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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-05-04T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 169
title: "Issue 169: April 27 - May 4, 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>Monero contributor tevador posted a security advisory. New attack from malicious remote nodes; recommends to use your self-hosted node, or a trusted third-party node. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/134jbdt/security_advisory_new_attack_from_malicious/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.6.4 and Monero.com v1.3.4 Wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.6.4" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.1.1" target="_blank">v1.1.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_165" target="_blank">v1.7.4</a>. Stack Duo <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_008" target="_blank">v1.0.5</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.3" target="_blank">v3.3</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://monero.observer/monero-observer-blitz-april-2023/" target="_blank">Monero Observer Blitz #21</a> - April 2023.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine interviewed Seth for Privacy to debunk Monero FUD. Video <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=vW9H6VIONWM" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk had crypto anarchist and Paralelni Polis co-founder, Pavol Luptak on. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=ohOFzquZIeA" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/maximize-your-freedom-living-globally-w-pavol-luptak" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">May 5 (Friday) – May 7 (Sunday), 2023.</p>
    <p>MoneroTopia - Tickets and schedule: <a href="https://monerotopia.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. Join <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=GcJiaPmldhQ" target="_blank">us</a> in Mexico City!</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 6, 2023 (Saturday) – 17:00 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">May 10, 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/385" target="_blank">CCS Coordinator</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/386" target="_blank">selsta part-time monero development (3 months)</a>.</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>2878752</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.605 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>33.50</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>25108</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 4, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0504.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>$2,832,468,014</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$170.92</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/04/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/04/23">$155.98</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-0.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-25.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/04/23">€141.61</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">+0.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-28.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/04/23">₿0.00540387</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-2.1%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 4, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 04/27/23-05/04/23](/img/weekly-chart-0504.png "XMR Price Graph 04/27/23-05/04/23")

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://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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