{"id":50069,"date":"2021-09-23T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T18:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=50069"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:59:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:59:48","slug":"samourai-wallet-joins-tor-project-funding-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/samourai-wallet-joins-tor-project-funding-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Samourai Wallet joins Tor Project funding programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bitcoin wallet Samourai Wallet has joined the Tor Project Membership programme, supporting the nonprofit with a $50,000 donation. The project team pledged to donate on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We are proud to have joined the <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/torproject?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@torproject<\/a> as Vidalia Onion members. We make tremendous use of the open source software maintained by the project and are very pleased to pledge on-going support for the important work they do<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/gw9FwyIKHV\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/gw9FwyIKHV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Samourai Wallet (@SamouraiWallet) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamouraiWallet\/status\/1440710092798631936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">September 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\&#8221;All free open-source software released by Samourai actively uses Tor Project technologies and developments. Today we are proud to announce that we can support the project\u2019s work by donating $50,000 and join it as a Vidalia Onion member,\\&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.torproject.org\/about\/membership\/\\\">Tor Project<\/a>, Membership programme members enjoy three \\&#8221;special benefits\\&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\\\"wp-block-list\\\">\n<li>Access to the Onion Advisors group, which assists with integrating the Tor system;<\/li>\n<li>Participation in exclusive meetings with the Tor Project team;<\/li>\n<li>Public promotion of the member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>The programme provides three membership levels. The most senior, Shallot Onion, are available to those pledging at least $100,000 per year; Vidalia Onion \u2014 from $50,000 per year; Green Onion \u2014 from $10,000 to $49,999.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Samourai Wallet, Vidalia Onion status is also held by Avast antivirus software developer, analytics company Team Cymru and VPN service Mullvad.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Samourai Wallet uses <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-coinjoin-what-is-zerolink-what-is-stonewall\">CoinJoin<\/a> technology, and the ZeroLink protocol, which allows the source and destination of each transferred coin to be hidden from third parties.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Europol said that the growing popularity of Samourai Wallet <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/europol-identifies-wasabi-and-samourai-bitcoin-wallets-as-key-darknet-threats\">significantly hinders investigations into dark-net activity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n\\n\\n\\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">VK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Samourai Wallet Bitcoin wallet joined the Tor Project Membership programme, supporting the nonprofit with a $50,000 donation. 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