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Monero’s former maintainer arrested in the US for allegations unrelated to cryptocurrency

Riccardo Spagni, the former maintainer of the Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency, was arrested last month in Nashville, Tennessee on fraud charges tied to alleged offenses in South Africa between 2009 and 2011. Spagni was on board a private jet scheduled to fly to Los Cabos, Mexico when he was apprehended in Nashville

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Privacy-Threatening Flaw Discovered in Monero’s (XMR) Wallet Code

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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Cryptographers Are Always Going to Be ‘One Step Ahead’ of Regulators: Monero’s Spagni

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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Monero’s ‘Fluffypony’ Steps Down as Lead Maintainer of Privacy Coin Project

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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