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Untraceable cryptocurrency wallet. Version 0.18.5.4 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Untraceable cryptocurrency wallet
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Project history and usage
Monero GUI Wallet is the Monero community's official open-source graphical desktop wallet. It supports sending and receiving XMR through local or remote nodes and offers both simplified and advanced operating modes.
Project history
The wallet is developed openly by the Monero community as the graphical interface for the Monero network. Its architecture keeps wallet logic distinct from the node: the GUI connects to a local or remote full node to scan transactions and broadcast payments.
Adoption history
The GUI became Monero's official graphical desktop wallet and is distributed for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Official releases provide a simple mode for newcomers and an advanced mode for users who want control over node operation, pruning, and hardware-wallet integration.
How it is used
Users create or restore an encrypted wallet, synchronize it through either a local daemon or a remote node, and use the GUI to send and receive XMR. The official reference says newly created GUI wallets default to `$HOME/Monero/wallets/`, while node data defaults to `$HOME/.bitmonero/` on Linux and macOS.
Release verification is an important installation step: the official download page advises checking downloaded artifacts against the project's signed hash list.
Why package nerds care
The package is notable because it combines a privacy-focused wallet GUI with optional local full-node operation. Package maintainers and security-conscious users care about authentic release artifacts, hash verification, data-directory behavior, and the boundary between wallet files and blockchain data.
Timeline
- 2014: The Monero cryptocurrency project launched.
- 2017: The official GUI wallet reached general public release.
- 2026: Official downloads continue to provide Linux, macOS, and Windows builds alongside source archives.
Related projects
- Monero CLI Wallet and monerod are companion programs distributed by the same project; the GUI uses Monero wallet logic and communicates with a full node.
- Ledger and Trezor hardware wallets are supported by the official GUI.
Sources
- Official GUI reference and defaults: https://docs.getmonero.org/interacting/monero-wallet-gui-reference/
- Official configuration-file reference: https://docs.getmonero.org/interacting/monero-config-file/
- Official downloads and feature overview: https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/
- Official interaction and data-directory overview: https://docs.getmonero.org/interacting/overview/
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for monero-wallet. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.bitmonero/bitmonero.conf
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version0.18.5.4
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://getmonero.org/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:monero-wallet |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.18.5.4 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/monero-wallet |
| Homepage | https://getmonero.org/ |
| Upstream docs | https://getmonero.org/ |
| Source archive | https://downloads.getmonero.org/gui/monero-gui-mac-armv8-v0.18.5.4.dmg |
| SHA-256 | d28c951bf84c71ad4d0ffa2ae5a72406b7f4f9b3c06dd5bbf007a0386a0c648c |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
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| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | monero-wallet |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
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