Monero

XMR-USD

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Market value
$10.3B
Traded in 24 hours
$80.9M
Coins
18.8M XMR in circulation, and in total
Highest price ever
$797.73 14 January 2026
Rank
#14
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In its own words

“Private, decentralized cryptocurrency that keeps your finances confidential and secure.”

Checked 27 Sep 2026 at getmonero.org (opens in a new tab)

Published, not verified.

Genesis, Monero

First block
xmrchain.net (opens in a new tab)

Block 0. Every later block points back to this one.

Made
18 April 2014, 10:49 UTCxmrchain.net (opens in a new tab)

Block 0 carries no time of its own on this chain; this is block 1's.

Signed by
“thankful_for_today”, an online namegetmonero.org (opens in a new tab)

The project's own words: “The founder, thankful_for_today, proposed some controversial changes that the community disagreed with.” Who that is has not been published by the project.

Monero began with the first
block
of its own chain.
A genesis block. Monero is the native coin of the Monero chain, and it began with that chain's first
block
in April 2014. The project's own words: “Monero was launched in April 2014. It was a fair, pre-announced launch of the CryptoNote reference code.”

getmonero.org (opens in a new tab)

Whitepaper
getmonero.org/library/Zero-to-Monero-2-0-0.pdf
Official site
getmonero.org
Show the technical record
First transaction

Monero hides who a payment goes to by design, so there is no address to show here.

Listed start date
18 April 2014

Checked 22 Sep 2026. A record of beginnings, not advice. This chain keeps balances hidden by design. Why some chains can't be read

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