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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-01-12T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 154
title: "Issue 154; January 5 - 12, 2023"
---

<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>Monerujo <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.5.6" target="_blank">v3.1.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Feather Wallet <a href="https://featherwallet.org/download/" target="_blank">v2.2.2</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Unstoppable Swap GUI <a href="https://github.com/UnstoppableSwap/unstoppableswap-gui/releases/tag/v0.4.4" target="_blank">v0.4.4</a>. You can now try BTC<->XMR on-chain, mainnet atomic swaps at <a href="https://unstoppableswap.net/" target="_blank">unstoppableswap.net</a>. Still in beta, test with small amounts. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/105oamh/try_out_the_atomic_swaps_gui_on_mainnet/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool is doing a network upgrade on March 18th, 2023. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/MoneroMining/comments/1095730/psa_p2pool_network_upgrade_aka_hardfork_on_march/" target="_blank">thread</a>; <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/tree/hardfork" target="_blank">Repository</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>COMIT xmr-btc-swap ASB <a href="https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/releases/tag/0.12.1" target="_blank">v0.12.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.47" target="_blank">v1.0.47</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine interviewed Doug Tuman and Luke Smith. Doug's: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=0bQAuEAjbnA" target="_blank">video</a>; Luke's: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=JvLbiZiBowk" target="_blank">video</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed DoingFedTime, a veteran darknet vendor, to talk about XMR price action, monerun effects, freedom in Monero and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=uxQbAEhbx-k" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/veteran-darknet-vendor-doingfedtime" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 14, 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">January 14, 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">January 16, 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">January 18, 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/369" target="_blank">koe seraphis library work 2</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/357" target="_blank">CypherPunk Radio</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/355" target="_blank">xmr-btc-swap development and improvement</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>2798344</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.575 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>22.69</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>16762</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 12, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-01121.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>$3,016,655,931</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$174.17</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>01/12/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/12/23">$166.31</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+9.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-16.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/12/23">€153.15</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+7.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-12.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/12/23">₿0.00881622</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+3.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+94.8%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 12, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 01/05/22-01/12/22](/img/weekly-chart-01121.png "XMR Price Graph 01/05/22-01/12/22")

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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