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A recent attack compromised Monero’s community crowdfunding wallet, wiping out its entire balance of 2,675.73 Monero (XMR), worth nearly $460,000.The incident took place on Sept. 1 but was only disclosed on GitHub on Nov. 2 by Monero’s developer Luigi. According to him, the source of the breach has not been
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Generative chatbots like ChatGPT have been popular in crypto since OpenAI launched in November 2022. Traders and enthusiasts can use ChatGPT to analyze market trends and patterns. In this article, we used the tool to predict
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The non-contentious hard fork to upgrade one of crypto’s most popular privacy protocols, Monero, was successfully completed today. The fork took place at block 2,688,888 (18:47 UTC) and enhances the network with a host of new privacy-preserving features: Original Source
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South African officials have accused Spagni of committing $100,000 in invoice fraud against his former employer, Cape Cookies. Facing trial in early 2021 he instead fled South Africa, going on the lam in the U.S. until his capture that August in Nashville. He’s been fighting extradition ever since. Source
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Crypto exchanges blocking known addresses might be spurring demand for privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies, one analyst said. Source
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Riccardo Spagni, the former lead maintainer of the privacy coin Monero, has reported U.S. officials have released him after more than a month in custody.In a Sept. 21 tweet, Spagni said he was working with his legal team to return to South Africa to address the allegations against him. Authorities
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An investigation by Justin Berman, a software developer interested in the “intersection of finance and cryptography,” has discovered a significant bug in Monero’s wallet code. The Bug in Monero’s Wallet Code In a Twitter thread on July 27, Monero developers said the bug impacted the network’s decoy selection algorithm. It, therefore, meant
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While regulators are trying to restrict privacy in crypto, their efforts may be futile, according to privacy-centric protocol Monero’s maintainer, Riccardo “Fluffypony” Spagni. “The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants the same level of insight [into monero] as they have over digital dollars in bank accounts; however, cryptographers and researchers are
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After five years at the helm, monero's lead maintainer says he is stepping down.Riccardo Spagni, better known by the alias "Fluffypony," will relinquish his day-to-day leadership role in the privacy coin project. Longtime contributor "Snipa" will assume the responsibilities of lead maintainer, according to a post by the monero core
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