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The Monero Standard #67: 10 Aug 2023 - 17 Aug 2023

Nai-publish:
By recanman

Monero Standard

Table of Contents

Recent News

  • Cake Pay Web has reformed and returned, and will be an invite-only platform for a short while. Announcement
  • The Cake Wallet application is now available on F-Droid. To install it, add the Cake Wallet F-Droid repository, then install the application. Announcement
  • Versions v4.8.1 of Cake Wallet and version v1.5.1 of the Monero.com wallets have been released. It includes bug fixes and improvements. Announcement Release.
  • There will be a Monero meetup happening in Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday, November 2nd at 1900 local time. Tickets are free. Announcement Signup
  • Townforge has released version v0.35.0.0 of their testnet. It includes many customization improvements, bug fixes, and a new game. Announcement
  • The next MoneroKon planning meeting has been scheduled for August 19, 2023 at 1700 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monero-events channel.

Price and Blockchain Statistics

StatisticsValue
Market Capitalization$2.82 billion
Total Supply18,319,385 XMR
Price$153.82, 1.48% in 7 days
LocalMonero's Street Price$176.95
Suggested Transaction Fee20 piconero per byte
Block Height2,953,676
Block Reward0.6000+0.01219 XMR ($94.35)
Inflation0.87%
Hashrate2.094 Ghash/s -4.42% in 24 hours
Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin9.1%

Price Chart

Price Chart

Hashrate Distribution

Hashrate Distribution

Facts or Guides

The History of Monero (a couple years old, but informative).

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

monerophp is a library for Monero written in PHP.

Funding

CCS

Ideas:
Funding Required:

None.

Meme of the Week

Centralized exchanges are like public bathrooms. Do your business, and leave!

Study Time

Paypal stablecoin, Post Malone on CBDC, Chicago Monero meetup & more!

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