RUN A NODE | MONERO MONTHLY 11

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

General

Obscura VPN adds Monero support

https://x.com/obscuravpn/status/1985363499208368134
Absolutely fantastic VPN with a novel, dual-entity model

MyMonero shutting down, handing over the reigns to Cake Wallet

https://monero.observer/mymonero-to-shut-down-january-6-2026/
Jan 6 2026: MyMonero service completely offline
Feb 6 2026: All MyMonero data permanently destroyed

Monerotopia happening in Mexico City, Feb 12-15th

https://monerotopia.com/

Monerokon folks release XMRpos

https://github.com/MoneroKon/XMRpos
A new PoS-focused Monero app, making it easier for in-person merchants to accept Monero payments
Android-only for now
With printer support for receipts!

MAGIC releases "Skylight", a new Monero lightwallet

https://skylight.magicgrants.org/
No default LWS server, have to use your own
Built on Flutter, using Cake's library for Monero, vtnerd's LWS library, and Cypher Stack's Arti/Tor library

getmonero.org redesign proposed via new CCS

https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/620
Preview: https://getmonero-redesign-impl.vercel.app/
Still early, not clear if it will be approved by the community or deployed over the existing website

Software Updates

Monero v0.18.4.3 released

https://monero.observer/monero-v0.18.4.3-fluorine-fermi-released/
Important upgrade to further combat malicious spy nodes on the Monero network
Makes it much harder for a bad actor to spin up many spy nodes in a single subnet and be effective
Run your own node!
- https://expatriotic.me/monero/
- https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-monero-node/

Cake Wallet v5.5 released

https://blog.cakewallet.com/your-cake-wallet-just-got-a-serious-upgrade-trezor-bitbox-base-the-look-youve-been-asking-for/
MONERO ORANGE IS BACK!!!
Initial Trezor support, Monero support via Trezor coming later

Monfluo updated to v0.9.2

https://codeberg.org/acx/monfluo
Fork of a fork of a fork, originally based off of Monerujo
Android-only, Monero-only wallet

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- Built-in Exchange: Swap easily between Bitcoin and Monero.
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- Batch Transactions: Send multiple payments at once.
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- Proxy Support: Enhance privacy with proxy node options.

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(00:00) INTRO

(01:13) Daylight Savings Woes

(02:51) Plan B Forum Recap

(08:14) Obscura Adds Native Monero Payments

(12:05) MyMonero Shuts Down

(14:57) MAGIC Releases Skylight

(18:09) MoneroTopia Returns to Mexico City

(22:30) Point of Sale in Monero: XMR POS

(27:29) Getmonero.org Redesign via CCS

(30:06) Monero 0.18.4.3 is Dealing With Spy Nodes

(34:01) New Expatriotic Monero Node Guide

(34:32) Different Options for Node Running