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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-12-15T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 150
title: "Issue 150: December 8 - 15, 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>Monthly Monero Meet livestream will make a return on December 20 at 1:00 PM CT. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/zh4bao/monero_meets_are_back_every_4_weeks_starting/" target="_blank">thread</a>. YouTube <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/channel/UCVGa7b7SCkNhwmNrL19pVVg" target="_blank">channel</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Anon <a href="https://gitea.com/ANONERO/ANON/releases/tag/v0.3.2" target="_blank">v0.3.2</a> [Alpha-WIP]. Downloads: <a href="anonero5wmhraxqsvzq2ncgptq6gq45qoto6fnkfwughfl4gbt44swad.onion" target="_blank">.onion</a> site; i2p <a href="rprz4pus37f5o5elhv7arzasfr2mf2ospvbkl236vpqjajjlieeq.b32.i2p" target="_blank">eepsite</a>; Telegram <a href="https://t.me/anoneroapks" target="_blank">channel</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MyNero Wallet <a href="https://mynero.net/download/" target="_blank">v0.4.1.1</a>. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/zgzybj/mynero_android_monero_wallet_0411_is_now/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.5.3 and Monero.com v1.2.2 Wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.5.3" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Gupax <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/gupax/releases/tag/v0.9.0" target="_blank">v0.9.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Farcaster Node <a href="https://github.com/farcaster-project/farcaster-node/releases/tag/v0.8.0" target="_blank">v0.8.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.40" target="_blank">v1.0.40</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Monero Standard book pre-sale started on December 10. Physical copies should start shipping by Q1 2023. <a href="https://monerostandard.com/" target="_blank">monerostandard.com</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Dr. Kapil and crypt0guard from Particl and BasicSwapDEX. They go over Particl, BasicSwap DEX, Monero, improving the user experience of decentralized exchanges and more. Check it out: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=1gYNX4ue_O4" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/basicswapdex-trade-monero-safely-and-privately-with-no-kyc-or-exchange-fees" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 17, 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; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 17, 2022 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2023 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 19, 2022 (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">December 21, 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; 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/355" target="_blank">xmr-btc-swap development and improvement</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/358" target="_blank">Bulletproofs++ Peer Review</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/366" target="_blank">Create Educational Content in Spanish</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/monerokon-2023-ccs-1.html" target="_blank">MoneroKon 2023 CCS-1</a> by ajs-xmr.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>207.39 of 553.67</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2772978</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.363 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>34.12</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>20536</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 15, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1215.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>$2,683,216,569</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$162.01</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>12/15/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="12/15/22">$147.82</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+13.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-20.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="12/15/22">€139.06</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+10.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-16.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="12/15/22">₿0.00848619</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+119.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 15, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 12/08/22-12/15/22](/img/weekly-chart-1215.png "XMR Price Graph 12/08/22-12/15/22")

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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