Issue 254: February 27 - April 1, 2026
Table of Contents:
Recent News
Monero v0.18.4.6 ‘Fluorine Fermi’ Point Release binaries have been released. CLI; Monero v0.18.4.7 GUI. Remember to verify hashes; how-to guides at the bottom of each blog post. As well, you may compile Monero from source.
Monfluo Wallet v0.9.5 running Monero v0.18.4.6; implementing address book; and transaction notes, among other bug fixes. Monfluo Oxide might be on the orizon, moving away from wallet2 and using Rust libraries instead. Branch; Experimental builds.
RetoSwap App v1.0.2.1 (Android) running Haveno Reto v1.2.3.1 with a lot of bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements.
P2Pool v4.14.
Tevador published a brief breakdown of different Polyseed variants across the ecosystem, supposedly Cake Wallet is the one that supports most if not all scenarios. Take a peek.
XMR PoS Android application has a new UI redesign pull request fixing old issues. If anyone knows how to build .apk files from sources, testers welcome.
What’s better than RandomX? RandomX v2.0 by tevador. Peek some of the changes in there!
Remember MoneroKon in Prague last year? The whole archive list is up. Playlist on YouTube is now up-to-date and available with all edited videos. Find the list here. YouTube playlist. Thanks to vostoemisio for the upload!
Soul Reaver shared a blog post talking about their experience using Skylight Wallet and why others should look into it. Have a read.
Community Project Highlights: Monero SuperPay for Umbrel; Monero Superbrain. GitHub repository; X thread. kyc.rip: like trocador, with a more 1337 h4xx0r UI/UX (?); xmr.bio: associate a XMR address to your X handle; and stables.rip, because they are truly uncensorable! Shout out to CyberSatoshi.
New month? New Monero Monthly by Ungovernable Misfits with Max and Seth for Privacy. Tune into Monthly-ish… for Monero Monthly 014. Audio; Website. XMRChat.
Monero Talk had a conversation with MoneroTopia 2026 speaker: ex-Paxful and No Ones Ray Youssef, following his arrest after his presentation in Mexico. Sounds interesting, no? Video; Audio.
Upcoming Events
April 4, 2026 (Saturday) - 16:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel; Matrix room.
April 6, 2026 (Monday) - 18:00 UTC
Monero Tech Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.
April 8, 2026 (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.
I2P SAMv3 support by jpk68.
2026 Q2 Proposal by vtnerd.
Find more here. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
Full-time work (3 months) by hinto-janai.
Raised 11.02 of 137.13 XMR (8%)
Full-time development 2026Q1 by jeffro256.
Raised 10.14 of 111 XMR (9%)
Cuprate RPC for wallet support (Rust Monero node). by Boog900.
Raised 2.48 of 108 XMR (2%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 3643042
Hash rate: 5.57 GH/s
Average txs. per block: 34.62
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 27505
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on April 1, 2026.
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
XMR Market Cap: $6,152,145,886.
Street Price: $362.56.
Monero (XMR) Price
| 04/01/26 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $333.20 | -2.26% | -3.16% | +53.38% |
| EUR | €287.05 | -2.44% | -2.24% | +42.78% |
| BTC | ₿0.004845 | +1.23% | -5.55% | +87.83% |
Data taken on April 1, 2026.
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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