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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-07-14T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 128
title: "Issue 128; July 7 - 14, 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 v2.2.1 is now <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v2.2.1" target="_blank">available</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Feather wallet v2.0.0 has been released. <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/FeatherWallet/comments/vuimi4/feather_wallet_200_released/" target="_blank">Changelog</a>. <a href="https://featherwallet.org/download/" target="_blank">Download</a>. Remember to verify <a href="https://featherwallet.org/files/releases/hashes-2.0.0.txt" target="_blank">hashes</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Serai DEX work-in-progress <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/vudljh/announcing_serai_a_new_dex_for_monero_bitcoin_and/" target="_blank">announced</a>. <a href="https://serai.exchange/" target="_blank">Website</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://mymonero.com/" target="_blank">MyMonero</a> Mobile v1.2.8 for iOS and Android. <a href="https://github.com/mymonero/mymonero-mobile/releases/tag/v1.2.8" target="_blank">GitHub</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 20, 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 recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/318" target="_blank">Moneroj.net improvements, articles and maintenance (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/319" target="_blank">jeffro256: part-time dev work 2022Q3</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/323" target="_blank">MoneroSigner. Fork of seedsigner for Monero</a>.</p>
</div>

<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>

<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>21.68 of 36</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/unstoppableswap-gui-2.html" target="_blank">XMR BTC Atomic Swaps Desktop GUI - Continued development for 4 months</a> by binarybaron.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>126 of 232</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2667313</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.484 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>52.52</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>36398</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-0714.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>$2,431,190,324</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$137.61</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>07/14/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="07/14/22">$133.79</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-34.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="07/14/22">€133.47</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+8.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+5.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-22.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="07/14/22">₿0.00645809</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+10.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+3.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 14, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 07/07/22-07/14/22](/img/weekly-chart-0714.png "XMR Price Graph 07/07/22-07/14/22")

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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