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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-05-19T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 121
title: "Issue 121; May 12-19, 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>Reddit user, garth_xmr, invited users to help test upcoming Monero v15 release for bugs. If you wish to lend a hand, review the reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/uqznue/help_test_the_upcoming_major_monero_release_for/" target="_blank">thread</a>. Monero Docs testnet <a href="https://monerodocs.org/infrastructure/networks/#testnet" target="_blank">entry</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Shruum v1.1.6 [Alpha] is out. SHA256 hashes, PGP key, signature & .apk download links found at <a href="https://mayumi.one/" target="_blank">mayumi.one</a>. <a href="https://txt.t0.vc/PIBC" target="_blank">Changelog</a>. F-Droid <a href="https://mayumi.one/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=8D4981D23E8C15CEAC658681A7545B95E328759058F9DDA545CE557D643B7935" target="_blank">repository</a>. Source code <a href="https://git.mayumi.one/mayumi/shruum" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monerujo v2.4.2 "Baldaŭ" [Alpha] has been <a href="https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/releases/tag/v2.4.2" target="_blank">released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroPay v2.1.0 is now <a href="https://gitlab.com/moneropay/moneropay/-/tree/v2.1.0" target="_blank">available</a>. Peep the <a href="https://txt.t0.vc/BACD" target="_blank">changelog</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero contributor, gingeropolous, shared an explanatory <a href="https://moneroworld.com/viewtag_cartoon.html" target="_blank">cartoon</a> that explains forthcoming viewtag feature.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>As reported in <a href="https://revuo-xmr.com/issue-116.html" target="_blank">Issue 116</a>, binaryFate was to keep reimbursing himself getmonero.org hosting costs from General Fund. As confirmed by binaryFate himself on <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site/pull/1952#issuecomment-1111334090" target="_blank">GitHub</a> few days ago, MajesticBank has decided to step up to the plate, covering next quarter hosting expenses (May: June; and July 2022).</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Observer's source code is public after <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/uohuns/monero_observer_closed_source/">community pressure</a>. Check out the <a href="https://www.monero.observer/monero-observer-self-hosted-git-server/" target="_blank">details</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Respecting the widespread FLOSS ethos in XMR communities, Revuo Monero has a brand-new <a href="https://revuo-xmr.com/source/">Source Code & Licenses</a> section.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 21, 2022 (Saturday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2022 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-events" target="_blank">#monero-events</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-events:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 25, 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/282" target="_blank">Monero Afghanistan Expansion Strategy</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/310" target="_blank">Patronero - Open Source project for donating by mining</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/311" target="_blank">Monero business kit</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/314" target="_blank">Seraphis Wallet PoC 2 funding proposal</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/317" target="_blank">Research Computing Upgrade</a>.</p>
</div>

<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>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/savandra-videos-for-monero.html" target="_blank">New Animated Videos</a> by savandra.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>6.72 of 45</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/seraphis-wallet-poc-2.html" target="_blank">Seraphis Wallet Proof-of-Concept 2</a> by koe.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>8.95 of 155</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2627004</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.923 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>32.89</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>23208</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>~0.62 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 19, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0519.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>$3,007,398,880</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$181.64</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/19/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/19/22">$165.34</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+19.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-37.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-51.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/19/22">€156.09</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+18.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-36.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-44.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/19/22">₿0.00549962</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+14.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-31.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 19, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 05/12/22-05/19/22](/img/weekly-chart-0519.png "XMR Price Graph 05/12/22-05/19/22") 

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 opport05/19es.</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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