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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-05-25T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 172
title: "Issue 172; May 18 - 25, 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>jeffro256 posted a new vulnerability disclosure <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero/issues/8872" target="_blank">Post-Mortem of 10-Block-Old Decoy Selection Bug 2023</a>. Advice: update all wallets to v0.18.2.2.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Haveno DEX <a href="https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/releases/tag/v0.0.6" target="_blank">v0.0.6</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MySu Wallet <a href="https://mysu.dev/" target="_blank">v0.4.3.2</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Feather Wallet <a href="https://featherwallet.org/download/" target="_blank">v2.4.9</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_174" target="_blank">v1.7.10</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>lukeprofits released <a href="https://github.com/lukeprofits/Monero_Subscriptions_Wallet" target="_blank">Monero Subscriptions Wallet</a>. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/13lnwql/monero_subscriptions_wallet_available_now/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>rbrunner7 published a new XMR sci-fi short story titled <a href="https://rbrunner7.github.io/ring_ct.html" target="_blank">RingCT</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine interviewed Nam Sardar to talk about Monero's purpose considering current global trends. Video <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=KU_xqzb38-A" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 27, 2023 (Saturday) – 15:00 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">May 27, 2023 (Saturday) – 17:00 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">May 29, 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">May 31, 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/387" target="_blank">VostoEmisio Animated Core Concept Videos</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/388" target="_blank">Wallet SDK for Android</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>2893777</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.601 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>31.43</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>22762</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 25, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0525.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>$2,732,196,753</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$163.36</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/25/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/25/23">$150.55</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-26.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/25/23">€140.36</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-2.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-26.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/25/23">₿0.00571530</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-0.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-16.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 25, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 05/18/23-05/25/23](/img/weekly-chart-0525.png "XMR Price Graph 05/18/23-05/25/23")

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://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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