Firo Frontier Newsletter - Vol. 2 No. 6
Firo Frontier · April 10, 2025
Firo Frontier provides a brief summary of what's been happening in Firo over the past two weeks.
Firo Delisting on B1nance - and the Firo project is facing the delisting head-on.
B1nance (purposely misspelt as the proper name is banned in our newsletter software lol) has decided to delist FIRO from its exchange on April 16, 2025, as part of its new “Vote to Delist” initiative, along with 13 other coins. The decision is peculiar given that we were ranked 17 out of 22 (where the higher the rank, the higher the chance of delist).
First and foremost, do not panic. We’ve been through challenges before, and each time the Firo community has emerged stronger. The delisting also presents a silver lining allowing more organic price discovery without artificial liquidity requirements and removal of the monitoring tag stigma.
Please get your FIRO off B1nance NOW – move it to your QT, Campfire, or Stack Wallet where it belongs. Remember - Not your keys, not your crypto. Don't let B1nance dump it for you. You should only keep your Firo on an exchange while you are trading it.
Official Firo Wallets are available here:
https://firo.org/get-firo/download/
We're moving forward with exchanges that embrace privacy's necessity. Firo's tech accelerates without being shackled by the whims and fancies of an exchange.
Firo will be giving more focus to exchanges that embrace crypto privacy - Check out MEXC, CoinEX, HTX, Gateio, Biconomy, TradeOgre, NonKYC and more. Or even better - try out more decentralized options like Wizardswap, FiroDEX, Bison wallet or BasicSwapDEX!
We will have more announcements on this soon!
Check out where to get Firo here:
https://firo.org/get-firo/buy-firo/
Thank you for your unwavering support, #FiroFam. We’re not giving up. Firo’s Development is strong and ongoing - delisting or not, and development on Firo is as vigorous as ever. Our tech roadmap is moving forward without missing a beat. Stay tuned.
Watch Reuben's comprehensive update on the delisting and why Firo is stronger than ever:
https://youtu.be/a73NQEkthcU
Power Up Privacy donates 574 XMR to Firo Core Team
The privacy advocacy group Power Up Privacy has made an extremely generous donation of 574 XMR to the Firo Core Team to achieve 3 things:
1) Accelerate Development: Support ongoing research and development of Firo’s privacy protocols and upcoming features.
2) Extend Awareness: Fund strategic marketing and education initiatives, introducing more people to the importance of financial privacy and the unique qualities Firo offers.
3) Reinforce Liquidity: Sustain healthy trading environments across exchanges, benefiting both new and existing community members.
We are extremely grateful to Power Up Privacy for the donation which keeps us working during challenging but exciting times.
Read more about it here and consider dropping them an e-mail to say thank you!
Discover Spark Names – Firo's game-changer for private, human-readable addresses!
We have a new video to promote Spark Names and show how it works. Spark Names is currently on testnet and is expected to come to mainnet in about 2 months.
Watch how it works here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WkxdcX9YdI
Learn more about Spark Names here:
https://firo.org/2025/01/28/spark-names.html
Learn how to try it on testnet here:
https://firo.org/2025/03/04/spark-names-testnet-launch.html
We’re Celebrating LetsExchange’s Birthday with Exclusive $FIRO Perks!!
Its Our partners @LetsExchange birthday!, and they’re sharing the love with the #FiroFam!
Swap $FIRO using promo code "FIRO+Lets" and earn cashback on your trades—exclusively for our @Firofam!
Limited time: Ends on 27th April, 2025
Start swapping: https://letsexchange.io/
Reminder - Firo’s mining VRAM poll will wind-up soon:
Info can be found here: https://firo.org/2025/01/30/firopow-vram-requirement
If you are a Firo miner - please weigh in with your vote and comments in the Firo Forum poll here:
https://forum.firo.org/t/poll-what-should-the-vram-requirement-for-mining-firo-be/3877
Updates from the Firo core developers
Development over the past two weeks has been focused on finalizing Spark Names and fixes, ongoing Spark Asset development, resolving the Trezor Masternode Tool issue, working on updated Tor support, View Key import/export functionality as well as regular maintenance work.
Development details can be found in this updated Firo Forum post: https://forum.firo.org/t/weekly-firo-development-meeting-minutes/2337/117
Firo - Spark Names - Video Contest Results
After an exciting round of creative submissions, the Firo Spark Names Contest has officially come to an end! We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated.
Your creativity and enthusiasm were truly inspiring, and it was amazing to see so many great ideas from the community.
Our panel carefully reviewed all entries, and after much deliberation, we are thrilled to announce the top 3 winners, each receiving $80 in $FIRO for their outstanding contributions!
Winner details and videos can be seen here on X: x.com/firoorg/status/1904567700686537075
Other News
Privacy Roundtable - March 29th
The latest Privacy Roundtable was held on March 29th, 9AM EST / 1PM GMT, with PIVX, Particl and BasicSwapDEX featuring special guest Coinomi.
Coinomi is heading back to an open-source model, and is committed to making the Coinomi wallet work properly again - and gain user trust back.You can watch the insightful discussions on privacy, crypto and more - here on X:
https://x.com/i/spaces/1kvKpywVWYOGEBoxing Showdown results
A FIROCIOUS VICTORY!
Firo’s warrior Gideon Riquelme delivered an explosive performance at the 2025 WBC Championship, dominating Australian fighter Lucas Jhon Holmes with a first-round TKO!
A stunning display of skill, power, and FiroFam spirit!
You can watch the full match here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1Lab3Uk44Note: No core team funds were used for this event and it was sponsored by Reuben Yap personally to give Firo some exposure and to support boxing in his state.
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