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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-09-14T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 186
title: "Issue 186; September 7 - 14, 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>Cake v4.9.0 and Monero.com v1.6.0 <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.9.0" target="_blank">released</a> with coin control and auto generate subaddress.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Anon/Nero Wallet v0.7. Downloads: <a href="http://anonero5wmhraxqsvzq2ncgptq6gq45qoto6fnkfwughfl4gbt44swad.onion" target="_blank">.onion</a> site; Telegram <a href="https://t.me/anoneroapks" target="_blank">channel</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Minko-inspired betting game <a href="https://monero.vegas/" target="_blank">Monero Vegas</a> launched in beta. Reddit <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/16fxg35/monero_vegas_launches_its_first_game_plinko_help/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Community-run Revuo XMPP MUC's (group chat) address changed to <a href="xmpp:revuo@conference.monerobros.club?join" target="_blank">revuo@conference.monerobros.club</a>. Come join us!</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk had a conversation with cryptography researcher, Alan Szepieniec, to talk about the future of blockchain privacy vs. surveillance coins, compliance and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=1UUxX6nAKmU" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/why-a-true-privacy-tool-can-t-be-built-to-comply-with-the-state-w-alan-szepieniec" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 16, 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 16, 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 18, 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 20, 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/408" target="_blank">Selfhosted tor gitea instance of monero source</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>2974112</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.253 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>27.43</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>20473</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 14, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-09141.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>$2,647,508,447</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$154.93</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>09/14/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/14/23">$145.87</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-7.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-2.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/14/23">€136.83</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-8.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/14/23">₿0.00546726</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+2.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-25.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 14, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 09/07/23-09/14/23](/img/weekly-chart-09141.png "XMR Price Graph 09/07/23-09/14/23")

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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