--- type: weekly layout: weekly_old date: "2023-05-18T00:00:00Z" issuenumber: 171 title: "Issue 171: May 11 - 18, 2023" ---
May 20, 2023 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
MoneroKon 2023 Meeting - #monero-events IRC channel; Matrix room.
May 22, 2023 (Monday) – 18:00 UTC
Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.
May 24, 2023 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.
Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
part-time monero development (3 months) by selsta.
Raised 20.88 of 117 XMR.
CCS Coordinator by plowsof.
Raised 3.13 of 69 XMR.
Block height: 2888859
Hash rate: 2.456 GH/s
Average txs. per block: 33.33
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 23624
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on May 18, 2023.
Monero (XMR) Price
05/18/23 | Week | Month | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|
USD | $151.05 | -1.1% | -7.2% | -4.7% |
EUR | €140.17 | +0.2% | -5.5% | -7.5% |
BTC | ₿0.00561701 | -0.6% | +4.7% | +3.3% |
Data taken on May 18, 2023.
XMR Price Graph
![XMR Price Graph 05/11/23-05/18/23](/img/weekly-chart-05181.png "XMR Price Graph 05/11/23-05/18/23") Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co statistics; localmonero.co blocks.If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.
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 here.
Getting Started with Helping Monero
If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Workgroup.