The Monero Standard #29: 17 November 2022 - 24 November 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
- The next Monero Research Lab meeting has been scheduled for November 30 at 1700 UTC. It will take place on the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats in the #monero-research-lab channel.
- Rucknium has published an 84-page document outlining an improvement to Monero's decoy selection algorithm using a selection algorithm named OSPEAD. Announcement Document
- SolOptXMR version v0.4.1 has been released and includes security improvements. Release
- MoneroBlock version v0.1.2 has been released and includes bug fixes. Release
- Gupax v0.5.0 has been released, and includes bug fixes and improvements to usability and UX. Release
- The next Seraphis Wallet Workgroup meeting hass been scheduled for November 28 at 1800 UTC. It will take place on the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats in the #no-wallet-left-behind channel.
- Monerobull has teased a new sample of the upcoming Monerochan doll. It will be availabile at monerosupplies.com once it launches. Tweet
- Trocador, a Javascript-free Monero exchange, has been translated into Russian and is asking for more volunteers to translate. Contact
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $2.47 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,205,081 XMR |
| Price | $135.85, 1.3% in 7 days |
| LocalMonero's Street Price | $142.93 |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 2,763,167 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.00737 XMR ($82.4) |
| Inflation | 0.9% |
| Hashrate | 2.609 Ghash/s -1.45% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 9.7% |
Price Chart
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
Cold storage Monero transactions in Qubes OS, a hardened Linux distribution.
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
SolOptXMR is a Monero mining software that is oriented around users with solar power. It is available for Linux and MacOS. Repository
Funding
CCS
Ideas:
- rayatina - rayatina-archive
- MoneroBro - MoneroShopping
- plowsofff - Bulletproofs++ Peer Review
- NotMtth - CypherPunk Radio
- lescuer971 - xmr-btc-swap development and improvement
- sausagenoods - Metronero checkout
- Panda - Monero Paper Wallets
Funding Required:
- j-berman full-time development (3 months) (220.59/253 XMR)
- selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (135.17/135 XMR)
Meme of the Week
How do I make transactions more private?
Study Time
getmonero.org has provided cheat sheets for three crucial parts of the Monero blockchain: Addresses, RingCT, and Rings. These cheat sheets are a great way to learn about the inner workings of the Monero blockchain.
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.