Riccardo “Fluffypony” Spagni, the lead maintainer of privacy-oriented cryptocurrency monero (XMR), has stepped down. Fluffypony led the monero project since its launch in 2014 and will now continue as a backup maintainer, according to an announcement Monday.The post Monero’s lead maintainer ‘Fluffypony’ steps down after 5 years of heading the project appeared first on The Block.