--- type: weekly layout: weekly_old date: "2023-03-16T00:00:00Z" issuenumber: 163 title: "Issue 163: March 11 - 16, 2023" ---
March 18, 2023 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC
MoneroKon 2023 Meeting - #monero-events IRC channel; Matrix room.
March 20, 2023 (Monday) – 18:00 UTC
Seraphis Wallet Workgroup Meeting - #no-wallet-left-behind IRC channel; Matrix room.
March 22, 2023 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.
Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
Monero Observer maintenance (Spring 2023) by escapethe3RA.
Raised 10.09 of 39 XMR.
Standalone AcceptXMR by busyboredom.
Raised 0.26 of 14 XMR.
Block height: 2843550
Hash rate: 2.663 GH/s
Average txs. per block: 23.39
Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 17164
Block reward: 0.6 XMR
Data taken on March 16, 2023.
Monero (XMR) Price
03/16/23 | Week | Month | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|
USD | $149.18 | +3.6% | -4.5% | -18.6% |
EUR | €140.54 | +3.0% | -3.4% | -15.9% |
BTC | ₿0.00594462 | -10.3% | -17.0% | +27.6% |
Data taken on March 16, 2023.
XMR Price Graph
![XMR Price Graph 03/11/22-03/16/22](/img/weekly-chart-0316.png "XMR Price Graph 03/11/22-03/16/22") Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co statistics; localmonero.co blocks.If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.
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 here.
Getting Started with Helping Monero
If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Workgroup.