The Monero Standard #79: 2 Oct 2023 - 9 Nov 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
- The Monero CCS wallet was compromised, draining the whole balance of 2675.73 XMR on September 1, 2023. Discussions are still happening to attempt to figure out the cause. Announcement
- Fluffypony has resigned from the Monero Core Team. Issue
- Fluffypony has proposed to disband the Monero Core Team, and implement a new system that includes multiple workgroups. Issue
- Cake Wallet and Monero.com wallets have been updated to versions v4.10.3 and v1.7.3. It includes bug fixes and UI enhancements. Release
- Version v0.0.15 of the Haveno DEX has been released. It includes bug fixes and improvements. Release
- A Monero meetup has been scheduled for November 12, 2023 at 11:00 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Announcement
- The next MoneroKon 2024 Planning meeting has been scheduled for November 11, 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 | $3.08 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,355,623 XMR |
| Price | $168.18, 1.14% in 7 days |
| LocalMonero's Street Price | $198.15 |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,014,073 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.01033 XMR ($102.41) |
| Inflation | 0.84% |
| Hashrate | 2.487 Ghash/s +3.2% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 5.3% |
Price Chart
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
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:
- selsta: selsta part-time monero development (3 months)
- hinto - hinto-janai - full-time work on Cuprate (3 months)
- jeffro256_ - jeffro256 full-time dev 2023Q4
- v1docq47 - monerotopia 2023 (part 2) and monerokon 2023 voiceovers and working on xmr.ru
- plowsofff - CCS Coordinator
- sacatunquetun - Monero Selfhosted View-only Web Wallet (with received transaction Telegram/Email/SMS/Discord/Webhook alerts)
- erciccione - erc: ccs for getmonero and weblate
- escapethe3RA - escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (2023 Q4)
- VOSTOEMISIO - Core Monero Concepts
- dangerousfreedom - wallet work
- kayabaNerve - Add retroactive funding proposal for FCMPs
Funding Required:
None.
Meme of the Week
An occasion to be proud of!
Study Time
The CCS Wallet Hack: Exposing & Improving Monero’s Weaknesses w/ ArticMine & JEhrenhofer | EPI #288
Donation and Contact
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