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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-03-11T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 162
title: "Issue 162: March 4 - 11, 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>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.66" target="_blank">v1.0.66</a>.</h4>
</div>
    
<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.6.0 and Monero.com v1.3.0 Wallets <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.6.0" target="_blank">released</a>, integrating Trocador and adding Tor-only mode.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MyNero Wallet rebrands to MySu with release <a href="https://mynero.net/download/" target="_blank">v0.4.2.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Research Lab contributor, Rucknium, published a blog post explaining why Monero transactions are now 60 seconds <a href="https://rucknium.me/posts/monero-transactions-60-seconds-faster/" target="_blank">faster</a>. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/11nu4aj/monero_transaction_confirmations_are_now_60/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>If you are mining XMR with P2Pool, remember to upgrade <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/MoneroMining/comments/11f1kjn/reminder_p2pool_network_upgrade_aka_hardfork_on/" target="_blank">P2Pool</a> before March 18th, 2023.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">March 11, 2023 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">March 11, 2023 (Saturday) – 18:00 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">March 13, 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">March 15, 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/375" target="_blank">Computational work for OSPEAD parameterization</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/378" target="_blank">Monero Observer maintenance (Spring 2023)</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/377" target="_blank">dangerousfreedom - wallet development 2</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>

<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>2839834</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.956 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>22.20</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>13958</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 11, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0311.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>$2,529,366,956</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$147.6</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>03/11/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="03/11/23">$139.20</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-22.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="03/11/23">€130.75</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-19.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="03/11/23">₿0.00691604</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+52.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 11, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 03/04/22-03/11/22](/img/weekly-chart-0311.png "XMR Price Graph 03/04/22-03/11/22")

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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