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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-02-17T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 108
title: "Issue 108: February 10-17, 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="#merchant">Non-Profit of the Week</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, PenumbraDEX, <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/srid3a/penumbra_a_truly_uncensorable_havenos_fork/" target="_blank">posted a PGP-signed message</a> announcing Penumbra: A truly uncensorable Haveno's fork. <a href="https://gitlab.com/PenumbraDEX/penumbra" target="_blank">Source code</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>/r/Monero moderator, dEBRUYNE, <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/st40o0/psa_informational_thread_regarding_the_minexmr/" target="_blank">made an informational thread on mineXMR mining pool hashrate situation</a>. Miners are encouraged to join other mining pools. List <a href="https://pools.xmr.wiki/" target="_blank">here</a>. <a href="https://p2pool.io/" target="_blank">P2Pool</a> is a great alternative.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v1.7" target="_blank">P2Pool v1.7 is out</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user, CryptoniteClub, <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/su6rx0/monero_says_no/" target="_blank">shared a short clip</a> that goes over how much information public blockchains can give to curious users vs. what happens if they try to see Monero addresses balances. Monero says 'no'!</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 19, 2022 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Space Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-space" target="_blank">#monero-space</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-space:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 20, 2022 (Sunday) – 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">February 23, 2022 (Wednesday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Farcaster Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-swap" target="_blank">#monero-swap</a> IRC channel; <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-swap:monero.social" target="_blank">Matrix room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 23, 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/287" target="_blank">mj's part time coding 2022 Q2</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/285" target="_blank">j-berman full-time 3 months part 2</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>2561750</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>3.046 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>30.53</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>23,234</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>~0.7 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on Feb 17, 2022</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0217.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>$3,006,804,059</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$180.99</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>02/17/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="02/17/22">$166.05</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-10.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-22.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-25.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="02/17/22">€146.17</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-10.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-22.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-20.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="02/17/22">₿0.00408463</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-19.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-9.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on Feb 17, 2022</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 02/10/22-02/17/22](/img/weekly-chart-0217.png "XMR Price Graph 02/10/22-02/17/22") 

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="merchant">Non-Profit of the Week</h3>

<a href="https://www.torproject.org/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/tor-logo.png" alt="Tor Project Logo" class="merchant-img" id="tor"></a>

<a href="https://www.torproject.org/about/history/" target="_blank">About Tor</a>. We believe everyone should be able to explore the internet with privacy. We are the Tor Project, a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit. We advance human rights and defend your privacy online through free software and open networks.

<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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