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title: Issue 159: February 9 - 16, 2023
image: /img/img-issue159.png
issuenumber: 159
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[<img src="/img/img-issue159.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #159 Slide" class="img-lead">]({% post_url 2023-02-16-issue-159 %}.html)
<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: February 9 - 16, 2023</p>
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<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>Feather Wallet <a href="https://featherwallet.org/download/" target="_blank">v2.4.1</a> with i2p support and a slew of bug fixes, improvements. <a href="https://featherwallet.org/changelog/" target="_blank">Changelog</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_125" target="_blank">v1.5.38</a> with Majestic Bank support for swaps.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>LocalMonero/AgoraDesk <a href="https://github.com/AgoraDesk-LocalMonero/agoradesk-app-foss/releases/tag/v1.0.63" target="_blank">v1.0.63</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Trocador announced a partnership with LocalMonero: you can buy XMR without a LocalMonero account. Reddit <a href="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/10yqjk3/now_you_can_buy_monero_with_eth_ltc_and_btc_on/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Monero Magazine had Vik Sharma on, to talk about how to build a crypto business. <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=ySeOTQdoLFw" target="_blank">Video</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Douglas Tuman made the bull case for Monero on the Just Crypto show. <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=S6IGIZWf9FU" target="_blank">Video</a>.</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Monero Talk interviewed Eric Voskuil. They talked about Monero vs. Bitcoin, ASICs vs. CPUs for mining, how XMR solves some concerns with BTC and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=jSJOPfYyfiA" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/is-bitcoin-private-enough-for-people-to-resist-the-state-eric-voskuli" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>
<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">February 18, 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">February 20, 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">February 22, 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/376" target="_blank">Continued Feather Wallet development (3 months)</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/374" target="_blank">Standalone AcceptXMR</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>2823394</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>2.496 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Average txs. per block: <b>21.34</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>16814</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 16, 2023.</p>
<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0216.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>$2,887,988,369</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$169.17</b>.</div>
<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
<tr class="row1">
<th></th>
<th>02/16/23</th>
<th>Week</th>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Year</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<td data-th="02/16/23">$159.19</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.9%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="red">-5.1%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="red">-12.8%</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row3">
<td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<td data-th="02/16/23">€149.16</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.5%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="red">-3.7%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="red">-7.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<td data-th="02/16/23">₿0.00648636</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="red">-10.1%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="red">-18.1%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="green">+58.4%</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 16, 2023.</p>
<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>
![XMR Price Graph 02/09/22-02/16/22](/img/weekly-chart-0216.png "XMR Price Graph 02/09/22-02/16/22")
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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