This Week In Monero #2: 28 Aug 2025 - 11 Sep 2025
Welcome to the second issue of This Week In Monero! Your new weekly update on everything Monero, brought to you by Cyphergoat.com and written by the author of the Monero Standard.
This issue will cover two weeks, as no issue was released last week.
Table of Contents
- Recent News
- Price and Blockchain Statistics
- Facts or Guides
- Merchants
- Notable Projects
- Funding
- Meme of the Week
- Study Time
- Donation and Contact
Recent News
- Version v0.8.38 of monero-java has been released by woodser. It includes various fixes. Release
- Version v0.1.5 of Monero Named Pipes has been released by d4ndox. It includes new features and bug fixes. Release
- Version v4.10 of P2Pool has been released by SChernykh. It includes a significant reduction in Monero block propagation time, and a bug fix. Release
- Version v0.0.6 of Cuprate has been released by Boog900. It includes new features. Release
- Kraken had a withdrawal delay for Monero that lasted for a few days, starting from September 8, 2025. Announcement
- A meetup organized by OrangeFren.com in Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, will take place on September 13, 2025. Event
- A meetup organized by WebWipe in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, will take place on September 20, 2025. Event
- A meetup in San Diego, California, USA, will take place on September 14, 2025. Event
- The next MoneroKon Planning meeting has been scheduled for September 13, 2025 at 1600 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monerokon channel.
- The next Monero Research Lab meeting has been scheduled for September 17, 2025 at 1700 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #monero-research-lab channel.
- The next Monero Tech meeting has been scheduled for September 15, 2025 at 1800 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #no-wallet-left-behind channel.
- The next Cuprate meeting has been scheduled for September 16, 2025 at 1800 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #cuprate channel.
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $5.08 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,646,071 XMR |
| Price | $273.05, 1.95% in 7 days |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,498,167 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.01621 ($167.96) |
| Inflation | 0.92% |
| Hashrate | 4.51 Ghash/s +10.49% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 4.3% |
Price Chart
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
How to get Monero using the coinswap directory OrangeFren
Merchants
For lists of merchants and businesses related to Monero, consider Monerica, XMR.directory, and the official website’s ‘merchants’ page.
Notable Projects
Funding
Ideas:
- Boog900 full time work on Cuprate (3 months)
- Revuo Monero Maintenance (2025 Q4)
- selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (18)
- v1docq47 - monero konferenco 2025 voice-over and working on xmr.ru
- kayabaNerve Finality Layer Book
- Monero Python Maintenance
- hbs EVM Atomic Swaps
- MoneroOS Resurrection
Funding Required:
- jeffro256 full-time development 2025Q3 (65.07 / 123 XMR)
- j-berman full-time development (4 months) (65.44 / 344 XMR)
- hinto-janai full-time work (3 months) (61.25 / 163.5 XMR)
Meme of the Week
Study Time
MoneroTopia Price Report, News of the week & MUCH More! | EPI 230
Donation and Contact
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