Monero(XMR) Releases Mandatory Software Update Due to Upcoming Hard...

Earlier today, Monero(XMR) released a mandatory update to their software v0.11.0.0 titled "Helium Hydra".

This update is said to "increase the minimum ring signature size across the network" and also "bans duplicate ring members in a ring signature."

This update has major improvements and bug fixes:

major synchronisation speed-up

massively improved the blockchain import function

changed terminology from "mixin" to "ring size"

add a –fluffy-blocks option to relay blocks as fluffy blocks if possible

allow for password verification without loading the subsequently unencrypted wallet into RAM

reduced privacy leak risks when using untrusted remote nodes

added an Esperanto wordlist

decreased memory demands for the getblocks RPC call

added a "fee" command to display fee information

add average seconds per block in bc_dyn_stats

added an on_get_alt_blocks_hashes RPC call

enabled support for ppc64le architectures

added an Italian translation for the CLI

return the per-tx amount in the transfer_split RPC call

switched to readline for the CLI

added a histogram to poolstats

enable support for macOS smart mining

added the ability to build a Snap package

added a Vulnerability Response Process, with bug bounties available via a dedicated HackerOne portal

added support for payment proving via key derivation instead of tx key reveal

changed output selection for ring signatures to heavily weight newer outputs

added a sweep_below function to sweep small amounts

moved the mempool to a database on disk instead of keeping it all in memory

fully enable iOS and Android full node support

added the ability to create wallets via RPC

added cold-signing functionality, and a relay_tx command / RPC call

transfer CLI command allows for tx fee selection

better AC / battery power detection for Linux smart mining

getblocktemplate now indicates the expected total reward

as always, loads of bug fixes and performance improvements