The October 5 testnet hard fork is nearly here and is the next big milestone. FCMP++ potentially moves the anonymity set from 16 outputs to the entire chain, while also bringing things like transaction chaining and outgoing view keys into the picture.
Carrot is also being developed alongside it as a new transaction and addressing system, and a lot of the supporting work is already in the codebase.
I put together a breakdown of what all of this actually means for someone using Monero, along with where the development stands right now.
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