Issue 243: July 2 - 8, 2025
Table of Contents:
Recent News
New opinion article on Mises Institute’s Mises Wire, mentions Monero and its privacy characteristics a handful of times. Have a read. Author’s substack.
New month? New Monero Monthly by Ungovernable Misfits with Max and Seth for Privacy. Tune into Traceability Truth Hurts for Monero Monthly 007. Audio; Website. XMRChat.
Monero Talk chatted with philosopher and engineer, Deki Zedd. They talk about the intersection between Ayn Rand’s objectivism and cryptocurrency, especifically Monero’s ethos; political events; Bitcoin’s weaknesses; and more. He recently presented a talk on the topic at MoneroKon 5 in Prague. Peep it: Video; Audio.
Upcoming Events
July 9, 2025 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.
July 12, 2024 (Saturday) - 16:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel; Matrix room.
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
2025 Q3 Proposal by vtnerd.
Revuo Monero Maintenance (2025 Q3) by rottenwheel.
Find more here. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
None; all funded for now. Consider supporting Revuo Monero!
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 3451434
Hash rate: 5.11 GH/s
Average txs. per block: 30.55
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 25539
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on July 8, 2025.
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
XMR Market Cap: $5,802,066,227.
Street Price: $346.97.
Monero (XMR) Price
| 07/08/25 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $314.60 | +1.22% | -3.88% | +104.5% |
| EUR | €268.39 | +1.92% | -6.54% | +88.88% |
| BTC | ₿0.002892 | -1.93% | -6.59% | +6.27% |
Data taken on July 8, 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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