revuo-weekly/_posts/2022-01-09-issue-102.md

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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="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2022/01/06/monero-GUI-0.17.3.1-released.html" target="_blank">The new GUI 0.17.3.1 Oxygen Orion Point Release has been released</a>. Remember to <a href="https://web.getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/verification-allos-advanced.html" target="_blank">verify</a> hashes.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monerujo v2.3.1 'Doménikos' is <a href="https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/releases/tag/v2.3.1" target="_blank">out</a>. Read all about CryptSeed™® <a href="https://scribe.rip/-seed-with-offset-passphrase-works-in-monerujo-416ff5198b2e" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake Wallet <a href="https://teddit.net/r/Monero/comments/rz31yf/announcing_monerocom_by_cake_wallet_a_moneroonly/launches" target="_blank">launched</a> a XMR-only wallet for iOS and Android. More details found at <a href="https://monero.com/" target="_blank">monero.com</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>UkoeBH, MRL contributor, seeks discussion around his possible <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/issues/95" target="_blank">solution</a> for the 10-block lock of XMR spends.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://teddit.net/r/Monero/comments/rvd0v7/on_my_last_post_about_atomic_swaps_somebody_asked/" target="_blank">Reddit user thatdudeiknew posted a BTC<->XMR atomic swap video</a>. <a href="https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ZQG50hJTgBA" target="_blank">Peep it</a>!</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://teddit.net/r/Monero/comments/rw5o7p/long_time_user_first_time_tiny_contributor/" target="_blank">Reddit user Spearmint9 shared a script to download and verify latest Monero GUI wallet and checks its hash</a>. Take a <a href="https://github.com/Spearmint9/monero-linux-scripts" target="_blank">look</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monthly Monero newsletter, Monero Moon, published issue 26. Have a <a href="https://scribe.rip/themoneromoon/the-monero-moon-issue-26-37c1c76bafe8" target="_blank">read</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 9, 2022 (Sunday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2022 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 12, 2022 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-research-lab:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 16, 2022 (Sunday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/277" target="_blank">eth-xmr atomic swap CCS proposal</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/276" target="_blank">MoneroKon-2022-CCS</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/273" target="_blank">Educational content for Monero plus kycnot and iseeyourcash maintenance</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/251" target="_blank">Italian Mastering Monero</a>.</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>2,533,028</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>3.260 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>27.99</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>22,427</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>~0.74 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on Jan 08, 2022</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/static/revuo/img/content/hashrate-pool-distribution-0108.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>$3,364,444,768</b><br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$211.57</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>01/08/21</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/08/22">$185.45</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-18.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+29.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/08/22">€163.30</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-18.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+40.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/08/22">₿0.00443422</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-10.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+6.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+22.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on Jan 8, 2022</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 01/02/22-01/08/22](/static/revuo/img/content/weekly-chart-0108.png "XMR Price Graph 01/02/22-01/08/22") 

Sources: <a href="https://melo.tools/explorer/mainnet/" target="_blank">melo.tools</a>; <a href="https://moneroblocks.info/stats/transaction-stats" target="_blank">moneroblocks.info</a>; <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</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 the volunteer opportunities below.</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>

<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>

<p markdown="1">If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, you can send some piconeros to the XMR subaddress below:</p>

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<p><a href="monero:89Esx7ZAoVcD9wiDw57gxgS7m52sFEEbQiFC4qq18YZy3CdcsXvJ67FYdcDFbmYEGK7xerxgmDptd1C2xLstCbgF3RUhSMT" class="qr"><img src="/static/revuo/img/content/donate-monero.jpg"/></a></p>

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