The Monero Standard #98: 14 Mar 2024 - 21 Mar 2024
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
- Version v0.18.3.3 of Monero has been released. It includes various fixes (including a fix to the fee selection algorithm) and upgrades. Release
- Due to the ongoing tx flooding ('black marble' or 'flood' attack), some discussion and research is being conducted. Issue
- 0-conf for Monero has been implemented in BTCPayServer following a bounty. Bounty Pull Request
- Versions v4.15.0 and v1.12.0 of Cake Wallet and the Monero.com wallets have been released. It includes various bug fixes and improvements. Release
- Monerujo version v3.3.11 has been released by m2049r. It includes various fixes and upgrades. Release
- Monero.Vegas has added a chat feature. Announcement Website
- Version v2.6.5 of Feather Wallet has been released by tobtoht. It includes various fixes and upgrades. Download Changelog
- The next MoneroKon 2024 Planning meeting has been scheduled for March 30, 2024 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 | $2.55 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,413,032 XMR |
| Price | $142.83, 3.90% in 7 days |
| LocalMonero's Street Price | $152.43 |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,109,756 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.0151 XMR ($85.33) |
| Inflation | 0.93% |
| Hashrate | 1.98 Ghash/s -1.54% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 32.8% |
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
Explore various aspects of the Monero blockchain with exploremonero.com
Funding
CCS
Ideas:
Funding Required:
None.
Meme of the Week
Take the first step in opting-out with Monero.
Study Time
Roman Sterlingov’s Bitcoin Fog conviction based on chain analysis sets dangerous precedent / EPI 304
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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You can contact me on Matrix. Be aware that Matrix is centralized due to the fact that most people make an account on Matrix.org operated by the Matrix Foundation - That's a lot of metadata controlled unjust by just one entity.