Product record · Sparrow Wallet

Sparrow Wallet Desktop

desktop_appactivenot_applicablesupported

Current Sparrow desktop Bitcoin wallet distributed across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Launch
2020-08-29
Sales
not_applicable
Support
supported
Variants
—
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-08-15

Material concerns

Custody and recovery assumptions

Active support, evidence verification, or product type is not a safety endorsement. Missing custody or recovery metadata is shown as unknown rather than inferred as self-custody.

Custody model
self_custody
Key-management model
desktop_local_seed_or_external_signer
Independent recovery
Unknown / requires evidence review

Lifecycle

Product timeline

2020-08-29
product_released

Initial Sparrow Wallet release published

Product: Sparrow Wallet Desktop

Sparrow's source history identifies August 29, 2020 as the initial public release of the desktop wallet.

Evidence: 1
2026-03-05
software_issuemedium

Password-removal crash window could leave Sparrow wallet database unreadable

Product: Sparrow Wallet Desktop

A Sparrow Wallet issue documented a narrow crash window during removal of a wallet password where the H2 wallet file could become unencrypted while seed or keystore state remained encrypted, causing Sparrow to reject the resulting inconsistent wallet database. Maintainer Craig Raw later said the race window appeared real but very small.

Scope: softwareFunds affected: unknownEvidence: 2
2026-03-10
software_fix

Sparrow 2.4.2 released with password-removal database corruption fix

Product: Sparrow Wallet Desktop

Sparrow 2.4.2 included the fix for possible database corruption during password removal, reordering database row and wallet-file encryption changes so a crash between the operations leaves the wallet in a recoverable state.

Scope: softwareAction: updateEvidence: 2

Sources

Evidence

Sparrow 2.4.2
Sparrow Wallet · 2026-03-10
release_noteshighprimary