses addresses on mixes which would break and link anonymity sets which is horrible for privacy and something you need to be diligent on. Not that this can’t happen with other coinjoins implementations, but is a known issue with wasabi

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Max 2y ago

That isn't an issue for anyone who doesn't reuse addresses.

In many cases address reuse is alright, like someone receiving donations to a static address and then coinjoins them to protect future transaction history.