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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-06-01T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 173
title: "Issue 173: May 25 - June 1, 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 v4.6.6 and Monero.com v1.3.7 Wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.6.6" target="_blank">released</a> with 2FA and Linux beta build.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monerujo <a href="https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/releases/tag/v3.2.0" target="_blank">v3.2.0</a> upgrading Monero Core to v0.18.2.2.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_176" target="_blank">v1.7.11</a>. Stack Duo <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_012" target="_blank">v1.0.7</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.1.5" target="_blank">v1.1.5</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Anon v0.4.1 [Alpha-WIP]. Downloads: <a href="anonero5wmhraxqsvzq2ncgptq6gq45qoto6fnkfwughfl4gbt44swad.onion" target="_blank">.onion</a> site; i2p <a href="rprz4pus37f5o5elhv7arzasfr2mf2ospvbkl236vpqjajjlieeq.b32.i2p" target="_blank">eepsite</a>; Telegram <a href="https://t.me/anoneroapks" target="_blank">channel</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.4" target="_blank">v3.4</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Binance to delist XMR, among other 'privacy coins' in France, Italy, Spain and Poland due to local <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/binance-to-delist-privacy-tokens-in-france-italy-spain-and-poland/amp" target="_blank">regulatory requirements</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine interviewed Mano Crypto to talk about private and sovereign money. Video <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=uZy9UHvuZyE" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 5, 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">June 7, 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/387" target="_blank">VostoEmisio Animated Core Concept Videos</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/390" target="_blank">jeffro256 full-time dev 2023Q3</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/388" target="_blank">Wallet SDK for Android</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>2898795</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.577 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>30.04</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>22872</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 1, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0601.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>$2,688,308,683</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$156.67</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>06/01/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="06/01/23">$148.36</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-3.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-24.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="06/01/23">€137.91</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-25.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="06/01/23">₿0.00550337</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+1.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-15.1%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 1, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 05/25/23-06/01/23](/img/weekly-chart-0601.png "XMR Price Graph 05/25/23-06/01/23")

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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