Issue 245: July 21 - August 17, 2025
Table of Contents:
Recent News
Monero 0.18.4.1 ‘Fluorine Fermi’ Point Release binaries have been released. CLI; GUI. Remember to verify hashes; how-to guides at the bottom of each blog post. As well, you may compile Monero from source.
Stack Wallet v2.3.2.
Rough draft of Rucknium’s web app for Monero consensus monitoring: moneroconsensus.info. X thread.
Haveno DEX v1.2.0 upgrading to latest Monero v0.18.4.1; lowering the minimum trade amount to 0.05 XMR; and several other UI/UX bug fixes, enhancements. Consequently, RetoSwap v1.2.0; and Haveno Dawn v1.2.0a.
As our summer 2025 gets spicy thanks to a nym that goes by Qubic, VPS provider SporeStack published a new blog post: Save Monero from Qubic! Visit savemonero.info for additional information.
Our good friends over at RIAT Institute have released their piece on recent Qubic’s shenanigans and the Monero network, dissecting what the heck really is going on. Have a read here.
Monero contributor and one of the main RandomX coders, tevador, has an open issue in the Monero Research Lab repository, going over the possible PoW mining protocol changes to combat pool centralization (and build further resilience against attacks like Qubic’s). Have a read.
My goodness gracious, did it take him that long?
moneroj.net, the XMR charts website, goes fully Free-Libre Open Source Software, with GPLv3 license and all. Welcome to the small set of Revuo Tools! Repository; Reddit thread.
Monero Observer Blitz #44 - July 2025.
New month? New Monero Monthly by Ungovernable Misfits with Max and Seth for Privacy. Tune into Monero Under Attack for Monero Monthly 008. Audio; Website. XMRChat.
Monero Talk spoke with XMR Core Team member and scalability connoisseur, Francisco ‘ArticMine’ Cabañas about… you may have a hunch! Qubic’s recent block reorganizations; merge mining; proof of useful work 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. Last but not least, they also had xenu from Darknet Market Maximalism manifesto, the ‘antimoonboy’ on, to discuss the how to strengthen the Monero network amid attacks. Review: Video; Audio.
Upcoming Events
August 18, 2025 (Monday) - 18:00 UTC
Monero Tech Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.
August 19, 2025 (Tuesday) - 18:00 UTC
Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - #cuprate IRC channel; Matrix room.
August 20, 2025 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.
August 23, 2025 (Saturday) - 16:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel; Matrix room.
August 23, 2025 (Saturday) - 17:00 UTC
MoneroKon 6 Meeting - #monerokon IRC channel; Matrix room.
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
Full-time development (3 months) by hinto-janai.
Full-time development (4 months) by j-berman.
Full-time development 2025Q3 by jeffro256.
Find more here. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
Part-time work on Monfluo 2025Q3 by acx.
Raised 1.03 of 10.8 XMR (9%)
Revuo Monero maintenance (2025 Q3) by rottenwheel.
Raised 0 of 6 XMR (0%)
Rucknium Research II by Rucknium.
Raised 48.83 of 93 XMR (52%)
Find more proposals currently in need of funding here.
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 3480112
Hash rate: 5.46 GH/s
Average txs. per block: 31.35
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 21583
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on August 17, 2025.
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
XMR Market Cap: $4,955,776,804.
Street Price: $257.60.
Monero (XMR) Price
| 08/17/25 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $268.84 | +0.02% | -15.97% | +79.70% |
| EUR | €229.55 | -0.53% | -16.61% | +69.26% |
| BTC | ₿0.002281 | +0.65% | -16.18% | -9.51% |
Data taken on August 17, 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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