The Monero Standard #50: 13 April 2023 - 20 April 2023
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
- OrangeFren and MajesticBank have released Intercambio.app, a privacy-focused exchange aggregator similar to Trocador.app. It does not require JavaScript and has Tor/I2P mirrors.
- The LocalMonero and AgoraDesk mobile apps have been updated to version v1.1.0. It includes a security update, a fix, and a UI improvement. Release
- Stack Wallet version v1.7.1 has been released by rehrar. It includes various fixes, updates to Wownero syncing, and Ethereum integration. Release
- There has been a 74.5 XMR (~$12k USD) donation by MajesticBank to the Monero General Fund in celebration of Monero's ninth birthday. Announcement
- The next Monero Community Workgroup meeting has been scheduled for April 29, 2023 at 1600 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monero-community channel.
- The next Monero Research Lab meeting has been scheduled for April 26, 2023 at 1700 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monero-research-lab channel.
- The next MoneroKon 2023 Planning meeting has been scheduled for April 22, 2023 at 1700 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monero-events channel.
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $2.82 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,268,164 XMR |
| Price | $154.58, 5.1% in 7 days |
| LocalMonero's Street Price | $157.86 |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 2,868,306 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.00987 XMR ($94.27) |
| Inflation | 0.93% |
| Hashrate | 2.728 Ghash/s -3.28% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 6.5% |
Price Chart
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
Using Monero With Enhanced Privacy
Merchants
For lists of merchants and businesses related to Monero, consider Monerica, XMR.directory, official website's 'merchants' page and prior issues of this magazine.
Notable Projects
Funding
CCS
Ideas:
None.
Funding Required:
- monerokon 2022 (part 2) and monerotopia 2023 voiceover and working on xmr.ru (1.31 / 64.8 XMR)
- koe seraphis ongoing support (164.4 / 163.7 XMR)
- Add maintaining-flatpak-package.md (10.12 / 10 XMR)
- wallet development 2 (27.44 / 31 XMR)
Meme of the Week
Privacy is not a crime. Transact with Monero!
Study Time
Rucknium - Empirical Privacy Impact of Mordinals (Monero NFTs)
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
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