Monero

Monero GUI 0.18.5.3 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.5.3 release of the Monero GUI software. This is a highly recommended release that includes a large number of bug fixes.

The latest CLI release notes can be found on the precedent blog post

Some highlights of this release are:

Add more fiat currency options (#4714)
Fix transaction history sorting (#4693)
Fix stale transactions in send confirmation dialog (#4690, #4720)
Keep daemon credentials scoped to each connection (#4709)
Fix SOCKS5 proxy handling and proxy use for update verification (#4681, #4682, #4707, #4710)
Fix fiat price updates and update checks on Linux (#4725)
Abort saving wallets if setting the password fails (#4645)
Fix restore height when entering dates without hyphens (#4672)
Show key type when verifying signed messages (#4687)
Improve display of transactions with multiple recipients (#4692)
Display reserve proof amounts in XMR (#4719)
Fix QR code scanning from the screen on macOS (#4663)
Update P2Pool to v4.18.1 (#4715)
Minor bug fixes

The changes included in the release tag are available on GitHub, along with the source code.

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 8 people who worked to put out 71 commits containing 855 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

tobtoht
selsta
jpk68
SChernykh
thomasbuilds
munzzyy
plowsof
reservedbytes

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

A complete guide for the GUI wallet is included in the archives, but an online version is available.

Download Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-gui-win-x64-v0.18.5.3.zip, 17072f2fd1a39ef388d22acdad9539378833a95e974b0eef38380848910f0a2c
monero-gui-install-win-x64-v0.18.5.3.exe, 8c40cd6e52415c3f3406643ccbfd2602d6b93c07f2ada6d24e04ac3b459805c7
monero-gui-mac-x64-v0.18.5.3.dmg, a995bc61d367fafed6e25d23746dd7e4439d70b61be8f5a63e7d1665e63ba771
monero-gui-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.3.dmg, a3375415178dc049e58bdb2a5dd6ffc00ea4c288590166785f25f2e7fef5253d
monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, efaf3661025e15c4f3b440fc63f6877f99c51d0c147949c64e1c3cc7e6f6bfe4

A GPG-signed list of the hashes is at https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/hashes.txt and should be treated as canonical, with the signature checked against the appropriate GPG key in the source code (in /utils/gpg_keys). To ensure that the files you download are those originally posted by the maintainers, you should both check that the hashes of your files match those on the signed list, and that the signature on the list is valid.

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Monero 0.18.5.3 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.5.3 release of the Monero software. This is a highly recommended release that includes a large number of bug fixes.

Some highlights of this release are:

Daemon: fix P2P connection stalls (#10918)
Daemon: restore transaction relay after restart (#10845)
Daemon: improve block relay handling (#11299, #11301)
Daemon: improve duplicate handshake and timeout handling (#11157, #11305)
Daemon: group public IPv6 connection limits by /64 (#11013)
Daemon: flush rejected block spans from disconnected peers (#11145)
Daemon: improve transaction serialization and validation (#11302, #11349, #11360, #11372)
Daemon: limit output offsets cache size (#11303)
Daemon: improve LMDB resizing and transaction handling (#10946, #11159, #11205, #11290)
Daemon: disable get_transaction_pool in restricted mode (#10973)
Daemon: improve restricted RPC privacy filtering (#11034, #11147)
Daemon: restrict get_public_nodes to public zone peers (#11356)
Daemon: reject deep block submissions on restricted RPC (#11239)
ZMQ: recover from oversized requests (#10959)
ZMQ: hide request contents from logs in restricted mode (#10971)
Wallet: improve transaction validation for cold and multisig signing (#11192, #11332)
Wallet: erase all copies of multisig nonces together (#11331)
Wallet: fix multisig output import and refresh handling (#11078, #11464)
Wallet: speed up refresh for old accounts (#10856)
Wallet: fix stale transfer maps after output imports (#11463)
Wallet: fix inconsistent transaction public key handling (#11458)
Wallet: validate key image domain in reserve proofs (#11153)
Wallet: fix payment ID display and classification (#10894, #11461)
Wallet: hardening against malicious remote nodes (#10950, #11320, #11347, #11444)
Wallet: preserve required SSL when allowing chained certificates (#11336)
Wallet: improve refresh and shutdown handling (#11135, #11151, #11173)
Wallet: fix infinite loop when estimating transactions with many outputs (#11184)
Wallet: keep received amount breakdown consistent (#11449)
Wallet RPC: add transaction weight to describe_transfer (#11112)
Wallet RPC: improve automatic refresh and shutdown handling (#10955, #11139)
Wallet RPC: reject --password with --wallet-dir (#11258)
Trezor: validate bridge response size before parsing (#10989)
RandomX: update to v1.2.3 (#10926)
Prevent log injection from malformed JSON and HTTP headers (#11149, #11225)
Fix HTTP connection reuse after remote disconnects (#11115)
Various bug fixes and improvements

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 17 people who worked to put out 182 commits containing 4162 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

j-berman
valldrac
selsta
tobtoht
plowsof
SChernykh
woodser
weifanglab
sin99xx
vtnerd
Masamuneee
jeffro256
Ap4sh
thomasbuilds
UkoeHB
jpk68
guoqiangliu-ocean

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-win-x64-v0.18.5.3.zip, f58f8f803f0141c77f40f327c516e4721f61d112084eb3d6644028cb9680b82a
monero-win-x86-v0.18.5.3.zip, bcf9cd33267cf493a3f555bafcda44d0c3b01118bfa1b92945e5631cff5d0ec3
monero-mac-x64-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 9fc26887cd9fe095fcab545e1b0846fcd06d159ce589fa70fb1fba77fdd54369
monero-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 7a083ed2e2499dc25ac046ce7ef740c11183bdf4ac92460ffe503a5be46a54ab
monero-linux-x64-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 3333d0e04c9cbe3023e7e2b6dd369c407f36bb8df5b05fb0a19d7685b3d56dfc
monero-linux-x86-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, f56e118f1ad04d863daf3d587af3f57871ec85ba685144e4606fa77811f98f6e
monero-linux-armv8-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 1490114f795ad2f67f57bc8d167c3e2539e9f173fc46f02f70ef4abf685f8c66
monero-linux-armv7-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 5d902eb7bc445f92ba8b17839e30fbf8a216368b2b4e2376edec6261f73200b1
monero-linux-riscv64-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, f894e54e72139505a9ccbbf2fd318312ed39ba0a6101cce8b0b1d293d9762068
monero-android-armv8-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 2621293d288d5ce23d251d1f4106d7e1bdd5bf3a37423e8a8c6851e4edba1768
monero-android-armv7-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 542cc0322a7d0d3c9cd47c7cc8d195bb74861a7eec79235b58a5877a90b04e6a
monero-freebsd-x64-v0.18.5.3.tar.bz2, 2957d4ff49d095caf6d7e15c3c1ec7e256a944617e0de2d6038aeaf9ceed0f09

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Monero GUI 0.18.5.2 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.5.2 release of the Monero GUI software. This release fixes wallet generation during first use.

The latest CLI release notes can be found on the precedent blog post

Some highlights of this release are:

Fix wallet generation during first use (#4657)
Warn when adjusting KDF rounds (#4641)
Fix precision loss when generating payment requests with large amounts (#4649)
Create wallets in memory in wizard (#4654)
Minor bug fixes

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 6 people who worked to put out 50 commits containing 1120 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

tobtoht
selsta
jpk68
munzzyy
thomasbuilds
SNeedlewoods

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

A complete guide for the GUI wallet is included in the archives, but an online version is available.

Download Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-gui-win-x64-v0.18.5.2.zip, e7a11d2faa6c4f223984b4064965fd1f37aea6b3c1d1658ce7150fe84680713f
monero-gui-install-win-x64-v0.18.5.2.exe, e3c5f1f2661b624d1fd3d264c01c23cf2c1f774cbd6555251abe37dd23868573
monero-gui-mac-x64-v0.18.5.2.dmg, b57cef077a3d5db26a3b3ed0831f879d6c8cbd67e7cffd8091865b90e86b1335
monero-gui-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.2.dmg, 26efb1be1a409b4dd9090b1c0ca2ee95ef4a3d0a42fdfb83cddbba6c048e1cc0
monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.5.2.tar.bz2, 294017a5aa1ee86420b0c62fe4046000f42438375a8559d9ff55e41e5c6cbbcd

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Monero GUI 0.18.5.1 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.5.1 release of the Monero GUI software. This recommended release includes a large number of bug fixes.

The latest CLI release notes can be found on the precedent blog post

Some highlights of this release are:

Fix a memory safety issue during QR code scanning (#4597)
Fix wallet freeze on shutdown edge case (#4603)
Prevent CSV formula injection during export (#4609)
Apply consistent text escaping across rich text views (#4610)
Fix console log spam on startup (#4615)
Check wallet file directory is writable during wallet creation (#4617)
Add confirmation dialog for unauthenticated OpenAlias (#4618)
Fix generic name in desktop file (#4590)
Hide update popup during device passphrase prompt (#4623)
Set desktop entry ID for the application (#4625)
Update P2Pool to v4.17.1 (#4620)
Minor bug fixes

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 8 people who worked to put out 48 commits containing 192 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

tobtoht
selsta
SChernykh
jpk68
City-busz
SNeedlewoods
plowsof
thomasbuilds

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

A complete guide for the GUI wallet is included in the archives, but an online version is available.

Download Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-gui-win-x64-v0.18.5.1.zip, 9241bb617bc4de37b0c3b2481c234ce39984ba2615fc65991979c189f092c918
monero-gui-install-win-x64-v0.18.5.1.exe, 0c0880b62edf00ee4291b37c4ba32227fd1bc31433d84929eeec1e2862bd1c0f
monero-gui-mac-x64-v0.18.5.1.dmg, 1f7b2c3a0e83180267d4c09cbb4f4d14b35c4f3c218abae585f0bb288f8bf01c
monero-gui-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.1.dmg, c40a9125a976d7f063216f286976a252eb5a7f26206bd034f25782691786f18c
monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, ecf7f734fb0048896b12f7e04e4f69a0257271f8411c06d30cd701371d2fd155

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Monero 0.18.5.1 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.5.1 release of the Monero software. This recommended release includes a large number of bug fixes.

Some highlights of this release are:

Daemon: display IPv6 connections (#10611)
Daemon: fix slow shutdown with Tor/I2P enabled (#10698)
Daemon: avoid unsafe pidfile truncation (#10608)
Daemon: use latest hard fork block for approximate blockchain height (#10580)
Daemon: restrict get_alt_blocks_hashes RPC (#10610)
Daemon: fix wrong block_weight in handle_get_objects (#10715)
Daemon: improve incoming block scan table handling (#10838)
Daemon: restore safe sync mode when target height drops (#10598)
Daemon: canonicalize Tor and I2P hostnames (#10638, #10704)
Daemon: fix dangling iterator in remote host checks (#10649)
Daemon: improve duplicate transaction handling in handle_notify_new_transactions (#10836)
Daemon: fix use-after-free in txpool prune (#10710)
ZMQ: cap aggregate receive size (#10757)
ZMQ: apply restricted-mode privacy filtering to get_transaction_pool (#10543)
Wallet: store multisig nonce erasure before returning signed txset (#10754)
Wallet: hardening against malicious remote nodes (#10773, #10776, #10774)
Wallet RPC: add missing trusted daemon check to rescan_spent (#10542)
Wallet RPC: fix describe_transfer source entry (#10592)
Wallet RPC: preserve payment ID when editing address book (#10590)
Wallet RPC: remove unused finalize_multisig endpoint (#10615)
Miner: fix thread 0 always using secure JIT (#10743)
RandomX: update to v1.2.2 (#10571)
Fix memory leak with readline (#10568)
Fix memory leak with RandomX integration on Windows (#10546)
Various bug fixes and improvements

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 13 people who worked to put out 102 commits containing 1094 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

jeffro256
tobtoht
SNeedlewoods
selsta
greatjourney589
iuyua9
glv2
alhudz
nahuhh
woodser
ComputeryPony
SChernykh
j-berman

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-win-x64-v0.18.5.1.zip, cf2ae8273977697d9ef2031c7337b781e6e5936578f602444b2990a173a2437d
monero-win-x86-v0.18.5.1.zip, f79746868794786ba4ca3c5a30191263ffb0b9a4ab1c0ffcbe30fd5d04986380
monero-mac-x64-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, 82e305bbf6128b386571bed173dae316f9dd06c4ee1217c5eda849444bec89a9
monero-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, dba08921841e675384ce019fd7c93b59fe7b1e6edaa0a3cf0e3253e263f61864
monero-linux-x64-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, 22a7dda7b0cb699fdd6b7674c3b4a4465b337cc98a54983523b759e1e7cc9958
monero-linux-x86-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, 68783d76d9eac543d593ca1bdfa9c7eb540ec6c646acc68421702465c1d86182
monero-linux-armv8-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, c0caf042cb7c7b760f5ad6be188084b59352440b32990a78b8051497b9398dbc
monero-linux-armv7-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, bd6693ac411919d474d98c9e7d7bae1f03e7ef7f1d779a15e2ba3a188c958d36
monero-linux-riscv64-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, 28ead34fa4320ea6809f16c4b064d3b430e71caf3155d25677cc624388fc0ee5
monero-android-armv8-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, a2c0fb240c5eaa947f5a2382ece4613c59b299645ad4d1480ef24e71b8aa8c8f
monero-android-armv7-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, daa56844251a9e9f296caaaafcf72c60dade54ae93146085d627ffc883b0fec3
monero-freebsd-x64-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2, cc32bb64fb577254fe24441e2db0b722dfedff5c953427ffbf396dc16f0feb62

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Monero GUI 0.18.5.0 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.5.0 release of the Monero GUI software. This recommended release includes a large number of bug fixes.

The latest CLI release notes can be found on the precedent blog post

Some highlights of this release are:

Move P2Pool install location to LocalAppData on Windows (#4575)
Fix edge case in URI parsing (#4576)
Disable offline tx creation with long payment id (#4579)
Escape untrusted text in QR code scanning scenario (#4577)
Update P2Pool to v4.15 (#4584)
Minor bug fixes

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 6 people who worked to put out 14 commits containing 161 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

tobtoht
selsta
SChernykh
jpk68
SNeedlewoods
luigi1111

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

A complete guide for the GUI wallet is included in the archives, but an online version is available.

Download Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-gui-win-x64-v0.18.5.0.zip, 86b665cbb22e0ce349e1a13fc37e600ae5ab36bf8335f623b7bc6570f6ced05d
monero-gui-install-win-x64-v0.18.5.0.exe, 2aee0fb9a4a858199da46ce3344e7d6dec080efeab21c599903379e3e1d29dec
monero-gui-mac-x64-v0.18.5.0.dmg, 19c6a250c9ae68871a0c5ca7935dfe0eb3f1ddb468d6718b7c257aede096a254
monero-gui-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.0.dmg, 2fe562dd6ffb84941a4ff73412c234ebda8cb1831dec5ebbb217ea17d4288b92
monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, 99d7e9b1e8084f09bdf837dd862ad96c47a86292bdbd6c2f6b3aaa46ff510b62

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Monero 0.18.5.0 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.5.0 release of the Monero software. This recommended release adds SOCKS v5 support, removes UPnP support, and includes a large number of bug fixes.

Some highlights of this release are:

Add SOCKS v5 support to daemon and wallet (#10411)
Daemon: remove UPnP support (#10465)
Daemon: fix shutdown hangs (#10494, #10401, #10489)
Daemon: improve exception handling (#10437, #10373)
Daemon: speed up transaction pool get_complement() for large requests (#10377)
Daemon: restrict add_aux_pow RPC (#10409)
ZMQ: add restricted RPC mode (#10389, #10420, #10425, #10469, #10504)
ZMQ: fix txpool transaction reporting for stem-phase transactions (#10399)
ZMQ: notify txpool event when stem transaction bumps to fluff (#10453)
Wallet: improve proof validation (#10480, #10471, #10481, #10473)
Wallet: add option to skip refresh after multisig import (#10402)
Wallet: add change address sanity check (#10431)
Wallet RPC: add source info to describe_transfer (#10380)
Wallet RPC: fix set_daemon allowed SSL fingerprints parsing (#10433)
Wallet RPC: restrict sensitive methods in --restricted-rpc mode (#10379, #10435)
Harden HTTP client authentication handling (#10364)
Add LoongArch build support (#10400)
Various bug fixes and improvements

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 12 people who worked to put out 96 commits containing 2786 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

tobtoht
selsta
hinto-janai
jeetrex17
lschomaker1
nahuhh
fangyaling
SNeedlewoods
jeffro256
vtnerd
woodser
j-berman

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-win-x64-v0.18.5.0.zip, 027d96a72d36663b6f5cbcc5b1564c65c628a9f8f2bb9b4d9859c03f741cabc4
monero-win-x86-v0.18.5.0.zip, ce0210583b1b4113d709bb432dde72c55b76c40ebbc7b5b4d4ae862b507632a1
monero-mac-x64-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, 79e03406046255d0f6a47e1fdcbbe677ab11ef7d9fcc4481252235361769292c
monero-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, fb48fcef9302bf2f97821498ec791b4f693af4984702e72e588ce02209f8960d
monero-linux-x64-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, 166ad93036f95f5abeba24c8670061be022c9238dba2e6a7587611a1d759e294
monero-linux-x86-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, 57c63e067d7aefa69f74f44ef7f46091251512aba39570a7c8e26644d298eeb5
monero-linux-armv8-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, d8f19b947ce46d468615bb7331962d4ca732e79b1ac6c5128fa509df3f6cc487
monero-linux-armv7-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, dedaf94b765c428040f1b64e580e389206141fa2be72fd1394be0a8614f04f40
monero-linux-riscv64-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, 219112ffac9af48226dc6ec1fadc8a210a5876eeb7f3a32f3d3cbae842b52bf9
monero-android-armv8-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, 7321662959f917db85c3da1c0a37530d21fb5c25e2c9a2dc0490486842dec974
monero-android-armv7-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, ab5ab33899c5ac6806a0c1a24a3b01d46c291142f0983a8a184f93c8a3baca9f
monero-freebsd-x64-v0.18.5.0.tar.bz2, 0beb34bac944fdf02e2939fe320b9a6a5b26910cbf0a1a629b26be2aad50bace

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Deprecating Monero's Custom Transaction Unlock Time

Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Please be advised, the Custom Transaction Unlock Time feature is set to be deprecated at consensus with FCMP++. There is already a relay rule in place today that prevents nodes from accepting and relaying transactions with a Custom Unlock Time to the transaction pool (source). This is a formal announcement that the feature would be deprecated altogether with the FCMP++ fork, and new transactions with Custom Unlock Time set would not be able to enter the chain even if a miner mines them.

All transactions created after June 1, 2026, and with an Unlock Time set to unlock after the FCMP++ fork, would unlock immediately when the FCMP++ fork block hits the chain.

If we see a large influx of new Unlock Time transactions created between now and June 1, 2026, the feature may be deprecated earlier than June 1, 2026. Deprecating avoids complications with the FCMP++ wallet integration, enabling a smoother wallet experience for all users. Note that a FCMP++ fork date is not set at the time this is written.

This change will not affect transactions already created. If you, a user, created a transaction in the past with an Unlock Time set to a future date (even years from today), then you are not affected by this change. Your transaction will unlock based on the Unlock Time you set when you created the transaction. This change will only affect new transactions.

Why Deprecate?

The feature has caused a number of security, privacy, and fungibility issues over the years, and its known benefits do not outweigh its significant cons. Deprecating the feature has been discussed and supported for many years (see here, here, here, and here). Merchant software has neglected to check the Unlock Time on received Monero, and incorrectly assumed that the Monero received is spendable, leading to losses. Transactions with Custom Unlock Time stick out in the chain like a sore thumb, harming both privacy and fungibility. And the feature provides no known major benefit that is not achievable through some other means (for example, see Time-Lock Puzzles described in the PayMo paper).

It is a common misconception that Monero's Unlock Time is useful for known atomic swap or payment channel protocols. To date, no scheme has been specified that utilizes Monero's Unlock Time feature. Bitcoin's Hash Time Locked Contracts (HTLCs), for example, have unique capabilities that render them useful in atomic swap and payment channel protocols, that Monero's Unlock Time feature does not have.

FCMP++ capable wallets are slated to keep a rolling cache of locked Monero outputs, so that wallets will be able to construct FCMP++ transactions without revealing any identifying information about their own outputs to nodes. See more on the design here. The Unlock Time feature presents a Denial of Service vector because the cache could grow unbounded. Deprecating the feature now enables releasing FCMP++ capable wallets with no concern for this attack vector, enabling a smoother wallet experience for all users.

Monero GUI 0.18.4.7 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.4.7 release of the Monero GUI software. This release contains bug fixes.

The latest CLI release notes can be found on the precedent blog post

Some highlights of this release are:

Fix GUI getting stuck during exit on macOS (#4558)
Fix lack of focus during password dialog (#4549)
Set password for temporary wallet during wizard wallet creation (#4556, #4571)
Improve blockchain size estimate accuracy (#4552)
Update Qt to 5.15.18 (#4565)
Update p2pool to v4.14 (#4570)
Minor bug fixes

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 4 people who worked to put out 29 commits containing 163 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

tobtoht
selsta
SChernykh
luigi1111

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

A complete guide for the GUI wallet is included in the archives, but an online version is available.

Download Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-gui-win-x64-v0.18.4.7.zip, b06dde8291aa03c4ac89efe19568c22eba2854af18a39163ed6d4a1fb88f1a20
monero-gui-install-win-x64-v0.18.4.7.exe, adf679471c5a619a6e1f484672c883de097ba55caecaf85a6b040d7190d38576
monero-gui-mac-x64-v0.18.4.7.dmg, 23a09caf2430f1e2b4809bd52ca2477de6acbe8db45890942975e757fb8096db
monero-gui-mac-armv8-v0.18.4.7.dmg, 5685e948ea070c4a7b9450a576da00b4037168b2f0645aa27437fa6d2e609095
monero-gui-linux-x64-v0.18.4.7.tar.bz2, 4573defcf21b0daeea0e9c7213540012c7d1186e829daf991fa8edfc5033dc08

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).

Monero 0.18.4.6 'Fluorine Fermi' released

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Overview

This is the v0.18.4.6 release of the Monero software. This release contains bug fixes.

Some highlights of this release are:

Daemon: fix bug in peer list filter (#10317)
Daemon: p2p connection bug fixes (#10298)
Multisig: fix key exchange failure in monero-gen-trusted-multisig (#10284)
Minor bug fixes and improvements

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

Contributors for this Release

This release was the direct result of 7 people who worked to put out 16 commits containing 197 new lines of code. We'd like to thank them very much for their time and effort. In no particular order, they are:

tobtoht
selsta
binaryFate
vtnerd
woodser
0xFFFC0000
j-berman

Download

The new binaries can be downloaded from the Downloads page or from the direct links below.

Hashes

If you would like to verify that you have downloaded the correct file, please use the following SHA256 hashes:

monero-win-x64-v0.18.4.6.zip, 566601fde2c0c4684a7e99e5274100edea3c73ef3ca9de72d32ccd1c64fdea47
monero-win-x86-v0.18.4.6.zip, f164ef30f29ae80ece7b529edbe3c74694174b7f4204967dcc7ef5a855928308
monero-mac-x64-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, 1e07c0b672faa2664cc3708de44bab4083a320838dbf7c5582e31e7196bc1c78
monero-mac-armv8-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, c71f526012211eb83d7200cc072c3e4ddff637786a9d2ee267165abdd6aea541
monero-linux-x64-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, 60cfc32d39c6fe6c19b23513d02017fe9055d2e412ee4cbc30fa40ba811fe052
monero-linux-x86-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, 6b33c1f1ff0b5fd5bba6a87f204a464c575e3a230805582fe16db5247e2ff28c
monero-linux-armv8-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, d38c9ef8ee1a5d2de32f67d2f46c767c0c5cc3bb23ba7e3dfa9cbb19ceb2c84c
monero-linux-armv7-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, c4dbec17d1f25ef52f9a4832b8ba80b8818c8ed9adb786fa193ed38a019b1817
monero-linux-riscv64-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, 3ff6f636d875f5cc8a0e6972d8cca4204d1564f2c8ce60c295fa95439711868e
monero-android-armv8-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, 0fe77f999e5eb2d2961d062fb82909dc51c210384106f96c06059b4d572ad158
monero-android-armv7-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, e67c07dd2a4b2cb0150b125426d7f33c2c1680784de70b381ea099953353d30b
monero-freebsd-x64-v0.18.4.6.tar.bz2, 0ac63ad6a027da8de7ba33bed5a3ccbd7c8dd02027625fc315a8db48b327d849

Two guides are available to guide you through the verification process: Verify binaries on Windows (beginner) and Verify binaries on Linux, Mac, or Windows command line (advanced).