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Monero Under Attack | MONERO MONTHLY 08


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A monthly show where Max and Seth take a trip down memory lane to see what happened in the last 4 weeks of Monero.

What to know
  • Supposedly launching a 51% attack on August 2nd
  • Theoretically have shown the ability to deploy ~30% of the network hashrate for a 6h period, and only peaking at 20% over a 24h period as of July 28th
  • Founder has been doxxing Monero community members and slandering many others
  • Clearly a marketing ploy of a dying coin IMO, but a good test of Monero's PoW decentralization and resistance
  • Their goal, quote by Luke Parker:
Fear-mongering and promoting a project which aims to remove Monero's decentralized block building, and appears to be the same as any other centralized mining pool (even if shares are submitted over some centralized network), don't contribute though. Don't get manipulated into it.What you can do
  • Mine Monero via p2pool to do your part securing Monero
    • https://x.com/sethforprivacy/status/1949842968673751330
  • If the attack actually happens, be wary of accepting Monero without sufficient confirmations for goods and services
    • The more confirmations, the more hashrate required to re-org the chain and double spend
    • If running BTCPay, you can easily change the number of confirmations required in the "XMR Wallet" settings on the left side bar
Call out Selsta's tireless efforts
  • https://monero.observer/selsta-posts-monero-dev-report-june-2025/
Software updates
Cake Wallet released v5.2.0
  • BIP 353 proof support for hardware wallets
  • Improved support for Cupcake
    • Monero and Bitcoin view-only support
  • Ledger for desktop
    • macOS and Windows
  • Automatic node switching
  • Minor Silent Payment enhancements and fixes
Cake Wallet released v5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2
  • Featuring
    • An all-new Cake Pay UI
    • Further Silent Payment fixes and enhancements
    • Built-in Tor support
      • Android-only for now
    • Much improved Ledger support
    • Payjoin improvements and bug fixes
  • https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases
Monero v0.18.4.1 released
  • https://monero.observer/monero-v0.18.4.1-fluorine-fermi-released/
p2pool v4.9 released
  • Focused on reproducible builds
  • https://monero.observer/schernykh-releases-p2pool-v4.9-reproducible-builds/
Eigenwallet v3.0.0-beta released
  • Previously known as UnstoppableSwap, recently rebranded
  • https://monero.observer/unstoppableswap-completes-eigenwallet-rebrand-3.0.0-beta-release/
Cuprate v0.0.5 released
  • https://monero.observer/cuprated-v0.0.5-molybdenite-released/

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CAKE WALLET

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Cake Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial wallet available on Android, iOS, macOS, and Linux.

Features:
- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
- User-Friendly: Simple interface for all users.

Monero Users:
- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
- Faster Syncing: Optimized syncing via specified restore heights
- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

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