Issue 249: October 7 - 19, 2025
Table of Contents:
Recent News
Monero 0.18.4.3 ‘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. Highly recommended release that enhances protection against spy nodes.
Monero Multisig… GUI? Yep. Looks nice, to say the least. Reddit thread. Have a proper look over here.
Monfluo Wallet v0.9.1, shipping Monero v0.18.4.3 point release before all other XMR mobile wallets.
Cake v5.5.0 and Monero.com v5.5.0 released adding a couple new hardware wallets supported on Cake, namely BitBox02 and Trezor (Android-only for now) and bringing back the Monero orange color with other brand-new accent colors and major enhancements to the UI/UX. Blog post. Reddit thread.
First Exodus, now MyMonero: MyMonero will be ceasing operations on January 6, 2026, and has passed the stewardship baton to Cake Wallet. One of the first wallet services ever for Monero. Thank you for such consistency, legends! Reddit thread; blog post.
Apparently, after everyone was complaining about the kewbit debacle and the Haveno mobile companion application, now that there’s one being actively worked on, it’s lacking testers. Got some spare time? Go help atsamd21 test the Haveno mobile application, open issues, provide feedback. Repository. “Currently only for Android. When installing, use the standalone option, not remote as at the moment neither Haveno nor Retoswap support syncing.”
After 2-year break, a new version of monero-rpc Rust package has been released.
WebWipe is hosting one of their now popular Monero and Privacy meetups, this time in Austin, Texas, on November 1. Reddit thread. Luma.
MoneroTopia by Monero Talk, goes back to Mexico city, at the same spot: Huerto Roma Verde but instead of November, it’s in February, 12-15. X thread; buy your ticket.
New month? New Monero Monthly by Ungovernable Misfits with Max and Seth for Privacy. Tune into Stressnet Begins for Monero Monthly 010. Audio; Website. XMRChat.
Monero Talk talked to the popular Juraj Bednar, to discuss the thing everyone seems to be talking about given certain momentum… Zcash vs. Monero. Check it out: Video; Audio.
Upcoming Events
October 20, 2025 (Monday) - 18:00 UTC
Monero Tech Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.
October 21, 2025 (Tuesday) - 18:00 UTC
Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - #cuprate IRC channel; Matrix room.
October 22, 2025 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.
August 25, 2025 (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.
Part-time work on Monfluo 2025Q4 by acx.
XMR Support Thorchain by thorchain-admin.
Find more here. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
Full time work on Cuprate (3 months) by Boog900.
Raised 10.19 of 118 XMR (8%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 3516464
Hash rate: 4.18 GH/s
Average txs. per block:
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day:
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on October 19, 2025.
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
XMR Market Cap: $5,809,639,114.
Street Price: $352.99.
Monero (XMR) Price
10/19/25 | Week | Month | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|
USD | $315.47 | +2.34% | +6.87% | +98.7% |
EUR | €270.42 | +1.93% | +7.61% | +84.59% |
BTC | ₿0.002857 | +7.05% | +11.97% | +22.25% |
Data taken on October 19, 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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