P2Pool recent repairs filter private IPs｜Network address is not a private transaction address｜Before XMR confirms at $548.2, I’ll wait
My stance is that I recognize node maintenance, but I won’t read “private IP being filtered” as Monero starting to ban privacy wallets. Trading discipline also includes understanding terminology: network connection addresses, wallet receiving addresses, and on-chain privacy protection can’t be conflated into one concept. Without evidence of new buy-side activity, I’ll stay flat with zero holdings.
After this news cycle and hot-list scanning, I chose a project whose maintenance details have not yet been unpacked. On September 22, the P2Pool maintainer released v4.18.1. The release notes are explicit: the node list does not allow private IPs. It’s a maintenance version from last week—not a brand-new policy announced tonight—also not a consensus upgrade for the Monero mainnet, and not an exchange adjustment to XMR market access. [Release notes](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v4.18.1).
I cross-checked the corresponding code commits: when reading the node list, updating the list, and handling the peer’s returned list, they added a private network address check—if an address meets the check conditions, it won’t be added to that list. This affects node discovery data; the submission does not modify wallet receiving address rules, nor does it mark privacy transactions as illegal. [Code commit](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/commit/4b1731276895119ba7d48d3feef981897b944fee). I didn’t do a full-network deployment or performance testing, so I won’t claim the entire network has eliminated the attack or that miner earnings have already increased.
Why does it affect the crypto market? My mechanism-level judgment is that if public node discovery mixes in someone else’s intranet addresses, the discovered targets may not be the ones that are actually reachable by your own local network. Filtering the propagation list helps separate public discovery from local connection use. But “private” here describes the address range, not an attitude toward the privacy of coin holders. This operational boundary affects miner configuration and availability; it doesn’t directly generate spot buy orders for XMR, and it certainly can’t be used to infer the magnitude of a price increase from the number of lines modified.
For actual users, what I care about is whether the version, download source, and network configuration match. Don’t delete your wallet or move funds to some so-called “verified” address just because of “filtering.” And don’t expand it into a blanket ban on all LAN connections. Verify the scope first; then decide on fund operations. Don’t turn off safety settings.
Market’s real performance: At 22:30 Beijing time, Kraken’s XMR/USD recent trades were $544.16, with the rolling 24-hour range from $525.00 to $547.91. The quote is in USD, not USDT, and it’s still within the range. There’s no evidence that this volatility was caused by the maintenance fix. $548.2 is my own manual confirmation line, not a price guarantee provided by the software version.
If this were my own trading: I’m not participating. Position is zero; I only consider unleveraged spot longs. If a complete hour closes above 548.2, and a pullback to 546.5–548.2 holds, and actual platform trading plus deposits/withdrawals are normal, then I’ll try a position using at most 0.3% of total funds. After the halving at 552, I’ll close everything at 557. Hard stop-loss at 541.5, or if two consecutive hours close below 546.5, I’ll close everything. If it drops below 524.5 before triggering, cancel and jump directly to the target—no chasing, no averaging down into losses. If the official corrects the repair scope, if there’s an abnormal channel, or if a breakthrough fails, I’ll withdraw the participation conditions. If not triggered, it doesn’t count as realized trading profit.
#XMR
The above is only my personal market observation and does not constitute investment advice.
My stance is that I recognize node maintenance, but I won’t read “private IP being filtered” as Monero starting to ban privacy wallets. Trading discipline also includes understanding terminology: network connection addresses, wallet receiving addresses, and on-chain privacy protection can’t be conflated into one concept. Without evidence of new buy-side activity, I’ll stay flat with zero holdings.
After this news cycle and hot-list scanning, I chose a project whose maintenance details have not yet been unpacked. On September 22, the P2Pool maintainer released v4.18.1. The release notes are explicit: the node list does not allow private IPs. It’s a maintenance version from last week—not a brand-new policy announced tonight—also not a consensus upgrade for the Monero mainnet, and not an exchange adjustment to XMR market access. [Release notes](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v4.18.1).
I cross-checked the corresponding code commits: when reading the node list, updating the list, and handling the peer’s returned list, they added a private network address check—if an address meets the check conditions, it won’t be added to that list. This affects node discovery data; the submission does not modify wallet receiving address rules, nor does it mark privacy transactions as illegal. [Code commit](https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/commit/4b1731276895119ba7d48d3feef981897b944fee). I didn’t do a full-network deployment or performance testing, so I won’t claim the entire network has eliminated the attack or that miner earnings have already increased.
Why does it affect the crypto market? My mechanism-level judgment is that if public node discovery mixes in someone else’s intranet addresses, the discovered targets may not be the ones that are actually reachable by your own local network. Filtering the propagation list helps separate public discovery from local connection use. But “private” here describes the address range, not an attitude toward the privacy of coin holders. This operational boundary affects miner configuration and availability; it doesn’t directly generate spot buy orders for XMR, and it certainly can’t be used to infer the magnitude of a price increase from the number of lines modified.
For actual users, what I care about is whether the version, download source, and network configuration match. Don’t delete your wallet or move funds to some so-called “verified” address just because of “filtering.” And don’t expand it into a blanket ban on all LAN connections. Verify the scope first; then decide on fund operations. Don’t turn off safety settings.
Market’s real performance: At 22:30 Beijing time, Kraken’s XMR/USD recent trades were $544.16, with the rolling 24-hour range from $525.00 to $547.91. The quote is in USD, not USDT, and it’s still within the range. There’s no evidence that this volatility was caused by the maintenance fix. $548.2 is my own manual confirmation line, not a price guarantee provided by the software version.
If this were my own trading: I’m not participating. Position is zero; I only consider unleveraged spot longs. If a complete hour closes above 548.2, and a pullback to 546.5–548.2 holds, and actual platform trading plus deposits/withdrawals are normal, then I’ll try a position using at most 0.3% of total funds. After the halving at 552, I’ll close everything at 557. Hard stop-loss at 541.5, or if two consecutive hours close below 546.5, I’ll close everything. If it drops below 524.5 before triggering, cancel and jump directly to the target—no chasing, no averaging down into losses. If the official corrects the repair scope, if there’s an abnormal channel, or if a breakthrough fails, I’ll withdraw the participation conditions. If not triggered, it doesn’t count as realized trading profit.
#XMR
The above is only my personal market observation and does not constitute investment advice.
