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The Monero Standard #70: 31 Aug 2023 - 7 Sept 2023

Published:
By recanman

Monero Standard

Table of Contents

Recent News

  • Version v0.5.1 of the UnstoppableSwap GUI has been released. It includes a bug fix. Release
  • SChernykh has released version v3.6.1 of P2Pool. It includes bug fixes and optimizations. Release
  • Monerujo Wallet version v3.3.8 has been released by m2049r. It includes bug fixes and improvements. It also includes a privacy improvement to PocketChange. Release
  • Version v0.6.0 of monero-vanity has been released by hinto-janai. It includes a new feature. Release
  • The next Monero Policy Working Group meeting has been scheduled for October 3, 2023 at 1600 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monero-policy channel.

Price and Blockchain Statistics

StatisticsValue
Market Capitalization$2.61 billion
Total Supply18,328,422 XMR
Price$142.13, 2.1% in 7 days
LocalMonero's Street Price$160.85
Suggested Transaction Fee20 piconero per byte
Block Height2,968,737
Block Reward0.6000+0.01127 XMR ($86.88)
Inflation0.93%
Hashrate2.088 Ghash/s +1.11% in 24 hours
Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin2.8%

Price Chart

Price Chart

Hashrate Distribution

Hashrate Distribution

Facts or Guides

Some facts and recommendations about Monero on privacyguides.org.

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

patrulek has released a reference implementation of the RandomX algorithm in modern C++ (C++20 and C++23).

Funding

CCS

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Meme of the Week

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Study Time

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