Monero releases 'Fluorine Fermi' update to combat malicious network nodes

Monero, the privacy-focused blockchain, has released a major update, CLI v0.18.4.3 "Fluorine Fermi," to enhance its protection against spy nodes. In the Monero community, the term "spy node" refers to malicious nodes, groups of nodes, or botnets that can link IP addresses to transaction information, effectively undermining the blockchain's privacy guarantees.