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Table of Contents:

Recent News

{{% newsbyte %}} Cuprate v0.0.1. Cuprate is an alternative and independent Monero node implementation that is focused on being fast, user-friendly, and backwards compatible with monerod. User book. Reddit thread. {{% /newsbyte %}}

{{% newsbyte %}} MAGIC Grants made Monero, Arti and I2P available for TrueNAS Scale. Blog post. Reddit thread. {{% /newsbyte %}}

{{% newsbyte %}} Monero core team member ArticMine was on The Crypto Show with Duke Leto to talk about recent Rucknium's findings with OSPEAD, dissect whether it is a privacy disaster or FUD. Peep it: video. Duke's blog post with some comments and recommendations. {{% /newsbyte %}}

{{% newsbyte %}} Monero Talk chatted with Sean Bradford to talk about privacy-focused marketing initiatives; Christiniaty; Monero; and much more. Peep it: Video; Audio. {{% /newsbyte %}}

Upcoming Events

{{% event "March 17, 2025 (Monday) - 18:00 UTC" %}} Monero Tech Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}

{{% event "March 18, 2025 (Tuesday) - 18:00 UTC" %}} Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - #cuprate IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}

{{% event "March 19, 2025 (Wednesday) - 18:00 UTC" %}} Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}

{{% event "March 22, 2025 (Saturday) - 17:00 UTC" %}} MoneroKon 5 Meeting - #monerokon IRC channel; Matrix room. {{% /event %}}

CCS Proposal Ideas

Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.

{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/560" author="plowsof" %}} CCS Coordinator {{% /ccs_item %}}

{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/557" author="acx" %}} Monfluo maintenance and further development (3 months) {{% /ccs_item %}}

{{% ccs_item link="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/555" author="spirobel" last=1 %}} Monero Browser Wallet {{% /ccs_item %}}

CCS Proposals Need Funding

{{% ccs_item link="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/v1docq47-monerotopia-2024-voiceovers-and-working-on-xmr.ru.html" author="v1docq47" goal=45.6 raised=27.25 %}} monerotopia 2024 voiceovers and working on xmr.ru {{% /ccs_item %}}

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

{{< bc_stats height="3369418" hashrate="4.29 GH/s" txs_per_block="38.92" avg_txs_per_day="25086" block_reward="0.6"

date="March 16, 2025"

}}

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

{{< price_performance market_cap="3,903,124,449" street_price="242.22"

table_date="03/16/25"
price_usd="211.59,+2.24,-7.69,+51.12"
price_eur="194.43,+1.98,-10.96,+51.23"
price_btc="0.002543,+0.31,+8.53,+20.17"

date="March 16, 2025"

}}

XMR Price Graph

XMR Price Graph

Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co blocks; haveno.markets.

{{< volunteer >}} {{% volunteer_item title="Test Monero Core Software" link="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" %}} 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. {{% /volunteer_item %}} {{< /volunteer >}}

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