2.0.0

• Upgrade JavaFX to 22 with a minimum requirement of macOS 11 and GTK 3.8
• Upgrade Java to 22.0.2
• Support recovering SLIP39 mnemonic shares (File > New Wallet > Software Wallet)
• Trezor Safe 5 support
• Ledger Stax and Flex support
• Add menu items to the message sign dialog to save a text file for signing, and load a signed message file
• Add missing previous outputs to a loaded PSBT if available from open wallets
• Show a warning dialog before refreshing a passphrase wallet where all the history has changed
• Show a warning dialog when sweeping a private key that contains insufficient funds for the given fee rate
• Show a warning dialog on broadcast if a transaction has a fee rate beyond the range slider maximum
• Show a warning dialog when sighash none is selected
• Show a warning if data is too large for display as static QR
• Rewrite derivation paths on file and card imports for uniformity
• Use a monospace font for addresses in UTXO table
• Add optional BBQr selection for QR display on Krux wallets
• Truncate the loading log and avoid automatic scrolling to the right
• Add Passport Multisig to wallet import menu
• Delay opening new dialogs on startup in Wayland
• Remove oxt.me as fee rates source
• Improve performance of updating wallet transactions store
• Enable close button on the multisig backup dialog
• Prevent Linux desktop environments from displaying New Window context menu items
• Change Windows installer from .exe to .msi
• Upgrade Gradle to v8.9
• Upgrade ZBar to v0.23.93
• Bug fix: Handle PSBT keytypes with values greater than single byte compact integers
• Bug fix: Limit the number of signatures in a multisig scriptsig to the script threshold
• Bug fix: Rewrite paths when comparing multisig keystore derivations to avoid spurious mismatches
• Bug fix: Set minimum fee rate to the lower of the estimated and user configured fee rates when contructing a transaction
• Bug fix: Fix handling of output descriptors without key origin derivation paths, and require master fingerprints as per BIP380

1.9.1

• Add testnet4 network support
  • Select with -n testnet4
  • Config and wallets are stored separately to testnet3, but can be copied across
  • The testnet folder in Sparrow home will be renamed to testnet3, and linked with a testnet symlink on Linux and macOS
• Add testnet4 Electrum public server and remote transaction broadcast from mempool.space
• Increase the gap limit where necessary to sign a PSBT where the provided input derivations match an open wallet
• Optionally show output descriptor QR export as BBQR when Coldcard, software or watch-only keystores are present
• Update Coldcard import and export instructions to match the latest firmware
• Update default derivation path for 'unknown' Unchained signer
• Bug fix: Fix single character multisig output descriptor threshold parsing issue
• Bug fix: Fix premature decompression of BBQR zlib parts
• Bug fix: Fix signing regression on PBSTs with external inputs
• Bug fix: Fix wallet loading failure icon color in tab label when using dark theme
• Bug fix: Export Electrum wallets with only USB capable hardware wallets as hardware keystore types

1.9.0

• Remove Whirlpool client, and other Soroban related features and dependencies

1.8.6

• Improvements to the Search Wallet dialog:
  • Allow label editing
  • Add copy context menu to Date/Address/Output column
  • Support searching on multiple addresses, txids and UTXOs in a search phrase separated by spaces
  • Make the the dialog non-modal (can interact with wallet window) but allow only a single instance
  • Add a button to export the search results in a CSV
• Add Show All Wallets Summary to show the balance of all open wallets, along with a combined balance chart
• Add the Mix Selected button to the UTXOs tab of the Postmix account in desktop and terminal
• Add wallet import for the Samourai backup export file
• Support changing the frame rate of animated QRs using mouse scroll on the QR image
• Add fine (0.01 sats/vb) adjustment control on the fee rate slider when using mouse scroll
• Change Transactions and UTXOs CSV export to use UTC timezone for dates
• Parse output descriptors with missing fingerprints in the key origin information
• Allow editing of the output descriptor of a new account on a watch only wallet
• Close any non-modal dialogs on application close
• Improve copy context menus on the Receive tab
• Unminimize a minimized existing app window if a second instance is launched
• Show Discover button when adding accounts on a Bitcoin Core connection, but warn user account discovery is not generally supported if no accounts are found
• Fall back to Coldcard singlesig importer if multisig format import fails
• Add user write permissions to JVM legal files
• Bug fix: Fix network enum error on startup in signet
• Bug fix: Fix issue where gap limit was not increased when wallet could partially sign a transaction
• Bug fix: Handle null proxy configuration when fetching the proxy server
• Bug fix: Maintain a strong reference to the key derivation service until action completion
• Bug fix: Fix showing multiple password dialogs on BIP47 paynym wallet linking
• Bug fix: Fix freeze on account settings tab when loading wallet type icon
• Bug fix: Add additional check against existing child wallet names when suggesting new accounts to add

1.8.5

• Implement the Samourai Whirlpool 1.0.6 client using the decentralized Soroban network (@zeroleak)
• Add Restart in (different) Home Folder to the Tools menu
• Connect faster by using cached fee rate estimates on initial server connections if available, then retrieving from the fee rate source immediately afterwards
• Indicate if disconnected on startup, and display this status with an instruction on how to connect for several minutes
• Add New Wallet, Open Wallet and Import Wallet hyperlinks to the background text shown when no tabs are open
• Add a button to display the SeedQR for a seed on the seed display dialog (after showing a warning)
• Support cookie authentication for Tor control port (add user to debian-tor or similar group for permission to read cookie file)
• Change unselected tabs to be lighter colored than selected tabs in Dark Theme
• Use UNIX sockets in Sparrow Home for instance checks and message passing, with system symlink to find existing instances for files and URIs
• Always bring the first Sparrow instance to the foreground when a second conflicting instance is automatically closed
• Set the default derivation for BIP39 and xprv imports to the current keystore derivation
• Keep any existing seeds with matching fingerprints when changing a wallet's output descriptor, rederiving the xpub if necessary
• Disable the manifest field in the Download Verify dialog if the signature signs the release file directly
• Upgrade to HWI 3.0.0 (reduces problems caused by anti-virus and scanning for emulator ports)
• Upgrade to PGPainless 1.6.7 with basic modules support
• Supporting importing labels from an Electrum history CSV using the Import Wallet > Wallet Labels function
• Close the QR display dialog for the current fresh address on the Receive tab when the current address updates
• Bug fix: Fix message signing by QR with no action on the Scan QR button
• Bug fix: Avoid adding a block explorer to the transaction context menu when configured to None
• Bug fix: Fix script display of uncompressed pubkeys
• Bug fix: Handle import of ur:crypto-hdkey without a source fingerprint
• Bug fix: Handle Coldcard singlesig file imports containing P2SH-P2WSH types

1.8.4

• Fix Monocle build issue in Sparrow Terminal release
• Show PGP primary key fingerprint in Signed By field tooltip

1.8.3

• Add download file verification dialog supporting PGP signatures and SHA256 manifests (Tools menu)
• Coldcard Q1 support (with BBQr)
• Trezor Safe 3 support
• Satschip NFC card support
• Upgrade to HWI 2.4.0
• Improve QR reading by additionally scanning using BoofCV
• Add 'Restart in Signet' to Tools menu
• Add mempool.space signet public server
• Allow adding additional accounts (up to account 30) if accounts 0-9 have already been added
• Improve script area display of inputs that spend a taproot script path
• Add seconds to Date column for Transactions and UTXOs CSV export
• If validating derivations, disallow paths that match other networks
• Avoid saving certificates for public servers
• Update build for Java 21 (@msgilligan)
• Update guava, gson, junit, nightjar and slf4j dependencies
• Upgrade junit tests from 4 to 5
• Increase Whirlpool http client timeout
• Crop y axis range in block target fee rates chart
• Add import file to Krux keystore and wallet import
• Change Cancel button text to Close on QR display and scan dialogs
• Add border to expanded transaction diagram on Linux to handle some window managers
• Bug fix: Avoid null labels when broadcasting a loaded transaction with no name
• Bug fix: Include labels for hidden addresses in address CSV export
• Bug fix: Add delay to before fetching rates to avoid HTTPClient error (@PrinceOfEgypt)
• Bug fix: In Cormorant, fix wallet loading with multiple unconfirmed ancestors
• Bug fix: Open files and URIs after initial wallet loading

1.8.2

• Improve input and output labels in the transaction tree and their respective detail panel headers
• Reduce server calls on opening a transaction tab by using open wallet history when performing spent output lookups
• Support loading coinbase transactions when connected to Bitcoin Core via Cormorant
• Support creating wallets from descriptors containing master xprvs
• Display effective fee rate next to transaction fee rate when constructing a CPFP transaction (in addition to existing tooltip)
• Support reading QRs containing revised BC-UR tags in the 40000 range, including v3 output descriptors
• Encrypt Electrum wallet exports including private keys where a wallet password is available
• Toggle the bitcoin unit on any label with a bitcoin value by clicking on it (@krzyczak)
• Add the calculated master fingerprint to the passphrase entry dialog in Sparrow Terminal
• Increase the payments tab header width on the Send tab
• In Cormorant, round up the calculated wallet range to avoid frequent rescans with a large gap limit
• Bug fix: Only allow sweeping from uncompressed keys to legacy script type addresses
• Bug fix: Fix error repsonse from Satochip card when retrieving extended key (@Toporin)
• Bug fix: In Terminal, avoid showing the balance in fiat when exchange source is set to None
• Bug fix: Fix changing the bitcoin unit on the Send tab's Amount field with comma decimal separators configured
• Bug fix: Fix the order of outputs in the transaction diagram where there are multiple payments with the same address and amount
• Bug fix: In Cormorant, fix the descriptor range calculation and extend the range from the pruned date only where necessary

1.8.1

• Add oxt.me as fee rates source (configure in Preferences)
• Add historical fiat values to the transactions CSV (from Export Wallet or the Transactions tab) where an exchange source is configured
• Increase and decrease maximum limit on fee rate slider where fee rate equals or exceeds current range
• Add QR display (with save to PDF) to the Export Wallet > Output Descriptor option
• Set non-mainnet fallback fee rates to 1 sat/vb
• Switch from HttpUrlConnection to Jetty HTTP client for all external HTTP calls to avoid spurious DNS query
• In Cormorant, check the wallet gap limit and increase the Bitcoin Core descriptor range if necessary
• Set a smaller increment amount on the fee range slider for keyboard adjustments
• Use fallback fee rate estimates if the connected server returns an error estimating fee rates
• Show an error dialog on attempting CPFP where no outputs are spendable
• Add Krux to the Import Wallet options
• Bug fix: Set dialog minimum height to preferred height (or make it resizable) to avoid window sizing bug in some Linux environments
• Bug fix: Fix transaction diagram output size indicators in transactions with non-address outputs
• Bug fix: Add null safe tests for standard account types
• Bug fix: In Cormorant, handle checking imports and stopping before server is started
• Bug fix: Save previously used Mix To wallet index to skip used addresses if mix fails

1.8.0

• Add a figure caption to the overview diagram on a transaction tab to describe the transaction
• Enlarge the QR display dialog and increase the default QR code density
• Add Search All Wallets functionality to the View menu to search across all open wallets
• Add airgapped message signing via QR
• Increase the gap limit where necessary to sign a PSBT where its global xpubs match an open wallet
• Add fee rate selection slider to the Private Key Sweep dialog
• Add a Scan button to QR display dialog to progress immediately to scanning
• Support opening multiple wallet or transaction files at once
• When searching, show transactions with a matching output address if a full address is provided
• Add Satochip card support as an airgapped or connected hardware wallet (@Toporin)
• Add Krux as an airgapped hardware wallet
• Temporarily disconnect from Whirlpool if the wallet gap limit is increasing rapidly during mixing due to network issues
• Add Whirlpool Postmix to the list of possible accounts that can be added to any Legacy or Segwit wallet
• Add additional testnet public server qtornado.com
• Freeze and unfreeze UTXOs in Sparrow Terminal by pressing f on the UTXOs table
• Check and indicate in the title bar if a proxy is configured and working in Sparrow Terminal
• Add keyboard shortcut cmd+alt+arrow on MacOS to switch tabs (ctrl+pageup/pagedown already works on all platforms)
• Select all text in the message sign signature field on mouse click
• Reload Cormorant wallet if unloaded when polling Bitcoin Core
• Support hexadecimal Border Wallets grid PDFs
• Improve fullscreen behaviour by setting dialog ownership to parent window
• Add duplicate payment address warning to transaction diagram
• Display an error message when attempting to mix from account 0 and it is not the master wallet
• Remove block hash from transaction tab fields, add to context menu for block height and timestamp
• Add Bisq segwit custom derivation to mnemonic wallet discovery
• Bug fix: Suppress script type change warning when replacing the entire wallet in Settings
• Bug fix: Force selection of a new configured server if currently configured server is deleted
• Bug fix: Fix mixing from Whirlpool wallets with special characters in the passphrase
• Bug fix: Fix possible thread race issue when connecting to an Electrum server