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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-01-16T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 103
title: "Issue 103: January 9-16, 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="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v1.5" target="_blank">P2Pool v1.5 has been released</a>. What is P2Pool? Let's <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/blob/master/README.md" target="_blank">find out</a>. More questions? Skim through some <a href="https://p2pool.io/#faq" target="_blank">FAQs</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Translation coordinator, netrik182, announced on <a href="https://teddit.net/r/Monero/comments/s1a0ok/" target="_blank">reddit</a> that <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/" target="_blank">Moneropedia</a> terms can now be <a href="https://translate.getmonero.org/projects/getmonero-moneropedia/" target="_blank">translated to other languages</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>El Monero, Spanish XMR podcast, published episode 19 with Federico Zabatta. Check it out <a href="https://yewtu.be/watch?v=dKV6ahaMWW8" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 16, 2022 (Sunday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2022 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 19, 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>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 22, 2022 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Space Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-space" target="_blank">#monero-space</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-space:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>

<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/277" target="_blank">eth-xmr atomic swap CCS proposal</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/273" target="_blank">Draft: Educational content for Monero plus kycnot and iseeyourcash maintenance</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/279" target="_blank">selsta part-time monero development (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/280" target="_blank">v1docq47 - video creation and translations into russian (february - july 2022)</a>.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/MoneroKon-2022-CCS.html" target="_blank">MoneroKon 2022</a> by midipoet.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>5.65 of 328.00</b> XMR</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2,538,094</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>3.191 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>30.83</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>22,354</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>~0.73 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on Jan 15, 2022</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0116.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>$3,935,535,931</b><br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$235.4</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>01/15/21</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/15/22">$217.87</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+17.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+16.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+38.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/15/22">€190.86</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+17.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+15.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+46.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/15/22">₿0.00504794</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+14%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+28.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+18.1%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on Jan 15, 2022</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 01/09/22-01/15/22](/img/weekly-chart-0116.png "XMR Price Graph 01/09/22-01/15/22") 

Sources: <a href="https://melo.tools/explorer/mainnet/" target="_blank">melo.tools</a>; <a href="https://moneroblocks.info/stats/transaction-stats" target="_blank">moneroblocks.info</a>; <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</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>

<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>

<p markdown="1">If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, you can send some piconeros to this XMR subaddress:</p>

<p class="address" markdown="1">89Esx7ZAoVcD9wiDw57gxgS7m52sFEEbQiFC4qq18YZy3CdcsXvJ67FYdcDFbmYEGK7xerxgmDptd1C2xLstCbgF3RUhSMT</p>

<p><center><a href="monero:89Esx7ZAoVcD9wiDw57gxgS7m52sFEEbQiFC4qq18YZy3CdcsXvJ67FYdcDFbmYEGK7xerxgmDptd1C2xLstCbgF3RUhSMT" class="qr"><img src="/img/donate-monero.jpg" style="max-width: 200px;"/></a></center></p>

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