 ---- > An up and coming Rust Monero node. [](https://matrix.to/#/#cuprate:monero.social) [](https://github.com/Cuprate/cuprate/actions/workflows/ci.yml) Cuprate will be an alternative Monero node written from the ground up in Rust. It will be able to independently validate Monero consensus rules providing a layer of security and redundancy for the Monero network. Cuprate will help to protect the network from implementation bugs that could cause a variety of issues, plus because it's written in a memory safe language Cuprate will be less likely to suffer from memory safety issues compared to monerod.