• By XMRadar
P2Pool v4.16 Fixes Consensus Vulnerability, XMR Hit $438 — TWIM #35

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
- P2Pool v4.16 was released with a critical consensus vulnerability fix; all users are strongly urged to update immediately. Release
- A wallet with no prior history received $120M in USDT, routed it through exchanges and instant swaps into Monero (moving the price 27% to a high of $438), and had $72M subsequently frozen by Tether. Monero Wire
- xmr-pay, a free open-source serverless and non-custodial Monero payment gateway requiring no backend infrastructure, was released for community testing. r/Monero
- Cypher eSIM added Monero support to its no-KYC eSIM service, with XMR now accepted on both web checkout and mobile. r/Monero
Price and Blockchain Statistics
| Statistics | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Capitalization | $5.80 billion |
| Total Supply | 18,782,949 XMR |
| Price | $308.78, -12.50% in 7 days |
| Suggested Transaction Fee | 19 piconero per byte |
| Block Height | 3,699,880 |
| Block Reward | 0.6128 ($189.23) |
| Inflation | 0.86% |
| Hashrate | 5.54 Ghash/s |
| Transaction Ratio to Bitcoin | 3.5 |
Technical Analysis
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14) | 36.0 | Neutral |
| MACD | Bearish | Caution |
| 20-EMA vs 50-EMA | 330.70 vs 341.65 | Downtrend |
| Bollinger Bands | Price Near lower band | Caution |

Chart Pattern
No clear pattern detected.
Support around 314.18; next resistance near 354.20.
Outlook
Momentum: bearish. Short-term trend: downtrend. As long as XMR stays above 314.18, setup favors bulls. A close below 307.90 would weaken the setup.
Hashrate Distribution

Facts or Guides
CypherToshi - Interactive “How Monero Works” page running real Monero cryptography in-browser
Merchants
For lists of merchants and businesses related to Monero, consider Monerica, XMR.directory, and the official website’s ‘merchants’ page.
Notable Projects
nullsink - no-account LLM API proxy (Claude/GPT) funded with Monero, no email or card required
Funding
Ideas:
- koe dev 1
- Cuprate Consensus-Rule Differential Fuzzing
- ANONERO Continued Development (1 year)
- ProbeLab P2P Network Metrics Proposal
Funding Required:
- SyntheticBird Cuprate Address Book, Reproducible Build and Supply Chain Security (3 months)
- j-berman full-time development (4 months)
- CCS Frontend Redesign
Meme of the Week

Study Time
Monero’s influence on the privacy industry w/ John Woods | Monero Talk EPI 387
Swap XMR
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