<h4>Unstoppable Swap GUI <ahref="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 <ahref="https://unstoppableswap.net/"target="_blank">unstoppableswap.net</a>. Still in beta, test with small amounts. Reddit <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/105oamh/try_out_the_atomic_swaps_gui_on_mainnet/"target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
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<h4>P2Pool is doing a network upgrade on March 18th, 2023. Reddit <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/MoneroMining/comments/1095730/psa_p2pool_network_upgrade_aka_hardfork_on_march/"target="_blank">thread</a>; <ahref="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/tree/hardfork"target="_blank">Repository</a>.</h4>
<h4>Monero Magazine interviewed Doug Tuman and Luke Smith. Doug's: <ahref="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=0bQAuEAjbnA"target="_blank">video</a>; Luke's: <ahref="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=JvLbiZiBowk"target="_blank">video</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Monero Talk interviewed DoingFedTime, a veteran darknet vendor, to talk about XMR price action, monerun effects, freedom in Monero and more. Peep it: <ahref="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=uxQbAEhbx-k"target="_blank">video</a>; <ahref="https://www.monerotalk.live/veteran-darknet-vendor-doingfedtime"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>
<p>None; all funded for now.</p>
<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<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>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on January 12, 2023.</p>
<h4class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-01121.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>