🛠 Dev & Releases
• FCMP++ dev board ~73%, mx25519 licensing nearly settled, audit round 2 running; fork date unset, stressnet beta 3 live
• Biscuit Wallet v1.2.1 swaps now run in Tor mode (PegasusSwap, ETZ, Stereoswap)
• Cuprate RPC hardening post dissects monerod's HTTP stack + 2025 DoS zero-days; Rust fixes: timeouts, IP fail-bans, rate limits: tinyurl.com/26z8xpw2 [cuprate.org]
🗳 CCS Funding
• CCS site offline since Oct 21, disabled after PHP RCE disclosure, patching underway: tinyurl.com/23427632 [monero.observer]
• Live figures frozen, last known Oct 19: Boog900 Cuprate FCMP++ (85 XMR, ~50%), SyntheticBird address book (60 XMR, ~38%)
🌐 Ecosystem Updates
• Kraken reportedly interrogating customers over past XMR withdrawals, "explain the rationale"
• Obscurify.ai anonymous AI chat, XMR top-ups via RSA blind-signed vouchers (RFC 9474)
• GhostSwap Private Send, pay XMR, they get BTC/USDT, no account (DYOR)
• XMRHub relaunch, xmrhub.io full rebuild: marketplace, swaps, 240+ services (DYOR)
• getastatic VPN, new no-KYC VPN, direct XMR, 10% off (DYOR)
⛏️ Mining & P2Pool
• Network ~6.9 GH/s; top pool SupportXMR ~33% (+2.3pp WoW) 🟡; P2Pool ~7% — decentralization watch
🏛 Footnote: EU Regulation [No one cares]
• Art. 79 lands Jul 10, 2027, 8 months out. Germany: six big exchanges, zero XMR pairs. Kraken prefers exit interviews. Fungible cash shrugs.
✊ Get Involved [quicklinks]
• New here? [getmonero.org]
• Explore the ecosystem at https://monero.eco/
• Run a local pruned node with GUI > Start Node or CLI > ./monerod [docs.getmonero.org/running-node/]
• Mine XMR with any computer: gupax.io [use P2Pool]
• Support the devs: [https://ccs.getmonero.org/funding-required]
• Updating/Installing? Official sites only, verify.
Stay Free. Stay Private.
$XMR
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