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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-08-27T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 134
title: "Issue 134; August 18 - 27, 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>LocalMonero and AgoraDesk both released their mobile applications in open beta, for Android and iOS. Find out more <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/wxf6rq/localmoneroagoradesk_mobile_apps_released_into/" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MyMonero Mobile <a href="https://github.com/mymonero/mymonero-mobile/releases/tag/v1.3.2" target="_blank">v1.3.2</a>. Browser-based and desktop wallets upgraded as <a href="https://github.com/mymonero/mymonero-app-js/issues/513#issuecomment-1227235460" target="_blank">well</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>ryitnoise, administrator of <a href="https://monerica.com/" target="_blank">monerica.com</a>, is looking for contributors to build a XMR-centric freelance website project. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/wz502z/monero_freelance_site_project_looking_to/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>monero-bash <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/monero-bash/releases/tag/v1.8.2" target="_blank">v1.8.2</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake Pay and Serai DEX presentation video is <a href="https://piped.mha.fi/watch?v=znMmJTmnQWc" target="_blank">live</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 31, 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 some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/333" target="_blank">[monero-bash] continued development (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/336" target="_blank">The-Monero-Moon-CCS-Proposal-August2022-John-Foss</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/339" target="_blank">Monero archive</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>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/seraphis-library-work.html" target="_blank">Seraphis Library Work</a> by koe.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>82.14 of 122</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2699018</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.758 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>27.17</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>15630</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 27, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0827.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>$2,627,104,136</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$148.51</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>08/27/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="08/27/22">$144.53</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-10.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-51.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="08/27/22">€145.04</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-8.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-42.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="08/27/22">₿0.00722272</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+2.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+15.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 27, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 08/18/22-08/27/22](/img/weekly-chart-0827.png "XMR Price Graph 08/18/22-08/27/22")

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 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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