Monero 0.18.5.1 'Fluorine Fermi' released

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Monero Releases Critical Update v0.18.5.1 with Major Bug Fixes and Security Hardening

DEUSOP NEWS — The Monero development team has officially released version 0.18.5.1 of the Monero software, a recommended update packed with numerous bug fixes and performance improvements. This release serves as a crucial patch for users running the Fluorine Fermi series, addressing issues ranging from daemon shutdown speeds to wallet security against malicious nodes.

Key Highlights

The v0.18.5.1 update focuses heavily on stability and security across the daemon, wallet, and mining components. Notable improvements include:

  • Daemon Enhancements:

    • New support for displaying IPv6 connections in the daemon interface.
    • A fix for slow shutdown times when Tor or I2P proxies are enabled.
    • Improved handling of duplicate transactions and restoration of safe sync mode when target height drops.
    • Canonicalization of Tor and I2P hostnames to prevent connection issues.

  • Security & Wallet Hardening:

    • Significant hardening against malicious remote nodes in the wallet client.
    • Fix for a use-after-free vulnerability in transaction pool pruning.
    • Addition of missing trusted daemon checks to the rescan_spent RPC command.
    • ZMQ privacy filtering now applies to get_transaction_pool.

  • Mining & RandomX:

    • RandomX updated to version 1.2.2 for improved hashing performance.
    • Fix ensuring thread 0 always uses secure JIT compilation.

Contributors and Development Effort

This release is the result of a collaborative effort by 13 contributors who submitted 102 commits, adding approximately 1,094 new lines of code. The team behind this update includes jeffro256, tobtoht, SNeedlewoods, selsta, greatjourney589, iuyua9, glv2, alhudz, nahuhh, woodser, ComputeryPony, SChernykh, and j-berman.

Download and Verification

Users are encouraged to update to v0.18.5.1 to ensure optimal network performance and security. Binaries are available for Windows (32/64-bit), macOS (Intel/ARM), Linux (x64/x86/armv7/armv8/riscv64), Android (armv7/armv8), and FreeBSD (x64).

Direct Download Links:

SHA256 Hashes for Verification: To verify file integrity, users should check their downloaded files against the official hashes provided by the Monero project:

  • monero-linux-x64-v0.18.5.1.tar.bz2: 22a7dda7b0cb699fdd6b7674c3b4a4465b337cc98a54983523b759e1e7cc9958
  • monero-win-x64-v0.18.5.1.zip: cf2ae8273977697d9ef2031c7337b781e6e5936578f602444b2990a173a2437d

For a complete list of hashes and GPG signatures, visit the official Monero Downloads page.

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Publish Date: 2026-07-08-00:00