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| type | layout | date | issuenumber | title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| weekly | weekly | 2025-07-21T23:12:20-05:00 | 244 | Issue 244: July 8 - 21, 2025 |
Table of Contents:
Recent News
{{% newsbyte %}} Monero 0.18.4.1 'Fluorine Fermi' Point Release has been tagged, binaries should become available in the following days. CLI; GUI. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} UnstoppableSwap? More like eigenwallet moving forward! UnstoppableSwap decided to, with GUI v3.0.0-beta release, rebrand to eigenwallet.org, XMR + BTC wallet, with atomic swaps, multi-platform, Tor support, grease, the shiny XMR L2 planned. X announcement. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} Cake v5.1.2 and Monero.com v5.1.2 [Beta] released with new CakePay mobile UI; several bug fixes; and a sweep_all-like feature for XMR swaps: now you can exchange your entire Monero balance for other cryptocurrencies. How to join the beta group. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} Cuprated v0.0.5 'Molybdenite'. Reddit thread. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} Mining enthusiast secondcreek has revamped his website and built a mining profitability calculator that has been tested by XMR and Tari developers for accuracy, according to him. Have a look over at secondcreek.ca. Calculator. Save it to your notes and share it with Monero miners! {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} The more, the merrier, Dawnswap, new Haveno network has recently launched. GitHub repository; Haveno Dawn v1.1.2. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} Did you know there's a work-in-progress Haveno mobile application that now works while you have Tor up and running in another application such as InviZible, or Orbot. GitHub repository. Nostr note. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} Basses shared with us a paper on Scaling privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies with toxic decoys. "...the storage space can be reduced by approximately 60% while maintaining the same degree of privacy." Article. Paper. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} P2Pool v4.9 with release binaries now reproducible! Other stuff as well, check changelog on GitHub. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} GitHub user mtoni2 released a GUI client to mine using P2Pool written in Python called P2PMinerGUI. GitHub repository. Monero Space forum thread. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} Alex Anarcho had a conversation with xenu from the Antimoonboy podcast to talk about his manifesto: Darknet Market Maximalism and the cypherpunk vision. Audio. English episodes RSS feed. {{% /newsbyte %}}
{{% newsbyte %}} Monero Talk spoke with legal expert Zach Shapiro, about... well, uh, cryptocurrency legislation! Shocking, right? Shapiro runs a crypto-focused law firm and is involved with the Bitcoin Policy Institute and Peer-to-Peer Rights Foundation. Peep it: Video; Audio. {{% /newsbyte %}}
Upcoming Events
{{% event "July 22, 2024 (Tuesday) - 18:00 UTC" %}} Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - #cuprate IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}
{{% event "July 23, 2024 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC" %}} Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}
{{% event "July 26, 2025 (Saturday) - 17:00 UTC" %}} MoneroKon 6 Meeting - #monerokon 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/596" author="4rkal" %}} MoneroOS Resurrection {{% /ccs_item %}}
{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/597" author="hbs" %}} EVM Atomic Swaps {{% /ccs_item %}}
{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/591" author="hinto" last=1 %}} full-time development (3 months) {{% /ccs_item %}}
CCS Proposals Need Funding
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Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
{{< bc_stats height="3460888" hashrate="5.39 GH/s" txs_per_block="34.01" avg_txs_per_day="27415" block_reward="0.6"
date="July 21, 2025"
}}
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
{{< price_performance market_cap="5,821,971,399" street_price="291.06"
table_date="07/21/25"
price_usd="315.73,-5.75,+3.47,+93.48"
price_eur="270.02,-5.88,+1.98,+80.22"
price_btc="0.002700,-5.61,-9.39,+12.22"
date="July 21, 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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