revuo-weekly/content/weekly/issue-157/_index.md

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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-02-02T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 157
title: "Issue 157: January 26 - February 2, 2023"
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<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
    <li><a href="#events">Upcoming Events</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</a></li>
    <li><a href="#proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</a></li>
    <li><a href="#stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#support">Support</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>rbrunner7's 'Developer Opportunities at the Monero Project' blog post is live on <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2023/02/02/seraphis-jamtis-developer-opportunities.html" target="_blank">getmonero.org</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.0" target="_blank">v3.0</a>. Remember to update to version 3.0 or higher before March 18th at 21:00 UTC as P2Pool (not Monero!) will perform a consensus hardfork.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>XMRig <a href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/tag/v6.19.0" target="_blank">v6.19.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Gupax <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/gupax/releases/tag/v1.1.1" target="_blank">v1.1.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Feather Wallet <a href="https://featherwallet.org/download/" target="_blank">v2.3.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.51" target="_blank">v1.0.51</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://aris.io/" target="_blank">ARIS</a>: a new Monero-first crypto-to-crypto and fiat exchange. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/10rf2bi/launching_arisio/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MobiPrivacyActivist's Monero XMPP MUC changed server and address. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/10hm6hf/community_xmpp_server_change/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine released a privacy masterclass episode with Luke Smith. Video <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=3MLH6Qpb-a4" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk had attorneys Tor Ekeland and Michael Hassard on. They discuss regulatory overreach in crypto, Chainalysis, whether XMR could be banned or not and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=w-mksEL5DRA" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/the-bitcoin-fog-mixer-case-puts-the-blockchain-analytics-ecosystem-on-trial-mike-tor" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 4, 2023 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2023 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 6, 2023 (Monday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#no-wallet-left-behind" target="_blank">#no-wallet-left-behind</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#no-wallet-left-behind:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 8, 2023 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-research-lab:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>

<p>Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/371" target="_blank">Help an independent film featuring Monero get to the Oscars™!</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/358" target="_blank">Bulletproofs++ Peer Review</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/372" target="_blank">selsta part-time monero development (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p>Find more <a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/ideas/" target="_blank">here</a>. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<p>None; all funded for now.</p>

<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>

<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2813395</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.561 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>23.25</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>17901</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 2, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0202.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat" id="price-stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$3,153,461,455</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$175.1</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>02/02/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="02/02/23">$173.88</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+17.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+18.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="02/02/23">€159.38</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+15.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+22.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="02/02/23">₿0.00737253</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-16.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+95.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 2, 2023.</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>

![XMR Price Graph 01/26/22-02/02/22](/img/weekly-chart-0202.png "XMR Price Graph 01/26/22-02/02/22")

Sources: <a href="https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero" target="_blank">miningpoolstats.stream</a>; <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/monero/" target="_blank">bitinfocharts.com</a>; <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/statistics" target="_blank">localmonero.co statistics</a>; <a href="https://localmonero.co/blocks" target="_blank">localmonero.co blocks</a>.

<h3 id="volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</h3>

<p>If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.</p>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Test Monero Core Software</a></p>
    <p>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 <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Getting Started with Helping Monero</a></p>
    <p>If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.php" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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