Firo Frontier Newsletter - Vol. 2 No. 10
Firo Frontier · July 7, 2025
Firo Frontier provides a brief summary of what's been happening in Firo over the past two weeks.
Firo attended Monerokon 2025 in Praha!
Our project steward - Reuben Yap - recently attended Monerokon in Prague the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic.
Firo is proud to be one of the official sponsors of this amazing privacy-focused event. Firo’s presence at Monerokon was well received and we had a lot of fun! Special thanks to VostoEmisio (for all the merch and designs) and leptokurtic who flew all the way to volunteer for us!
More info about the event can be found on Firo’s forum: Here
350 Spark Names have been registered!
Spark Names officially launched on May 28, 2025!
All fees collected for Spark Name registrations (around 14,000 FIRO to date) become part of the Firo Community Fund and will be used to support community approved projects and activities to grow the Firo ecosystem.
Spark names are fully supported on all QT (Desktop), Campfire, and Stack Wallets.
If you haven’t watched it already you can see how Spark Names work on YouTube.
Or watch a video about Firo’s human-readable addresses - here
Or read more about Spark Names here.
2025 Community Fund Committee (CFC) Nominations are still open!
The 2025 Community Fund Committee (CFC) Nomination Thread is still open on the Firo forum! It you want to help shape Firo’s future you can nominate someone — or even yourself — to be part of the committee that helps decide how the Firo community funds are used to grow Firo’s ecosystem.
Submit your nomination on the Firo forum.
Earn up to 42% APR with FIRO on Biconomy!
Biconomy.com exchange has launched a limited-time Locked Product campaign for FIRO!
Starting from June 29, 2025, 00:00 (UTC), deposit your FIRO and earn high returns for 30 days while supporting the ecosystem.
Don’t miss this chance to earn passive rewards and grow your holdings, Firofam!
Full details can be found here.
As always - do your own research - and not your keys not your crypto.
Reuben’s Interview at ETHDamIII available on Youtube
Check out this interview with Firo's Project Steward, Reuben Yap, at ETHDam III (2025) where he discusses Firo’s vision and the evolution of privacy in crypto.
Watch it here: Reuben's youtube interview
Credit: CryptoCanal
Additional ETHDamIII content if you haven’t already watched it can be seen here:
Firo | The fight for the middle ground in web3 Privacy
Panel | The future of privacy: Protocols, not Promises
He is also featured in the EthDAM aftermovie!
Updates from the Firo core developers
Weekly Firo development updates are live on the Firo forums!
Coming soon: Spark Assets on Testnet, Spark Name ownership transfers - as well as other Spark Name improvements, a change to mining DAG file size - fixed for 8GB GPUs, and view key support for Stack wallet.
You can catch up on dev progress details here.
Other News
Real-world adoption of Firo in action in Syria!
A local store selling household appliances, is now accepting $FIRO as payment. In regions affected by war, sanctions, and financial instability, cryptocurrencies like FIRO offer vital economic stability and financial freedom.
Here's how crypto is empowering communities worldwide.
x.comPrivacy and Liberty with Firo
SallyMayweather hosted a LIVE session on XSpace discussing Privacy and Liberty with Firo. Interesting discussions with Reuben (Firo) and Paul Puey (Edge Wallet).Tune in here: x.com
Did you know?
More information about Firo is available at: https://firo.org
The Firo Telegram news channel is: https://t.me/fironews
Archive copies of previous Firo Frontier Newsletters can be found at:
https://newsletter.firo.org/archive