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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-05-18T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 171
title: "Issue 171; May 11 - 18, 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>Gupax <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janai/gupax/releases/tag/v1.2.2" target="_blank">v1.2.2</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.6.5 and Monero.com v1.3.6 Wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.6.5" target="_blank">released</a>. Cake arrives on Linux blog <a href="https://cakelabs.com/news/cake-wallet-arrives-on-linux/" target="_blank">post</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_172" target="_blank">v1.7.8</a>. Stack Duo <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_duo/releases/tag/build_010" target="_blank">v1.0.6</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://whalex.app/" target="_blank">whaleX.app</a>, an open source cryptocurrency exchange mobile application powered by Trocador. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/13j418r/announcement_whalex_an_open_source_cryptocurrency/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Magazine had Juraj Bednar on to talk about business use cases and adoption. Video <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=TJ7PlVM1yZc" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 20, 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 22, 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">May 24, 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/388" target="_blank">Wallet SDK for Android</a>.</p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/selsta-9.html" target="_blank">part-time monero development (3 months)</a> by selsta.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>20.88 of 117</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/plowsof-ccs-coordinator-2.html" target="_blank">CCS Coordinator</a> by plowsof.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>3.13 of 69</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2888859</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.456 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>33.33</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>23624</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 18, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-05181.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>$2,743,409,619</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$161.98</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/18/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/18/23">$151.05</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-7.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-4.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/18/23">€140.17</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-5.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-7.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/18/23">₿0.00561701</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+4.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+3.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 18, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 05/11/23-05/18/23](/img/weekly-chart-05181.png "XMR Price Graph 05/11/23-05/18/23")

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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