⛏️ MONZERO (XMZ) — DEX DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 📢
24 October 2026 | Cross-Chain Atomic Swap Progress
DEVELOPMENT STATUS: ADVANCED TESTING / PRE-BETA
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🚀 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE
We are pleased to announce further progress in the development of the Monzero Decentralised Exchange (DEX).
During 23–24 October, we began testing our first Bitcoin atomic swap using real test coins on the public Bitcoin testnet4 network.
This represents an important step towards enabling decentralised, cross-chain trading between Bitcoin (BTC) and Monzero (XMZ).
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✅ DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVEMENTS
✔ Bitcoin testnet4 light wallet successfully received test BTC.
✔ Both trading parties successfully negotiated and agreed to a signed trade quote.
✔ The light wallet successfully locked 0.002 test BTC on the Bitcoin testnet4 blockchain.
✔ The application successfully restored a saved trade following a restart.
✔ The recovery system waited for the required 36-block timelock and broadcast the Bitcoin cancellation transaction.
✔ A test harness command-budget issue was identified and resolved.
These achievements demonstrate that several critical components of our cross-chain trading infrastructure are functioning in real blockchain test conditions.
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⚙️ CURRENT TESTING CHALLENGES
Bitcoin testnet4 has experienced significant delays in block production, including extended periods without a real block.
This has slowed transaction confirmations and the overall testing process.
During our initial swap attempt, the testing harness exhausted its fixed command budget while waiting for the network.
This issue has now been fixed.
Because no XMZ had been locked during the interrupted trade, the application entered its recovery process rather than completing the swap.
The cancellation has been broadcast, and we are currently awaiting confirmation of the Bitcoin refund.
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📋 NEXT DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES
1. Confirm the Bitcoin testnet4 refund.
2. Successfully complete a full BTC–XMZ atomic swap.
3. Perform cross-machine testing with independent trading participants.
4. Conduct interruption, restart and recovery testing, following the approach already used for Litecoin (LTC).
5. Continue validation and security testing in preparation for a future public beta.
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🔐 WHY THIS MATTERS
Atomic swaps are designed to enable cryptocurrency exchanges between independent blockchains without requiring users to hand custody of their assets to a centralised exchange.
Our objective is to provide the Monzero ecosystem with a practical cross-chain trading solution, supporting greater accessibility and utility for XMZ.
We have progressed from developing the exchange infrastructure to testing actual Bitcoin transactions on a public test network.
A complete BTC–XMZ swap has not yet been achieved, but the latest results bring us closer to that milestone.
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⛏️ EVERY DAY, ONE STEP CLOSER! 📢
Development continues, and we look forward to sharing further technical milestones with the community.
Monzero — Building the Future of Decentralised Trading
🌐 Official Website
💬 Telegram Community
#Monzero #XMZ #Bitcoin #DEX #AtomicSwaps
24 October 2026 | Cross-Chain Atomic Swap Progress
DEVELOPMENT STATUS: ADVANCED TESTING / PRE-BETA
----------------------------------------
🚀 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE
We are pleased to announce further progress in the development of the Monzero Decentralised Exchange (DEX).
During 23–24 October, we began testing our first Bitcoin atomic swap using real test coins on the public Bitcoin testnet4 network.
This represents an important step towards enabling decentralised, cross-chain trading between Bitcoin (BTC) and Monzero (XMZ).
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✅ DEVELOPMENT ACHIEVEMENTS
✔ Bitcoin testnet4 light wallet successfully received test BTC.
✔ Both trading parties successfully negotiated and agreed to a signed trade quote.
✔ The light wallet successfully locked 0.002 test BTC on the Bitcoin testnet4 blockchain.
✔ The application successfully restored a saved trade following a restart.
✔ The recovery system waited for the required 36-block timelock and broadcast the Bitcoin cancellation transaction.
✔ A test harness command-budget issue was identified and resolved.
These achievements demonstrate that several critical components of our cross-chain trading infrastructure are functioning in real blockchain test conditions.
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⚙️ CURRENT TESTING CHALLENGES
Bitcoin testnet4 has experienced significant delays in block production, including extended periods without a real block.
This has slowed transaction confirmations and the overall testing process.
During our initial swap attempt, the testing harness exhausted its fixed command budget while waiting for the network.
This issue has now been fixed.
Because no XMZ had been locked during the interrupted trade, the application entered its recovery process rather than completing the swap.
The cancellation has been broadcast, and we are currently awaiting confirmation of the Bitcoin refund.
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📋 NEXT DEVELOPMENT MILESTONES
1. Confirm the Bitcoin testnet4 refund.
2. Successfully complete a full BTC–XMZ atomic swap.
3. Perform cross-machine testing with independent trading participants.
4. Conduct interruption, restart and recovery testing, following the approach already used for Litecoin (LTC).
5. Continue validation and security testing in preparation for a future public beta.
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🔐 WHY THIS MATTERS
Atomic swaps are designed to enable cryptocurrency exchanges between independent blockchains without requiring users to hand custody of their assets to a centralised exchange.
Our objective is to provide the Monzero ecosystem with a practical cross-chain trading solution, supporting greater accessibility and utility for XMZ.
We have progressed from developing the exchange infrastructure to testing actual Bitcoin transactions on a public test network.
A complete BTC–XMZ swap has not yet been achieved, but the latest results bring us closer to that milestone.
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⛏️ EVERY DAY, ONE STEP CLOSER! 📢
Development continues, and we look forward to sharing further technical milestones with the community.
Monzero — Building the Future of Decentralised Trading
🌐 Official Website
💬 Telegram Community
#Monzero #XMZ #Bitcoin #DEX #AtomicSwaps