Issue 203: July 11 - 18, 2024

Table of Contents:

Recent News

COMIT XMR<->BTC atomic swap v0.13.3.

Matrix user starlingfarchecker launched a site called AnonHelp, a directory for mental health providers that accept payments in XMR. Mental health providers wanted!

Haveno Reto, the first fully functional Haveno DEX mainnet instance, has launched their haveno-reto.com website. While we are at it… Haveno Mobile soon(tm)^?

Looks like CoinCards won’t be the only merchant printing XMR as the #1 payment method these days; Silent Link and ShopinBit join the party!

Community member k4r4b3y released the complete Turkish translation of monero.garden. You can find it at monerobahce.com. GitHub repository.

Reddit user /u/monerodice_pro announced monerodice.pro, simple XMR dice game. ‘Choose your win multiplier, odds, & bet amount, and roll the dice by sending Monero.’ Reddit thread.

Community member Untraceable published ‘Redefining Money for the Digital Age: The New Monetary Properties of Cryptocurrency’, a blog post covering money’s history; properties; and a comparison of different types of money, including BTC and XMR. X thread.

Monero Talk posted a conversation between Sterlin Lujan, Kenny Palentano and Dan O’Neil on debunking myths about Ross Ulbricht, live at Porcfest 2024. Peep it: Video; Audio.

Upcoming Events

July 20, 2024 (Saturday) - 17:00 UTC

Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel; Matrix room.

July 22, 2024 (Monday) - 18:00 UTC

Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.

July 23, 2024 (Tuesday) - 18:00 UTC

Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - #cuprate IRC channel; Matrix room.

July 24, 2024 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC

Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.

CCS Proposal Ideas

Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.

CCS Proposals Need Funding

None; all funded for now.

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

Block height: 3196509

Hash rate: 2.4 GH/s

Average txs. per block: 35.98

Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 23733

Block reward: 0.6 XMR

Data taken on July 18, 2024.

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $3,003,178,988.

Street Price: $162.92.

Monero (XMR) Price

07/18/24 Week Month Year
USD $162.92 +2.87% -4.03% -3.67%
EUR €149.72 +3.09% -5.23% -0.86%
BTC ₿0.00242871 -11.62% -7.19% -56.85%

Data taken on July 18, 2024.

XMR Price Graph

XMR Price Graph

Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co blocks; monero.boats.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.

Test Monero Core Software

Anyone with moderate technical ability is encouraged to try to build and run Monero nightlies. Do not trust it with your Monero, but feel free to open an Issue on GitHub as problems arise. Instructions to build on your OS of choice can be found here.

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