Software Update: Monero 0.17.1.3/0.17.1.4

Blockchains and cryptocurrencies, in whatever form, have now become an integral part of the news. The founder of the technology and at the same time the best-known application is Bitcoin, and since it is open source, numerous so-called altcoins have appeared. In early 2014, Bytecoin appeared based on the CryptoNote protocol, which was completely different. Due to the mystery of Bytecoin’s background and the estimate that it was already more than eighty percent mined, a group of developers soon started using Bitmonero as a fork, which in turn was released at the end of April 2014. forked to Monero. The network consists of numerous nodes running the Monero client. An update has been released with version numbers 0.17.1.3 and 0.17.1.4 for the GUI, with the following announcements:

Monero 0.17.1.3 ‘Oxygen Orion’ Point Release

This is the v0.17.1.3 minor point release of the Monero software. This is a recommended release that improves overall network performance.

Some highlights of this minor release are:

• Add support for I2P and Tor seed nodes (–tx-proxy)
• Add –ban-list daemon option to ban a list of IP addresses
• Switch to Dandelion++ fluff mode if no out connections for stem mode
• Fix a bug with relay_tx
• Fix a rare readline related crash
• Use /16 filtering on IPv4-within-IPv6 addresses
• Give all hosts the same chance of being picked for connecting
• Minor bug fixes

The complete list of changes is available on GitHub, along with the source code.

Monero GUI 0.17.1.4 ‘Oxygen Orion’ released

This is the v0.17.1.4 minor point release of the Monero GUI software. This release fixes an issue with the wallet not starting on some Linux systems.

Some highlights of this minor release are:

• Linux: fix a deadlock on startup
• Linux: high DPI support removed, will be read in subsequent release

The complete list of changes is available on GitHub, along with the source code.