Max's thesis that privacy is an economic good rather than an abstract right captures the core sustainability challenge of post-zkSNACKs CoinJoin. Without economic incentives, coordinators cannot survive infrastructure costs and regulatory pressure. The current ecosystem reflects this praxeological evolution: while Wasabi modularized custom coordinator support to enable decentralized fee competition (like kruw.io), Ginger Wallet adopted a focused model offering zero coordinator fees for micro-inputs under 0.03 BTC alongside free remixes to build liquidity. Sustaining non-custodial mixing ultimately hinges on balancing coordinator viability against user transaction friction across both on-chain rounds and Lightning channels.
Max's thesis that privacy is an economic good rather than an abstract right captures the core sustainability challenge of post-zkSNACKs CoinJoin. Without economic incentives, coordinators cannot survive infrastructure costs and regulatory pressure. The current ecosystem reflects this praxeological evolution: while Wasabi modularized custom coordinator support to enable decentralized fee competition (like kruw.io), Ginger Wallet adopted a focused model offering zero coordinator fees for micro-inputs under 0.03 BTC alongside free remixes to build liquidity. Sustaining non-custodial mixing ultimately hinges on balancing coordinator viability against user transaction friction across both on-chain rounds and Lightning channels.