<h4>Exchange aggregator Trocador launches new service called Monero tunnels, to make swaps between two transparent blockchains. Reddit <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/10fcjdr/using_monero_tunnels_for_swaps_between_two/"target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Gazeto Moneroj published Monero begins 2023 as the privacy sovereign blog <ahref="https://moneroj.net/article/Monero-begins-2023-as-the-privacy-sovereign/"target="_blank">post</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Monero Talk interviewed Kurt from GorillaPool, to talk about XMR vs. BSV, transparent and obfuscated blockchains, among other topics. Peep it: <ahref="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=AA9dZEeKu6Q"target="_blank">video</a>; <ahref="https://www.monerotalk.live/bsv-v-monero-which-will-yield-more-liberty-w-gorillapool"target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/355"target="_blank">xmr-btc-swap development and improvement</a>.</p>
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<p>Find more <ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/ideas/"target="_blank">here</a>. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.</p>
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<h3id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
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<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/seraphis-library-work-2.html"target="_blank">Seraphis Library Work 2</a> by koe.</p>
<p>Raised <b>5.61 of 125</b> XMR.</p>
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<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<p>Block height: <b>2803332</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>2.579 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Average txs. per block: <b>22.42</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>16275</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on January 19, 2023.</p>
<h4class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0119.png"alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></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 <ahref="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source"target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
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<pclass="date"><ahref="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 <ahref="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>