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title: Issue 183: August 10 - 24, 2023
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: August 10 - 24, 2023</p>
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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/v1.1.12" target="_blank">v1.1.12</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Haveno DEX <a href="https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/releases/tag/v0.0.10" target="_blank">v0.0.10</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_187" target="_blank">v1.7.19</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake Pay Web is back in an invitation-only fashion for the time being. <a href="https://monero.town/post/313268" target="_blank">Announcement</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero community member notmtth created an XMPP MUC for Revuo readers to hang out, share news, comment on recent issues. Join us at <a href="xmpp:revuo@chat.monerobros.club?join
" target="_blank">revuo@chat.monerobros.club</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk had Michael Fitzergald on, author of The Monero Standard, to talk about why XMR is the solution. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=rYZwMs3cYL4" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/the-monero-standard-why-monero-is-the-solution-w-stoic-xmr-279" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 28, 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">August 29, 2023 (Tuesday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero Policy Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-policy" target="_blank">#monero-policy</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-policy:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 30, 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/405" target="_blank">Boog900 full time work on Cuprate, the Rust Monero node (2 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/402" target="_blank">recanman to take over Monero integrations pt. 3</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/403" target="_blank">Add retroactive funding proposal for FCMPs</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>2958974</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.046 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>25.90</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>19543</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 24, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0824.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>$2,501,977,954</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$145.84</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>08/24/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="08/24/23">$138.17</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-8.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-14.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-9.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="08/24/23">€127.49</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-8.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-13.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-16.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="08/24/23">₿0.00530168</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-25.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 24, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 08/10/23-08/24/23](/img/weekly-chart-0824.png "XMR Price Graph 08/10/23-08/24/23")

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://web.archive.org/web/20200805013127/https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.html" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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