Monero’s “Fluorine Fermi” update enhances privacy by fighting nodes that try to link user IP addresses to their transactions. Privacy blockchain Monero has rolled out a new client update to provide users with greater security against “spy nodes” on the network. The “Fluorine Fermi” software update was announced via X on Thursday, with the team stating it is “a highly recommended release.”The term “spy nodes” is part of the vernacular used in the Monero community. It refers to malicious nodes, groups of nodes, or botnets that have the potential to calculate and match IP addresses to transactions conducted on the network. The changes focus on providing greater data protection and node matching protocols, such as an improved peer selection algorithm that works to avoid connecting to multiple nodes in the same range of IP addresses and an increase in the limit of subaddresses (unique one-time addresses) that can be created at once. It also includes some general reliability and stability fixes. Read more Monero’s “Fluorine Fermi” update enhances privacy by fighting nodes that try to link user IP addresses to their transactions. Privacy blockchain Monero has rolled out a new client update to provide users with greater security against “spy nodes” on the network. The “Fluorine Fermi” software update was announced via X on Thursday, with the team stating it is “a highly recommended release.”The term “spy nodes” is part of the vernacular used in the Monero community. It refers to malicious nodes, groups of nodes, or botnets that have the potential to calculate and match IP addresses to transactions conducted on the network. The changes focus on providing greater data protection and node matching protocols, such as an improved peer selection algorithm that works to avoid connecting to multiple nodes in the same range of IP addresses and an increase in the limit of subaddresses (unique one-time addresses) that can be created at once. It also includes some general reliability and stability fixes. Read more

                                                                               Powell said the Federal Open Market Committee is weighing interest rates on a meeting-by-meeting basis, with no long-term consensus.                     US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the 19 members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) remain divided on additional interest rate cuts in 2025.At Wednesday’s press conference after the Fed’s 25-basis-point rate cut, Powell said the central bank is trying to balance its dual mandate of maximum employment and price stability in an unusual environment where the labor market is weakening even as inflation remains elevated. Powell said:Powell said that the “median” FOMC projection from the Federal Reserve’s Summary of Economic Projections (SEP), the Fed’s quarterly outlook for the US economy that informs interest rate decisions, projected interest rates at 3.6% at the end of 2025, 3.4% by the end of 2026, and 3.1% at the end of 2027.Read more