The Monero Standard #81: 16 Nov 2023 - 23 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
- OrangeFren is giving away five stainless steel Monero wallets. Announcement
- A Monero meetup is happening in Munich, Germany, on November 25, 2023. Announcement
- Trocador.app has added new providers for EUR and GBP prepaid cards, alleviating the 2% fee. Announcement
- Cake Wallet and Monero.com wallets have been updated to versions v4.10.5 and v1.7.5. It includes bug fixes, UI improvements, and other improvements. Release
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $3.04 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,361,677 XMR |
| Price | $165.47, 1.93% in 7 days |
| LocalMonero's Street Price | $185.47 |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,024,162 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.01053 ($100.95) |
| Inflation | 0.89% |
| Hashrate | 2.253 Ghash/s -9.88% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 4.9% |
Price Chart
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
How to accept Monero using BTCPayServer.
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
SolOptXMR is software that helps you mine Monero with excess solar power.
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
Both are great!
Study Time
Monero use going up! 11/17/23 (NEWS EPI #142)
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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