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| type | layout | date | issuenumber | title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| weekly | weekly | 2025-07-08T20:50:41-05:00 | 243 | Issue 243: July 2 - 8, 2025 |
Table of Contents:
Recent News
{{% newsbyte %}} 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. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} 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. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} 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. {{% /newsbyte %}}
Upcoming Events
{{% event "July 9, 2025 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC" %}} Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}
{{% event "July 12, 2024 (Saturday) - 16:00 UTC" %}} Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/589" author="vtnerd" %}} 2025 Q3 Proposal {{% /ccs_item %}}
{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/593" author="rottenwheel" %}} Revuo Monero Maintenance (2025 Q3) {{% /ccs_item %}}
{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/592" author="acx" last=1 %}} Monfluo maintenance and further development 2025Q3 {{% /ccs_item %}}
CCS Proposals Need Funding
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Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
{{< bc_stats height="3451434" hashrate="5.11 GH/s" txs_per_block="30.55" avg_txs_per_day="25539" block_reward="0.6"
date="July 8, 2025"
}}
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
{{< price_performance market_cap="5,802,066,227" street_price="346.97"
table_date="07/08/25"
price_usd="314.60,+1.22,-3.88,+104.5"
price_eur="268.39,+1.92,-6.54,+88.88"
price_btc="0.002892,-1.93,-6.59,+6.27"
date="July 8, 2025"
}}
XMR Price Graph
Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co blocks; haveno.markets.
{{< volunteer >}} {{% volunteer_item title="Test Monero Core Software" link="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" %}} 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. {{% /volunteer_item %}} {{< /volunteer >}}
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