The Monero Standard #23: 5 October 2022 - 13 October 2022
Table of Contents
- Recent News
- Price and Blockchain Statistics
- Facts or Guides
- Merchants
- Notable Projects
- Funding
- Meme of the Week
- Study Time
- Donation and Contact
Recent News
- CryptoMorpheus_, the creator of moneroj.net, a Monero statistics site, announced a new exchange named Trocador. There is no Javascript (and an onion service!), no sign up, and supports 60 coins with 14 non-custodial exchanges. Announcement
- The next Monero Research Lab meeting has been scheduled for October 19, 2022, at 1700 UTC. Meeting Notes. It is current planned to include improvements to the decoy selection algorithm, a possibility of Seraphis protocol integration, and more. It will take place in the Matrix and IRC-Libera Chat at #monero-research-lab.
- Monero Talk has introduced StealthEX, a non-custodial exchange, as their new sponsor. Announcement
- Coinremitter, a cryptocurrency payment gateway, has added Monero as a payment option. You can use services like Coinremitter to process payments through various APIs. Announcement
- EU announces new sanctions on Russia, banning all Russian cryptocurrency wallets, accounts and custody services. Source
- The first sample for the Monerochan doll has been announced. Announcement
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $2.639 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,186,497 XMR |
| Price | $144.40, 2.15% in 7 days |
| LocalMonero's Street Price | $157.70 |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 2,732,228 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.00847 XMR ($87.49) |
| Inflation | 0.88% |
| Hashrate | 2.422 Ghash/s -4.57% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 7.5% |
Price Chart
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
How to get up and running with a Monero wallet in minutes. Video
Merchants
For lists of merchants and businesses related to Monero, consider Monerica, official website's 'merchants' page and prior issues of this magazine.
Notable Projects
OrangeFren, a website that checks many instant exchanges, searches many Monero exchanges for your specific offer. Website
Funding
CCS
Ideas:
- Gupax: GUI for P2Pool+XMRig
- plowsof - CCS Coordinator (6 months)
- Develop selfhostable monero payment processor
- Forgotsudo monero marketplace
- The-Monero-Moon-CCS-Proposal-August2022-John-Foss
- [monero-bash v2.0.0]
Funding Required:
- v1docq47 - monerokon and monerotopia voiceover and working on xmr.ru (42.21/42.8 XMR)
- Monero Garden (66.01 / 71 XMR)
Meme of the Week
How to send Bitcoin privately (takes 45-60 minutes):
How to send Monero privately (takes 2 minutes):
Send from address 1 to address 2.
Study Time
The need for privacy, and a comparison of privacy between Monero and Bitcoin. Video
Donation and Contact
This newsletter is one of my dedicated jobs and LocalMonero pays me for writing it, but if you've found it informative and helpful, here is my wallet address:
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Thank you!
Contact Me
Found anything worth noting? Want to send something to be included in the next issue? Want to chat about something?
You can contact me on Matrix. Be aware that Matrix is centralized due to the fact that most people make an account on Matrix.org operated by the Matrix Foundation - That's a lot of metadata controlled unjust by just one entity.