Does Monero still use the Cryptonight algorithm since the fork?

Question

Ok, I have read about the Lithium Luna release that's supposed to be ASIC resistant. However, I'm unclear about whether Monero is now using a new hash algorithm. Is Monero still using its CryptoNight algorithm or some variant?

Answer 1

Broadly speaking, it is still using the Cryptonight design, but the v7 hardfork included some modifications to the algorithm to brick the current generation of ASICs.

See https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/3253/files

All v6 mining software, including pools, have had to upgrade to match the new algorithm.