DietPi February 2025 News (Version 9.10)
The February 9, 2025 release of DietPi v9.10 introduces new images for single-board computers, improved compatibility for RISC-V devices, enhanced software tools, and several important bug fixes. This update extends support for StarFive VisionFive 2 and PINE64 Star64 with Debian Trixie, refines automation capabilities, and addresses software installation issues reported by the community. DietPi: DietPi […] ⌘ Read more

woodser releases monero-cpp v0.8.13, monero-java v0.8.36, monero-ts v0.11.3
woodser1 has just released new versions for three Monero libraries: monero-cpp v0.8.132, monero-java v0.8.363, and monero-ts v0.11.34:

monero-cpp:
-Support wallet->get_default_fee_priority()
-Fix building sample_code.cpp on Linux
-Update instructions to use unbound v1.22.0
-Update instructions to use boost v1.85.0
-Update build ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-cpp-v0.8.13-monero-java-v0.8.36-monero-ts-v0.11.3/)

Recover 7GB of iPhone, iPad, & Mac Storage by Disabling Apple Intelligence
Don’t use Apple Intelligence? Don’t care to have Apple Intelligence write your emails for you or instantly create a business plan or any of the handy writing and summary tools? Whether you’re on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac, if you recently updated to the latest versions of system software, then you’ll find that Apple Intelligence … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/12/recover-7gb-o … ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 19 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 19th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates
  
• Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code3
  
• Research on subnet deduplication for peer selection to reduce spy node risk4
  
• AOB
  

This meeting’s chairperson should be Ru … ⌘ Read more

John Foss publishes ‘The Monero Moon’ Issue href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%2376”>#76**
John Foss1 has published Issue #762 of The Monero Moon curated newsletter:

Explore the latest edition for an update on all the latest Monero (XMR) news, developments, and entertainment! [..] If you like the newsletter and want more of this content, then shout me a round of beers by donating some spare Monero you didn’t lose during your boating accident.

The publication includes news about:

• Development, Releases, and Technology … ⌘ Read more

PSA: Latest Software Updates Enable Apple Intelligence on Some Mac, iPhone, iPad
Many Mac, iPhone, and iPad users are discovering that installing the latest available system software updates of MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1, iOS 18.3.1, and iPadOS 18.3.1 will automatically enable Apple Intelligence, even if the feature has been disabled before. While this doesn’t happen to everyone, some Mac, iPhone, and iPad users are seeing an Apple Intelligence … [Read More](htt … ⌘ Read more

ASRock Industrial Updates iEP-6010E Series with Super Mode for NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Nano
ASRock Industrial has upgraded the iEP-6010E Series and Developer Kit with Super Mode for NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano, improving AI inference and efficiency. Optimized with NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 SDK, the system supports real-time processing for automation, surveillance, robotics, and smart infrastructure. According to the company, Super Mode enables the … ⌘ Read more

10 Times People Voluntarily Gave Up Their Freedom to Dictators
Let’s be honest: If history has taught us anything at all, it might just be that people love a strongman—until they don’t. Again and again, societies have handed over their rights with the enthusiasm of someone clicking “I agree” on terms and conditions they never even read. But instead of just annoying software updates, these […]

The post [10 Times People Voluntarily Gave Up Their Freedom to Dictators](htt … ⌘ Read more

selsta posts January 2025 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for January 2025, which includes several Monero dev updates.

Milestone 2:
* Most time was spent on v0.18.4.0
 * I also created a to-do list that shows the current status
* Removed old debug code that we used to verify the difficulty code
 (this could speed up sync times)
* Hackerone conflict resolution

Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full … ⌘ Read more

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 18 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 18 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business

The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate co … ⌘ Read more

Redox’ relibc becomes a stable ABI
The Redox project has posted its usual monthly update, and this time, we’ve got a major milestone creeping within reach. Thanks to Anhad Singh for his amazing work on Dynamic Linking! In this southern-hemisphere-Redox-Summer-of-Code project, Anhad has implemented dynamic linking as the default build method for many recipes, and all new porting can use dynamic linking with relatively little effort. This is a huge step forward for Redox, because relibc can now beco … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 Update with Bug Fixes Released
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The new software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it recommended for all users. Separately, Apple has released iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone, ipadOS 18.3.1 for iPad, watchOS 11.3.1 for Apple Watch, and updates to other Apple devices as … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/10/macos-sequoia-15-3-1-update-with-b … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 Update with Bug Fixes Released
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The new software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it recommended for all users. Separately, Apple has released iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone, ipadOS 18.3.1 for iPad, watchOS 11.3.1 for Apple Watch, and updates to other Apple devices as … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/10/macos-sequoia-15-3-1-update-with-b … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sonoma 14.7.4 & MacOS Ventura 13.7.4 with Security Updates Released
macOS Sonoma 14.7.4 and MacOS Ventura 13.7.4 are available as small software updates for Mac users running the Sonoma and Ventura operating systems. The updates focus on security enhancements, making them recommended for all Mac users running those operating systems, and they appear to include same security updates available in the just released MacOS Sequoia … [Read More](https://osx … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 Update with Bug Fixes Released
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The new software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it recommended for all users. Separately, Apple has released iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone, ipadOS 18.3.1 for iPad, watchOS 11.3.1 for Apple Watch, and updates to other Apple devices as … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/10/macos-sequoia-15-3-1-update-with-b … ⌘ Read more

iOS 18.3.1 Update Released with Bug Fixes & Security Patches
iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone and iPadOS 18.3.1 for iPad are now available for all eligible users and devices. The new iOS/iPadOS software updates are relatively small and focus on security enhancements and bug fixes, making the update recommended to all users. Additionally, MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 is available as as software update for Mac, along with … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/10/ios-18-3-1-update-relea … ⌘ Read more

Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 6 2025: 30 PRs, 13 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.

Opened (16)

monero-project/monero:

• #97691 ci: run guix builds on Cargo.lock update (tobtoht)
  
• #97732 depends: use staging_prefix_dir where possible (tobtoht)
  
• #97673 wallet: avoid premature elevati … ⌘ Read more

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev Awesome! I’ve seen the demo earlier on mastodon, things are getting better and better with each update 👌 Good luck!

ProcessOne: Join our community: Free Memberships now available
We’re excited to announce a new way to connect with our community at Process-One. As of today, we’ve enabled free memberships on our site, giving you even more ways to stay updated, interact, and engage with our content.

By becoming a member, you get access to specific benefits, including:

• The ability to engage with our content in new ways, such as commenting on posts, participating in discussions like … ⌘ Read more

m2049r releases Monerujo v4.1.6 with Exolix fixes
m2049r1 has released Monerujo2 patch version 4.1.63 with minor fixes - including for the Exolix 4 exchange integration - and various other changes and updates:

Minimum weblate requirements
Add Arabic Translation
Updated Swedish translation
Update Turkish and French translations
fix toolbar under notification bar
make node parsing and formatting ipv6-friendly
Update default nodes
update exolix ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/monerujo-v4.1.6-released-exolix-fixes/)

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 12 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 12th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates
  
• Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code
  
• Research on Autonomous System (AS) peer connection rules to reduce spy node risk3
  
• Reliability of MRL technical note 00104
  … ⌘ Read more

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 11 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 11 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business

The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate co … ⌘ Read more

GTK announces X11 deprecation, new Android backend, and much more
Since a number of GTK developer came together at FOSDEM, the project figured now was as good a time as any to give an update on what’s coming in GTK. First, GTK is implementing some hard cut-offs for old platforms – Windows 10 and macOS 10.15 are now the oldest supported versions, which will make development quite a bit easier and will simplify several parts of the codebase. Windows 10 was released in 2 … ⌘ Read more

Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 1 February 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 1st of February 2025 at 16:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.

Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.

Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.

_This is an ongoing story and … ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 5 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 5th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates
  
• Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code
  
• v17 hard fork consensus rules to reject nonzero unlock time, large tx_extra, and v1 unmixable sweep transactions3
  
• Research on Autonom … ⌘ Read more

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 4 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 4 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business

The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code … ⌘ Read more

Ahh yes, what I like to call “wild wild west” upgrading.😂
Felt like that when I upgraded/updated an Arch Linux machine that had been sitting for a couple years unused.

MacOS Sonoma 14.7.3 & MacOS Ventura 13.7.3 with Security Updates Available
Apple has issued macOS Sonoma 14.7.3 along with macOS Ventura 13.7.3 for Mac users who are continuing to run those operating systems. These are security focused updates that are concurrent with the freshly released MacOS Sequoia 15.3 update for those running Sequoia, and are not expected to include any features or notable changes. Safari 18.3 … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/ … ⌘ Read more

Here’s a twt from @andros@twtxt.andros.dev ’s new version of Twtxt-el 🥳 It feels WAaaaaY better! although it freezes on me as soon as I navigate to the next page complaining about some bad url, but the chronological sorting of the feed as well as the navigation buttons (links?) are a great addition. Looking forward to the next update already! 😁 🥳🥳🥳

[ANN] Cuprate has achieved full verification sync in under 24 hours!

Cuprate, the upcoming Rust-written monero node has achieved full verification sync in 20 hours. An official development update is coming soon.

Links:

• https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1ibq7rb/
  
• https://github.com/Cuprate/cuprate/issues/195
  

u/Swimming-Cake-2892 (Reddit) ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15.3 Update Brings Genmoji & Bug Fixes
MacOS Sequoia 15.3 update is now available to all Mac users running Sequoia. The latest software update for Mac includes Genmoji support, which allows users with Apple Intelligence supported hardware to generate custom Emoji icons in Messages, along with changes to improve AI summaries, bug fixes, security enhancements, and some other minor changes. For Mac … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/27/macos-sequoia-15-3-upda … ⌘ Read more

iOS 18.3 Update Released with Bug Fixes & AI Summary Improvements
iOS 18.3 for iPhone and iPadOS 18.3 for iPad have been released for all eligible devices. The new software updates focus on bug fixes, security enhancements, and bring some changes to AI features like Visual Intelligence and Apple Intelligence Summaries, the latter of which were generating inaccurate summaries and headlines which bothered some people. Since … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/ … ⌘ Read more

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Anon donates ~23 XMR to Monero General Fund
An anonymous contributor has donated a total of 23.4965657 XMR (~5.1K USD)1 to the Monero General Fund address2.

plowsof’s monero-fund-watch 3 Python script tweeted4 the donation alert earlier today:

💝 +23.4965657 #xmr 💝 $5155.15

This is an ongoing story and the report will be updated when new information is available.

1. [https://www.p2pool.io/explorer/tx/27cd1a2f3b032d8a267c6372f6c3ee5a539f511 … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org it seems a recent update reset my pod settings to open registration.

j-berman posts CCS progress report after 169 hours of dev work
j-berman1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time 2025 (part 9) Monero (FCMPs++) dev work CCS proposal3:

* Sped up tree building by ~30% implementing @kayabaNerve's torsion check
* Implemented FCMP++ prove and verify functions in the Rust FFI
* Rebased the WIP PR onto master and updated to include the latest [..]

Consult the previous Monero Observ … ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 29 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 29th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates
  
• Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code
  
• Some preliminary results from OSPEAD research into improved decoy selection algorithm3
  
• Research on Autonomous System (AS) peer connect … ⌘ Read more

Seven years of open source: A more secure and diverse ecosystem
Explore insights into open source community growth, innovation, and inclusivity with an updated survey dataset.

The post Seven years of open source: A more secure and diverse ecosystem appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 28 January 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, January 28 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business

The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code … ⌘ Read more

Haveno v1.0.18 released with various fixes and improvements
woodser1 has released Haveno2 version 1.0.183 with various bug fixes, improvements and updates.

Reduce disk usage up to 98% by saving wallets less frequently..
Update to Tor browser v14.0.3 and Tor binary v0.4.8.13
Increase trade limit of 'no deposit' offers to 1.5 XMR
Rename 'Cash at ATM' to 'Cardless Cash'
Support startup flag to specify blockchain location for local node
Improv ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-haveno-v1.0.18-fixes-improvements/)

MorphOS 3.19 released
It’s been about 18 months, but we’ve got a new release for MorphOS, the Amiga-like operating system for PowerPC Macs and some other PowerPC-based machines. Going through the list of changes, it seems MorphOS 3.19 focuses heavily on fixing bugs and addressing issues, rather than major new features or earth-shattering changes. Of note are several small but important updates, like updated versions of OpenSSL and OpenSSH, as well as a ton of new filetype definitions – and so much more. Havin … ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: Fluux multiple Subscriptions/Services
Fluux is our ejabberd Business Edition cloud service. With a subscription, we deploy, manage, update and scale an instance of our most scalable messaging server. Up to now, if you wanted to deploy several services, you had to create another account with a different email. Starting today, you can manage and pay for different servers from a single Fluux account.

Here is how to use that feature. On Fluux dashboard main page after the list of your se … ⌘ Read more

Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 18 January 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 18th of January 2025 at 16:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.

Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.

Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.

_This is an ongoing story and … ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 22 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 22nd 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates
  
• Generalized Bulletproofs implementation audit3
  
• FCMP++ tx size and compute cost4
  
• Discussion: Post-quantum security and ethical considerations over elliptic curve cryptography[5](#f … ⌘ Read more

Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 21 January 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, January 21 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.

Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business

The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code … ⌘ Read more

selsta posts December 2024 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for December 2024, which includes several Monero dev updates.

Milestone 1:
-Continued work on v0.18.4.0 with over 70 PRs merged
-Handled more new HackerOne reports [..] fixes being scheduled for the next release
-Repo related organization work

Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full list of changes can be found on Github3’[4](#fn:4 … ⌘ Read more

Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 2 2025: 18 PRs, 6 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.

Opened (12)

monero-project/monero:

• #96831 Failed to build for FreeBSD using GCC (Low-power)
  
• #96872 depends: boost: update to 1.66.0 RELEASE
  
• #96853 miniupnpc: fix build with gcc 14 [RELEAS … ⌘ Read more

Pine64 Starts 2025 with January Community Updates on PineVox and More
As 2025 begins, Pine64 has provided a community update for January. This month’s updates include progress on the PineVox, ongoing developments for the PineNote, and the release of InfiniTime 1.15. PineVox Progress Development of the PineVox firmware has seen significant advancements. The device can now connect to Home Assistant, detect wake-up commands, and process inputs. […] ⌘ Read more

(Updated) Upcoming I-Pi SMARC Embedded Prototype Kit Adopts Intel Amston Lake CPU
The I-Pi SMARC Amston Lake is a prototyping kit built on Intel’s Amston Lake architecture, designed to accelerate embedded system development. Key features include dual 2.5GbE LAN ports with Time-Sensitive Networking support and CAN interfaces for industrial applications. This kit includes the I-Pi SMARC Plus carrier and the LEC-ASL SMARC module, which features an Intel […] ⌘ Read more

napoly and deverickapollo submit CCS proposal to develop Monero plugin for BTCPay Server 2.0
napoly1 and deverickapollo2 have submitted a CCS proposal3 looking to develop - and eventually maintain and expand - a Monero plugin4 for BTCPay Server version 2.05:

With the release of BTCPay Server 2.0, the platform has undergone a major update, introducing breaking changes to the Monero integration. This redesign transitions non-c … ⌘ Read more