diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3db117d49..a537f9f1c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ scripts/deps
 /CMakeLists.txt.user
 /.idea
 /src/backend/opencl/cl/cn/cryptonight_gen.cl
+.vscode
diff --git a/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.cpp b/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.cpp
index 310fedf4d..27557e024 100644
--- a/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.cpp
+++ b/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.cpp
@@ -241,8 +241,13 @@ bool xmrig::BlockTemplate::parse(bool hashes)
     ar(m_amount);
     ar(m_outputType);
 
-    // output type must be txout_to_key (2) or txout_to_tagged_key (3)
-    if ((m_outputType != 2) && (m_outputType != 3)) {
+    const bool is_fcmp_pp = (m_coin == Coin::MONERO) && (m_version.first >= 18);
+
+    // output type must be txout_to_key (2) or txout_to_tagged_key (3) for versions < 18, and txout_to_carrot_v1 (0) for version FCMP++
+    if (is_fcmp_pp && (m_outputType == 0)) {
+        // all good
+    }
+    else if ((m_outputType != 2) && (m_outputType != 3)) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -250,6 +255,11 @@ bool xmrig::BlockTemplate::parse(bool hashes)
 
     ar(m_ephPublicKey, kKeySize);
 
+    if (is_fcmp_pp) {
+        ar(m_carrotViewTag);
+        ar(m_janusAnchor);
+    }
+
     if (m_coin == Coin::ZEPHYR) {
         if (m_outputType != 2) {
             return false;
diff --git a/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.h b/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.h
index c731aad23..a4e75f3ff 100644
--- a/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.h
+++ b/src/base/tools/cryptonote/BlockTemplate.h
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ private:
     Buffer m_hashes;
     Buffer m_minerTxMerkleTreeBranch;
     uint8_t m_rootHash[kHashSize]{};
+    uint8_t m_carrotViewTag[3]{};
+    uint8_t m_janusAnchor[16]{};
 };