Issue 220: November 28 - December 5, 2024
Table of Contents:
Recent News
Stack Wallet v2.1.8 with Monero churning options; a slew of bug fixes for different other chains; view-only wallet capabilities for XMR and more. Stack Duo update wen, CypherStack?
Happy birthday, RandomX! 5 years enforcing CPU-only mining and keeping ASICs at bay. Thanks tevador, hyc, sech1 and many other #monero-pow contributors. Reddit thread.
Monero Research Lab contributor Rucknium published a draft to urge node operators to enable Cuprate contributor boog900’s IP ban list. Peep the gist here. Note: subject to changes and further peer-review by other XMR contributors.
Consequently, Seth for Privacy has updated his Simple Monerod Docker image for all to upgrade their nodes to and effectively enable the rogue IP node ban list. Do note, however, it came with a note to bear in mind moving forward.
Monero Research Lab veteran Brandon Goodell posted a Generalized Bulletproofs security review per ongoing FCMP++ Research CCS proposal; followed by jberman’s +1 comment.
Do you want to look at a spreadsheet keeping a tally with links to all recent (and forthcoming) reviews and reports? Justin Berman got you; follow along with this CryptPad link.
MRL was on a roll with this week’s meeting: the effect of the suspected spy nodes on the privacy provided by Dandelion++ is estimated here under “Empirical privacy impact.”
Graphic designer agency VOSTOEMISIO released all their XMR explainer videos along with an AI dub of Monero Means Money, the movie, into seven (7!) different languages. Find out which ones in the Reddit thread; find them all on the Monero Community Workgroup YouTube channel. Enjoy and share away!
A brand-new peer-to-peer website to buy and sell XMR for fiat currencies has joined the community. Meet XMRGlobal. PGP sign-up and sign-in, like certain sites on The Open Router network. Stylish! Yet, tread with caution: brand-new service, only risk what you are open to lose. .onion; Reddit thread.
Upcoming Events
December 7, 2024 (Saturday) - 16:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel; Matrix room.
December 7, 2024 (Saturday) - 17:00 UTC
MoneroKon 5 Meeting - #monerokon IRC channel; Matrix room.
December 9, 2024 (Monday) - 18:00 UTC
Monero Tech Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.
December 10, 2024 (Tuesday) - 18:00 UTC
Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - #cuprate IRC channel; Matrix room.
December 11, 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.
Part-time monero development (3 months) by selsta.
monerotopia 2024 voiceovers and working on xmr.ru by v1docq47.
Carrot animated video by SimplifiedPrivacy.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
1TB MRC upgrade by gingeropolous.
Raised 11.31 of 20 XMR (56%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 3296292
Hash rate: 3.16 GH/s
Average txs. per block: 42.58
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 32166
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on December 5, 2024.
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
XMR Market Cap: $3,775,433,422.
Street Price: $204.53.
Monero (XMR) Price
| 12/05/24 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $205.39 | +29.78% | +28.85% | +22.13% |
| EUR | €195.01 | 29.98% | +33.31% | +25.45% |
| BTC | ₿0.001994 | +20.52% | +13.93% | -50.57% |
Data taken on December 5, 2024.
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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