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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-09-01T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 135
title: "Issue 135: August 27 - September 1, 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>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v2.3" target="_blank">v2.3</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>monero-bash <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-bash/releases/tag/v1.8.3" target="_blank">v1.8.3</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroPay <a href="https://gitlab.com/moneropay/moneropay/-/tags/v2.2.0" target="_blank">v2.2.0</a>. <a href="https://moneropay.eu/index.html" target="_blank">Docs</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 7, 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/333" target="_blank">[monero-bash] continued development (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/336" target="_blank">The-Monero-Moon-CCS-Proposal-August2022-John-Foss</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/339" target="_blank">Monero archive</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>

<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>2702663</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.771 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>24.44</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>17592</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 1, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0901.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>$2,777,024,859</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$164.44</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>09/01/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/01/22">$153.40</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-46.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/01/22">€154.20</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-36.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/01/22">₿0.00764001</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+8.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+10.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+25.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 1, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 08/27/22-09/01/22](/img/weekly-chart-0901.png "XMR Price Graph 08/27/22-09/01/22")

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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