Issue 166

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+title: Issue 166: March 31 - April 13, 2023
+image: /img/img-issue166.png
+issuenumber: 166
+---
+[<img src="/img/img-issue166.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #166 Slide" class="img-lead">]({% post_url 2023-04-13-issue-166 %}.html)
+
+<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: March 31 - April 13, 2023</p>
+<!--more-->
+
+<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>Monero 0.18.2.2 'Fluorine Fermi' Point Release binaries are available. <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2023/04/04/monero-0.18.2.2-released.html" target="_blank">CLI</a>; <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2023/04/04/monero-GUI-0.18.2.2-released.html" target="_blank">GUI</a>. Remember to verify hashes, how-to guides at the bottom of each blog post. As well, you may compile Monero from <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">source</a> if you wish.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_152" target="_blank">v1.6.9</a>. Stack Duo <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_007" target="_blank">v1.0.4</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.71" target="_blank">v1.0.71</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>XMRig <a href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/tag/v6.19.2" target="_blank">v6.19.2</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Feather Wallet <a href="https://featherwallet.org/download/" target="_blank">v2.4.5</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Monero Vanity [GUI] <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janai/monero-vanity/releases/tag/v0.5.0" target="_blank">v0.5.0</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4><a href="https://monero.observer/monero-observer-blitz-march-2023/" target="_blank">Monero Observer Blitz #20</a> - March 2023.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Monero developer JTGrassie and Yale law school cybersecurity professor, Sean O'Brien. JTGrassie's <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=FRlXwQ3qrSE" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/coming-to-consensus-on-how-best-to-preserve-monero-s-fungibility-w-jtgrassie" target="_blank">audio</a>. Sean O'Brien's <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=ZkQjq53e54Q" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/sean-o-brien-on-monero-panquake-a-surveillance-capitalism-resistant-twitter" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 15, 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">April 15, 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">April 17, 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">April 19, 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/384" target="_blank">koe seraphis ongoing support</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/381" target="_blank">Maintaining flatpak package org.getmonero.Monero</a>.</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/377" target="_blank">dangerousfreedom - wallet development 2</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>2863660</b></p>
+    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.556 GH/s</b></p>
+    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>24.24</b></p>
+    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>18743</b></p>
+    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
+</div>
+<p class="note">Data taken on April 13, 2023.</p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
+<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0413.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>$2,940,842,402</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$168.23</b>.</div>
+
+<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
+<table class="price-table">
+  <tr class="row1">
+    <th></th>
+    <th>04/13/23</th>
+    <th>Week</th>
+    <th>Month</th>
+    <th>Year</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
+    <td data-th="04/13/23">$162.05</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.5%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+6.1%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-30.6%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr class="row3">
+    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
+    <td data-th="04/13/23">€146.70</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+3.0%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-32.0%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
+    <td data-th="04/13/23">₿0.00534426</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.6%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15.5%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-8.1%</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p class="note">Data taken on April 13, 2023.</p>
+
+<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>
+
+![XMR Price Graph 03/31/23-04/13/23](/img/weekly-chart-0413.png "XMR Price Graph 03/31/23-04/13/23")
+
+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>
+
+<h3 id="support">Support</h3>
+
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