Issue 237: May 5 - 11, 2025
Table of Contents:
Recent News
New tutorial: How to convert Monero (XMR) to other cryptocurrencies using Haveno - RetoSwap. .onion. In this case how to convert XMR to LTC is showcased, as an example.
A brand-new, slick Monero blockchain explorer called monerowat.ch has joined the set of available, online tools to look at the XMR blocks and have some metrics along the way. It is beta and there’s no public repository link on site, not open source for the time being.
Seth for Privacy and Max spoke together for Monero Monthly 05. Some of the topics: Cake Wallet new releases and features; XMR’s 11th birthday; Exodus removing XMR support later this year; and much more. Audio. Ungovernable Misfits podcast.
Monero Talk brought both Riccardo Spagni (fluffypony) and Naveen Jain, ex-maintainer of Monero and co-founders of Tari, to talk about Tari going mainnet; highlighting user-friendliness and accesibility for end users via Tari universe; merge mining with XMR making it break new all-time highs; and more. Peep it: Video; Audio.
Upcoming Events
May 12, 2025 (Monday) - 18:00 UTC
Monero Tech Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.
May 14, 2025 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.
May 17, 2025 (Saturday) - 17:00 UTC
MoneroKon 5 Meeting - #monerokon IRC channel; Matrix room.
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
Haveno App (Cross Platform) by NorrinRadd.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
BTCPay Server Monero Plugin by Deverickapollo & Napoly.
Raised 41.89 of 273 XMR (15%)
Monero Browser Wallet by Spirobel.
Raised 37.65 of 335 XMR (11%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 3409444
Hash rate: 4.72 GH/s
Average txs. per block: 49.63
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 32163
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on May 11, 2025.
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
XMR Market Cap: $6,183,381,866.
Street Price: $371.73.
Monero (XMR) Price
| 05/11/25 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $335.76 | +22.35% | +67.05% | +156.28% |
| EUR | €298.44 | +22.91% | +68.12% | +145.54% |
| BTC | ₿0.003226 | +12.29% | +32.38% | +50.47% |
Data taken on May 11, 2025.
XMR Price Graph
Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co blocks; haveno.markets.
Volunteer Opportunities
If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.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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