revuo-weekly/content/weekly/issue-160/_index.md

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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-02-23T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 160
title: "Issue 160: February 16 - 23, 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>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.65" target="_blank">v1.0.65</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Konferenco 2023 tickets are now on <a href="https://shop.monerokon.com/monerokon/2023/" target="_blank">sale</a>. The annual XMR-centric conference will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from June 23 through June 25, 2023.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Trocador is offering an insurance on your crypto-to-crypto swaps. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/114j9tb/swap_coins_with_insurance_via_trocador_guarantee/" target="_blank">thread</a>. New i2p <a href="http://lpn5pb34rpsee3ycqtjf3vzngpibxsvzx4a3kdc3rmavgpbpclvq.b32.i2p/en/" target="_blank">eepsite</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine had Howard Chu on, to talk about Monero's mining design. <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=abEek1mnchQ" target="_blank">Video</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Sergei Chernykh, creator of P2Pool. They talk about P2Pool Monero's scalability, impact of botnets on network hashrate and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=Y0C3dQnAFnE" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/creator-of-p2pool-sergei-chernykh-on-keeping-monero-mining-decentralized" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 25, 2023 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 25, 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 27, 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">March 1, 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/375" target="_blank">Computational work for OSPEAD parameterization</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/374" target="_blank">Standalone AcceptXMR</a>.</p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/monero-to-the-oscars.html" target="_blank">Help an independent film featuring Monero get to the Oscars™!</a> by markofdistinction_.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>50.7 of 154 XMR</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2828554</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.611 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>21.21</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>15177</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 23, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0223.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>$2,887,988,369</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$158.66</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>02/23/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="02/23/23">$151.95</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+1.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="02/23/23">€143.27</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-8.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+8.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="02/23/23">₿0.00632487</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-16.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+58.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 16, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 02/16/22-02/23/22](/img/weekly-chart-0223.png "XMR Price Graph 02/16/22-02/23/22")

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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