Wallet dossier

Sparrow Wallet

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Open-source self-custody Bitcoin desktop wallet focused on transparent transaction construction, hardware-wallet interoperability, and privacy-aware coin control.

Developer / company: Craig Raw / Sparrow Wallet
Origin: —
Launch: 2020-08-29
Custody: self_custody
Confidence: high
Last verified: 2026-08-15

Product family

Products

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Sparrow Wallet Desktop2026-08-15

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

Chronology

Lifecycle timeline

2020-08-29

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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

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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

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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

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