---
type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-09-01T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 184
title: "Issue 184; August 24 - September 1, 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>MoneroOS — plug-n-play live OS to mine XMR with only minimal configuration — <a href="https://github.com/4rkal/moneroOS/releases/tag/v0.3.5" target="_blank">v0.3.5</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Vanity <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janai/monero-vanity/releases/tag/v0.6.0" target="_blank">v0.6.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monerujo <a href="https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/releases/tag/v3.3.8" target="_blank">v3.3.8</a> with PocketChange <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Monerujo/comments/164tklr/weve_released_an_updated_version_of_monerujo_on/" target="_blank">improvements</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>PiNodeXMR <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/164tise/pinodexmr_adds_atomic_swaps_beta/" target="_blank">v5.23.08</a> adding XMR<->ETH atomic swaps.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.6.1" target="_blank">v3.6.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>UnstoppableSwap GUI <a href="https://github.com/UnstoppableSwap/unstoppableswap-gui/releases/tag/v0.5.1" target="_blank">v0.5.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk chatted with XMR contributor Howard Chu, to talk about the recent Monero ASIC announcement, RandomX and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=T9BFnn2-TDM" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/has-bitmain-created-a-randomx-monero-asic-w-howard-chu-epi280" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 2, 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">September 2, 2023 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2024 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">September 4, 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">September 5, 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">September 6, 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/406" target="_blank">Create Educational Content in Spanish</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>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/boog_2_months_cuprate.html" target="_blank">full time work on Cuprate, the Rust Monero node (2 months)</a> by boog900.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>126.1 of 130</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2964892</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.175 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>27.82</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>22628</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 1, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-09011.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>$2,522,536,349</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$139.34</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>09/01/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/01/23">$139.52</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-13.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-8.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/01/23">€129.46</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-11.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-15.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/01/23">₿0.00544822</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-28.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 1, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 08/24/23-09/01/23](/img/weekly-chart-09011.png "XMR Price Graph 08/24/23-09/01/23")

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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