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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-07-21T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 129
title: "Issue 129: July 14 - 21, 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>Monero v0.18.0.0 'Fluorine Fermi' CLI & GUI binaries are now available. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/w3leuc/cli_gui_v01800_fluorine_fermi_released_scheduled/" target="_blank">thread</a>. If you wish, you can compile Monero CLI from <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">source</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>XMR prints a new all-time-high: 46,933 transactions <a href="https://revuo-xmr.com/img/xmr-linear-ath-220719.jpeg" target="_blank">confirmed</a> on a single day.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MyMonero Mobile v1.2.9 <a href="https://github.com/mymonero/mymonero-mobile/releases/tag/v1.2.9" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake Wallet v4.4.3 and Monero.com v1.0.7. <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/w2xt6q/updates_cake_wallet_443_and_monerocom_107_more/" target="_blank">Release notes & Downloads</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>CryptoMorpheus_ launches 10 new Monero charts on <a href="https://moneroj.net/sfmodel/" target="_blank">moneroj.net</a>. Blog <a href="https://moneroj.net/article/New-charts-released,-and-why-we-gave-up-the-CCS-Proposal/" target="_blank">post</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 27, 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/330" target="_blank">j-berman full-time part 3</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/331" target="_blank">ETH-XMR Atomic Swap continued development for 4 months</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/332" target="_blank">Continued Feather Wallet development (3 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/escapethe3ra-monero-observer-maintenance-summer-2022.html" target="_blank">escapethe3RA Monero Observer maintenance (Summer 2022)</a> by escapethe3RA.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>35.44 of 36</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2672311</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.573 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>48.22</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>32980</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 14, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0721.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>$2,710,999,827</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$156.29</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>07/21/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="07/21/22">$149.54</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+20.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+18.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-18.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="07/21/22">€146.79</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+18.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+31.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-6.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="07/21/22">₿0.00652608</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+14.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+5.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 14, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 07/14/22-07/21/22](/img/weekly-chart-0721.png "XMR Price Graph 07/14/22-07/21/22")

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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