Firo Frontier Newsletter - Vol. 2 No. 14
Firo Frontier · December 8, 2025
Firo Frontier provides a brief summary of what's been happening in Firo over the past few weeks.
The FIRO hardfork was successfully completed!
Thank you to all our Firo ecosystem partners for your cooperation and the Firofam for your support.
Features of the new release include:
Spark Name transfers - names can now be transfered to another address or even sold
Reduced GPU memory required to mine Firo (8GB cards can mine Firo again)
Also includes - Sigma stripping (improves loading time), increased Spark Spend limits, and new loading screen for QT wallets
Read more about the upgrade Here
Lelantus (V1) redemption period closing soon
The Lelantus V1.0 redemption period will close at block 1,223,500 (approximately 20 December 2025).
If you hold Lelantus V1.0 coins from before 18 January 2024, please migrate them to Lelantus Spark before the cutoff. The guide on how to migrate them is in the link below.
This ensures your coins remain fully compatible with the latest privacy features
Read about it here
Reuben discusses the recent Firo price movement
Reuben has shared a video addressing the recent FIRO price movement.
Byenance has confirmed that the activity was due to their final delisting process, which involved liquidating FIRO from users who didn’t withdraw before the cutoff date.
That process is now complete and the market has held firm despite the forced sell pressure.
You can see the video on Telegram here
Firo partners with Rosen Bridge
We’re excited to share that Firo is partnering with Rosen Bridge to enable decentralized cross-chain transfers.
This will allow FIRO to move across Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Cardano, giving users access to deeper liquidity and permissionless DeFi.
Read more about it on Firo.org here.
Firo added on SHKeeper
Firo has been added on SHKeeper - a self-hosted non-custodial crypto payment processor.
SHKeeper is a fully self-hosted, non-custodial crypto payment processor which now supports Firo with Spark addresses. This allows merchants to accept Firo directly into their own wallets with no intermediaries, no KYC, and no third-party fees.
This integration brings Firo to platforms like WordPress, WooCommerce, WHMCS, and Shopify!
Read more about it on Firo.org here.
Updates from the Firo core developers
Weekly Firo development updates are live on the Firo forums!
The Firo core developers continue to be busy building crypto’s best privacy protocols - and coming soon: Spark Assets on Testnet, Spark Name ownership transfers plus other Spark Name improvements, a change to the mining DAG file size - fixed for 8GB GPUs, and view key support for Stack wallet and more.
You can catch up on dev progress details here
Other News
Privacy Resurgence: Survival, Sovereignty and Shielding with Firo and Zcash/Shielded Labs
An X space hosted by Firo and Tada Social, where we talked about privacy coin survival, remaining sovereign and how Firo and Zcash navigated regulatory pressure.
Web3 Global Talks Ep 504
In this episode of the Web3 Global Talk - participants from Dash, eCash and Firo discussed the historical and future narratives for the general use of crypto.
Tune in here on X
Privacy Roundtable discussion - Dec 4th
The Privacy Roundtable with Firo, PIVX, BasicSwapDEX and Particl on the 4th December 2025 on XSpace discussed the topic of Privacy at different layers in a blockchain.
Listen to it on XSpace here
Privacy Without Compromise on The Privacy Chronicles
Want to hear the story behind Firo?
Reuben Yap sat down with the The Privacy Chronicles for an episode of “Privacy Without Compromise” sharing Firo’s story and mission.
Check it out on Spotify
Reminder - iNodez service shutting down
Just a reminder - iNodez has made the decision to shut down for good on December 31 - so make sure you withdraw your FIRO from their site as soon as possible. Thanks again to iNodez for the amazing service they have offered over the years.
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