Join us for Monero Monthly, your go-to show for a roundup of the latest happenings in the Monero ecosystem. Hosts Max and Seth bring you up to speed on everything from software developments and updates to cutting-edge hardware and emerging businesses.GeneralTari goes live after being in development for eight yearsLots of promises, very little functionality todayPrimarily focused on simple L1 transactions with privacy + scaling ATMMerge-mined with Monero via p2pool on both the Monero and Tari sidesLink: https://monero.observer/fluffypony-tari-live-mainnet-8-years-work/RetoSwap growing like crazyHuge amount of interest in p2p Monero <> crypto and Monero <> fiat trades+100% month-over-month growth in all time volume, with $40,000,000 RetoSwap recently crossedMore than 6,000 swaps have already been completed, and our mission to make P2P Monero trading private and permissionless is picking up serious momentum.Average trade size is ~200 XMR per tradeLinks:https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1knuw8s/big_retoswap_milestones_zero_fees_our_first/https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1kdem7n/retoswap_avg_trade_size_up_600_since_jan/Software updatesCake Wallet v4.28.0 releasedAdds support for Payjoin v2 in Bitcoin, a vital tool for spending privacy!Improves Monero subaddress generation, rotating addresses the moment a received transaction is seen in the mempool instead of waiting for 10confsFixes potential wallet corruption when renaming a walletFixes a common issues with wallet groups splitting apartLink:https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.28.0https://blog.cakewallet.com/bitcoin-privacy-takes-a-leap-forward-cake-wallet-introduces-payjoin-v2/https://payjoindevkit.org/2025/03/31/payjoin-probing-attacks/p2pool v4.5 and 4.6 releasedBetter Tari supportAutomatic donations via Tari merge-miningLinks:https://monero.observer/schernykh-releases-p2pool-v4.6-tari-merge-mining-donations/https://monero.observer/schernykh-releases-p2pool-v4.5/https://libreddit.privacydev.net/r/MoneroMining/comments/1kkmm7r/psa_on_p2pool_donations_and_going_forward_with/Cuprate v0.0.3 releasedKeeps getting more stable and compatible with the Monero network, but no huge changes!Link: https://monero.observer/hinto-janai-releases-cuprated-v0.0.3-molybdenite/[[LINKS]]