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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-02-10T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 107
title: "Issue 107: February 4-10, 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="#merchant">Non-Profit of the Week</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, Unkn8wn69, posted a practical and simple <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/sljq4z/how_to_run_a_monero_full_node_on_tails_guide/" target="_blank">guide</a> to run a Monero full node on <a href="https://tails.boum.org/" target="_blank">Tails OS</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, Febos, shared great news: <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/sltnyx/happy_20th_millionth_transaction_monero/" target="_blank">Monero reached its 20th millionth transaction</a> February 2. Source: <a href="https://www.monero.how/" target="_blank">monero.how</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/binarybaron-unstoppableswap.html" target="_blank">Unstoppable Swap</a> published their first alpha release of a GUI client to perform XMR<->BTC atomic swaps. Testnet/stagenet BTC and Monero; on-chain/mainnet when it is more polished. Instructions can be found <a href="https://github.com/UnstoppableSwap/unstoppableswap-gui/blob/main/docs/SWAP_TESTNET.md" target="_blank">here</a>. Testers are encouraged to try it out and provide <a href="https://unstoppableswap.aidaform.com/feedback" target="_blank">feedback</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>COMIT network is <a href="https://comit.network/blog/2022/02/07/xmr-btc-looking-for-maintainer/" target="_blank">looking for a maintainer</a> that can take care of their <a href="https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/" target="_blank">XMR<->BTC atomic swap implementation</a> moving forward.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, box1820, <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/smtc0w/pros_and_cons_of_moneros_potential_seraphis/" target="_blank">linked</a> /r/Monero users to a Seraphis question on XMR's <a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/13494/pros-and-cons-of-moneros-potential-seraphis-protocol-upgrade" target="_blank">Stack Exchange</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 13, 2022 (Sunday) – 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; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 13, 2022 (Sunday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2022 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 16, 2022 (Wednesday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Farcaster Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-swap" target="_blank">#monero-swap</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-swap:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 16, 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; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-research-lab:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>

<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/282" target="_blank">Monero Afghanistan Expansion Strategy</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/283" target="_blank">mj part time coding 2022-03</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/285" target="_blank">j-berman full-time 3 months part 2</a>.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/MoneroKon-2022-CCS.html" target="_blank">MoneroKon 2022</a> by midipoet.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>289.55 of 328.00</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/v1docq47-video-creation-and-translations-into-russian-(february-july-2022).html" target="_blank">video creation and translations into Russian (february - july 2022)</a> by v1docq47.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>42 of 62</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>

<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2556606</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>3.029 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>32.00</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>22,744</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>~0.71 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on Feb 10, 2022</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0210.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>$3,317,458,098</b><br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$198.97</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>02/10/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="02/10/22">$183.50</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+26.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+0.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+8.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="02/10/22">€160.02</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+24.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+14.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="02/10/22">₿0.00405917</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-7.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+11.8%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on Feb 10, 2022</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 02/04/22-02/10/22](/img/weekly-chart-0210.png "XMR Price Graph 02/04/22-02/10/22") 

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="merchant">Non-Profit of the Week</h3>

<a href="https://www.eff.org/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/eff-logo.png" alt="Electronic Frontier Foundation Logo" class="merchant-img" id="eff"></a>

<a href="https://www.eff.org/about" target="_blank">The Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. EFF's mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world.

<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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