If we use the number of fresh inputs as a proxy for popularity, you can see that during the zkSNACKs period, Wasabi usage outperformed Samourai by a wide margin. Wasabi’s fresh inputs totaled 297,238.5 BTC, while Samourai’s were only 47,309 BTC.
Kruw’s coordinator processed, in less than two years, more than Samourai did in its entire history. By November 2025—after 18 months of operation—Kruw’s coordinator had already reached 46,309 BTC in fresh inputs.
Wasabi has always been much larger than Samourai. Anyone can verify this directly from blockchain data.
This paper https://crysp.petsymposium.org/popets/2026/popets-2026-0061.pdf shows that (see Table 3):
If we use the number of fresh inputs as a proxy for popularity, you can see that during the zkSNACKs period, Wasabi usage outperformed Samourai by a wide margin. Wasabi’s fresh inputs totaled 297,238.5 BTC, while Samourai’s were only 47,309 BTC.
Kruw’s coordinator processed, in less than two years, more than Samourai did in its entire history. By November 2025—after 18 months of operation—Kruw’s coordinator had already reached 46,309 BTC in fresh inputs.