TailsOS includes electrum bitcoin wallet by default [1]. Bitcoin is horrifyingly privacy disrespecting by default [2], and for the longest time, I couldn’t simply understand why a bitcoin wallet would be shipped with TailsOS.
Anyways. Quite recently, Feather Wallet, a Monero-only lightweight desktop wallet got into Trixie-Backports repository of Debian 13 [3]. With this, I would like to know, can we finally have a by default properly privacy-protecting crypto-currency wallet be included in default TailsOS installations?
Fully agree that Feather should replace Electrum on Tails. Monero is the natural privacy coin for Tor users — Bitcoin’s transparent ledger is antithetical to what Tails stands for.
Feather is currently the best desktop wallet for privacy-focused users:
Native Tor support (routes all traffic through Tor by default)
Coin control (choose which outputs to spend)
Offline transaction signing (air-gapped machines)
Runs on Tails, Whonix, and Qubes without issues
The Debian Trixie inclusion is a big step. Once it’s in Tails, the bootstrapping problem disappears — users can receive and manage XMR directly within their privacy OS without downloading anything extra.
For anyone already using Feather on Tails manually: you can install it from the Persistent Storage or download the AppImage each session. It works, but having it pre-installed would remove a significant friction point for new users.
