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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-10-05T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 188
title: "Issue 188: September 28 - October 5, 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>Monero 0.18.3.1 'Fluorine Fermi' Point Release has been <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero/releases/tag/v0.18.3.1" target="_blank">tagged</a>. Official binaries and blog posts to be released next week. Monero contributor selsta shared a temporary link to get unofficial CLI <a href="https://gui.xmr.pm/files/cli/v0.18.3.1/" target="_blank">binaries</a> in the meantime. As well, you may compile Monero from <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">source</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.7" target="_blank">v3.7</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.9.2 and Monero.com v1.6.2 <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.9.2" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero OS <a href="https://github.com/4rkal/MoneroOS/releases/tag/v0.3.7" target="_blank">v0.3.7</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Unstoppable Swap GUI <a href="https://github.com/UnstoppableSwap/unstoppableswap-gui/releases/tag/v0.5.2" target="_blank">v0.5.2</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Javascript library gets TypeScript support, it's rebranded to Monero-TS <a href="https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-ts/releases/tag/v0.9.2" target="_blank">v0.9.2</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>RINO Wallet makes its Enterprise offerings free of charge. Blog <a href="https://www.rino.io/blog/free-enterprise-wallet" target="_blank">post</a>; <a href="https://nitter.net/RINOwallet/status/1709635115649781812" target="_blank">Announcement</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk chatted with digital ID expert, Ben Biedermann, to discuss the possibility of creating a digital ID system on top of XMR that preserves privacy and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=3frhYKHAnzE" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/decentralized-digital-id-s-built-on-monero-that-preserve-privacy-w-ben-biedermann" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">October 9, 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">October 11, 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/412" target="_blank">Core Monero Concepts</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/409" target="_blank">dangerousfreedom - wallet work</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/411" target="_blank">XMR BTC Atomic Swaps Desktop GUI - Continued development for 6 months</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>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/Lovera-Create-educational-content-Spanish.html" target="_blank">Create Educational Content in Spanish</a> by Lovera.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>6.11 of 10.5</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2989441</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.762 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>31.25</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>23481</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 5, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1005.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>$2,716,478,279</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$160.69</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>10/05/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="10/05/23">$149.68</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+7.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+2.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="10/05/23">€141.91</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+9.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-4.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="10/05/23">₿0.00544513</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+0.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-25.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 5, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 09/28/23-10/05/23](/img/weekly-chart-1005.png "XMR Price Graph 09/28/23-10/05/23")

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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