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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-07-20T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 179
title: "Issue 179; July 13 - 20, 2023"
---

<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>Cake v4.7.0 and Monero.com v1.4.0 Wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.7.0" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Anon Wallet v0.5.1. Downloads: <a href="http://anonero5wmhraxqsvzq2ncgptq6gq45qoto6fnkfwughfl4gbt44swad.onion" target="_blank">.onion</a> site; Telegram <a href="https://t.me/anoneroapks" target="_blank">channel</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Gupax <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janai/gupax/releases/tag/v1.3.1" target="_blank">v1.3.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.1.9" target="_blank">v1.1.9</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero.town user red announced <a href="https://merceneros.com/" target="_blank">Merceneros</a> cooperative. Find out more <a href="https://monero.town/post/122501" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine interviewed Luke Parker to talk about full chain membership proofs, scalability and more. <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=HmB8ilBp2vE" target="_blank">Video</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 22, 2023 (Saturday) – 15:00 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">July 24, 2023 (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">July 25, 2023 (Tuesday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero Policy Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-policy" target="_blank">#monero-policy</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-policy:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 26, 2023 (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/395" target="_blank">recanman monero jobs website proposal</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/396" target="_blank">Glitter Finance Cross-Chain Privacy Infrastructure with Monero</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/398" target="_blank">XMR Business Wallet Development</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>2934103</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.934 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>29.56</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>21112</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 20, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0720.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>$2,965,482,581</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$172.16</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>07/20/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="07/20/23">$163.97</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+15.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+8.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="07/20/23">€147.29</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+12.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">+0.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="07/20/23">₿0.00551655</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-13.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 20, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 07/13/23-07/20/23](/img/weekly-chart-0720.png "XMR Price Graph 07/13/23-07/20/23")

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://github.com/monero-ecosystem/outreach-docs/blob/master/monero-outreach-docs/en/archive/getting_started_en.md" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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