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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-04-27T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 168
title: "Issue 168: April 20 - 27, 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>Foundation Devices engineer sets up a Passport fork supporting Monero, creating a slew of bounties. <a href="https://github.com/mjg-foundation/passport2-monero" target="_blank">Repository</a>; <a href="https://nitter.adminforge.de/ShrtCrct6102/status/1649289598776778752" target="_blank">Announcement</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.6.3 and Monero.com v1.3.3 Wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.6.3" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_163" target="_blank">v1.7.3</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Anarkio Crypto released <a href="https://vendo.bitejo.com/" target="_blank">Vendo Digital</a>, where you can buy and sell digital products for Monero. <a href="https://codeberg.org/anarkio/vendo/" target="_blank">Repository</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>lukeprofits released a python package to calculate average XMR/USD price. <a href="https://github.com/lukeprofits/Monero-USD-Price" target="_blank">Repository</a>; Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/12utcev/easy_way_to_get_average_monerousd_price_python/" target="_blank">thread</a>. As well, he is working on a Recurring Subscriptions Wallet. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/12yaupd/announcement_decentralized_monero_recurring/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MAGIC Grants to hold a special election for MAGIC Monero Fund. Blog <a href="https://magicgrants.org/Special-Election-for-MAGIC-Monero-Fund-MajesticBank/" target="_blank">post</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>spirobel published Representing Monero at the Oslo Freedom Forum: A Report from Taipei. Blog <a href="https://monerochan.news/article/12" target="_blank">post</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk recorded a special edition episode for XMR's 9th anniversary where few Monero community members participated. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.video/watch?v=SQWOdH7hEMw" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/monero-s-9th-birthday" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">April 29, 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">April 29, 2023 (Saturday) – 17:00 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">May 3, 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/385" target="_blank">CCS Coordinator</a>.</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>2873631</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.727 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>24.64</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>18665</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 27, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0427.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>$2,857,368,542</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$172.47</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>04/27/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="04/27/23">$157.31</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+3.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-31.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="04/27/23">€142.72</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+1.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-33.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="04/27/23">₿0.00535959</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-11.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on April 27, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 04/20/23-04/27/23](/img/weekly-chart-0427.png "XMR Price Graph 04/20/23-04/27/23")

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>

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