This Week In Monero #3: 11 Sep 2025 - 18 Sep 2025
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
- The largest block re-organization in Monero’s history occurred on September 14, 2025, with an 18-block re-org. WeebDataHoarder has published a timeline of events. Timeline
- The next MoneroKon Planning meeting has been scheduled for September 20, 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 24, 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 22, 2025 at 1800 UTC. It will take place in the Matrix/IRC-Libera chats, in the #no-wallet-left-behind channel.
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $5.53 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,649,337 XMR |
| Price | $295.56, 6.63% in 7 days |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 20 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,503,612 |
| Block Reward | 0.6000+0.01737 ($183.00) |
| Inflation | 1.03% |
| Hashrate | 5.04 Ghash/s +9.06% in 24 hours |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 3.8% |
Price Chart
Hashrate Distribution
Facts or Guides
Running a Monero node on TrueNAS
Merchants
For lists of merchants and businesses related to Monero, consider Monerica, XMR.directory, and the official website’s ‘merchants’ page.
Notable Projects
View recently-orphaned blocks and alternative chains to the Monero blockchain (re-orgs)
Funding
Ideas:
- Boog900 full time work on Cuprate (3 months)
- Revuo Monero Maintenance (2025 Q4)
- v1docq47 - monero konferenco 2025 voice-over and working on xmr.ru
- Monero Python Maintenance
- hbs EVM Atomic Swaps
- MoneroOS Resurrection
Funding Required:
- selsta part-time monero development (3 months) (18) (85.49 / 87 XMR)
- Development of a Book on a Finality Layer (0.8 / 175 XMR)
Meme of the Week
Study Time
News Segment 09/13/25 (NEWS EPI 231)
Donation and Contact
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