Did i loose privacy ?

[skyerjoe]

Hello wasabi team,

i made some coinjoins and then i came to an point, that the utxo wasnt big enough for an coinjoin.
so i had 99 percent privacy. then i sent the small one to an other wallet now the wasabi wallet says i have 100 %
but i think this is an misleading assumption, cause i made an connection with an un coinjoined utxo

did i understand that right ?
if so, what should i do with this dust

best regards

[turbolay]

The software only computes your privacy level for the coins that are in your wallet. Because you sent away your non-private funds, you now have 100% privacy on the funds remaining in your wallet.

Now, when you consolidate (send several UTXOs together), the privacy of the transaction is only as good as the least private UTXOs. The wallet informs you with a warning just before sending. If you sent that way, a solution is to get back the funds and coinjoin again.

Regarding what to do if you have only a small amount left, the real solution is to receive more funds, and use Wasabi as a Wallet (and not as a mixer). The software is made to be used that way: receive and send funds frequently. You can also send away your small UTXOs by using the Wallet Coins window.

Finally, and it depends on the amount you have non-private, you can adjust your dust threshold to "hide" these funds, or you can press Play when you see written Coinjoin might be uneconomical to forcefully include your small UTXO into the mix.