---
type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-11-03T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 144
title: "Issue 144: October 27 - November 3, 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="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#support">Support</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MyMonero <a href="https://github.com/mymonero/mymonero-mobile/releases/tag/v1.3.9" target="_blank">v1.3.9</a>; MyMonero Desktop <a href="https://github.com/mymonero/mymonero-app-js/releases/tag/v1.3.4" target="_blank">v1.3.4</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet [Beta] <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_0084" target="_blank">v1.5.12</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>COMIT xmr-btc-swap <a href="https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/releases/tag/0.11.1" target="_blank">v0.11.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>mister-rrr announced <a href="https://xmr.directory/" target="_blank">xmr.directory</a> — buy what you need, pay with Monero. <a href="http://crrqkbf5yhx3yz7cf5wa25bw74nuzks5fr6lb76ctmrbgv7jtp2e33ad.onion/" target="_blank">.onion</a> hidden service. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/yflx6i/xmrdirectory_buy_what_you_need_pay_with_monero/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v2.5" target="_blank">v2.5</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>pokkst launched <a href="https://xmrposter.club/main/all" target="_blank">xmrposter.club</a> — Pleroma social media instance for Monero users (non-Monero users are welcome as well.) Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/yedhxc/xmrposterclub_pleroma_social_media_instance_for/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://monero.observer/monero-observer-blitz-october-2022/" target="_blank">Monero Observer Blitz 15</a> - October 2022.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk had a quick chat with Lyn Ulbricht, mother of Ross Ulbricht, during LibertyCon. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=rw81q8NroAI" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/mother-of-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht-who-is-serving-double-life-in-prison" target="_blank">audio</a>. <a href="https://www.change.org/p/clemency-for-ross-ulbricht-condemned-to-die-in-prison-for-an-e-commerce-website" target="_blank">Petition</a>; <a href="https://freeross.org/donate/" target="_blank">Donate</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 5, 2022 (Saturday) – 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">November 9, 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 some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/350" target="_blank">Gupax: GUI for P2Pool+XMRig</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/352" target="_blank">Monero Paper Wallets</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/345" target="_blank">Develop selfhostable monero payment processor</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/plowsof-com-rel.html" target="_blank">CCS Coordinator (3 months)</a> by plowsof.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>29.44 of 69</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2747867</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.720 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>30.13</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>21827</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 3, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-11031.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>$2,717,367,190</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$159.82</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>11/03/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="11/03/22">$149.71</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+5.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-45.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="11/03/22">€153.37</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+6.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-35.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="11/03/22">₿0.00739562</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+2.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+69.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 3, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 10/27/22-11/03/22](/img/weekly-chart-11031.png "XMR Price Graph 10/27/22-11/03/22")

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="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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