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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-11-17T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 146
title: "Issue 146; November 10 - 17, 2022"
---

<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>Cake v4.5.1 and Monero.com v1.2.1 wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.5.1" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>sech1 launched a new XMR block explorer. Find it at <a href="https://p2pool.io/explorer/" target="_blank">p2pool.io/explorer</a>. <a href="https://xmrchain.net/" target="_blank">xmrchain.net</a> is fully operational after a few days of downtime. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/yu95nh/in_light_of_xmrchainnet_being_down_for_a_while/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>spirobel interviewed silverpill. Find out more about Monero tips on Fediverse thanks to Mitra <a href="https://monerochan.news/article/11#heading" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Anon <a href="https://gitea.com/ANONERO/ANON/releases/tag/v0.3.1" target="_blank">v0.3.1</a> [Alpha-WIP]. Downloads: <a href="anonero5wmhraxqsvzq2ncgptq6gq45qoto6fnkfwughfl4gbt44swad.onion" target="_blank">.onion</a> site; <a href="rprz4pus37f5o5elhv7arzasfr2mf2ospvbkl236vpqjajjlieeq.b32.i2p" target="_blank">eepsite</a>; Telegram <a href="https://t.me/anoneroapks" target="_blank">channel</a>.</h4>
</div>
    
<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.37" target="_blank">v1.0.37</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 19, 2022 (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">November 21, 2022 (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">November 23, 2022 (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/355" target="_blank">xmr-btc-swap development and improvement</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/358" target="_blank">Bulletproofs++ Peer Review</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/357" target="_blank">CypherPunk Radio</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>2757966</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.511 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>24.67</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>18986</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 17, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1117.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>$2,403,733,618</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$133.55</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>11/17/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="11/17/22">$132.35</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+11.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-7.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-45.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="11/17/22">€127.64</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+7.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-12.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-40.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="11/17/22">₿0.00792771</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+7.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+97.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 17, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 11/10/22-11/17/22](/img/weekly-chart-1117.png "XMR Price Graph 11/10/22-11/17/22")

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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