<h4>rbrunner7's 'Developer Opportunities at the Monero Project' blog post is live on <ahref="https://www.getmonero.org/2023/02/02/seraphis-jamtis-developer-opportunities.html"target="_blank">getmonero.org</a>.</h4>
<h4>P2Pool <ahref="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.0"target="_blank">v3.0</a>. Remember to update to version 3.0 or higher before March 18th at 21:00 UTC as P2Pool (not Monero!) will perform a consensus hardfork.</h4>
<h4><ahref="https://aris.io/"target="_blank">ARIS</a>: a new Monero-first crypto-to-crypto and fiat exchange. Reddit <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/10rf2bi/launching_arisio/"target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
<h4>MobiPrivacyActivist's Monero XMPP MUC changed server and address. Reddit <ahref="https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/Monero/comments/10hm6hf/community_xmpp_server_change/"target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Monero Magazine released a privacy masterclass episode with Luke Smith. Video <ahref="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=3MLH6Qpb-a4"target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Monero Talk had attorneys Tor Ekeland and Michael Hassard on. They discuss regulatory overreach in crypto, Chainalysis, whether XMR could be banned or not and more. Peep it: <ahref="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=w-mksEL5DRA"target="_blank">video</a>; <ahref="https://www.monerotalk.live/the-bitcoin-fog-mixer-case-puts-the-blockchain-analytics-ecosystem-on-trial-mike-tor"target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
<p>Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/371"target="_blank">Help an independent film featuring Monero get to the Oscars™!</a>.</p>
<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/355"target="_blank">xmr-btc-swap development and improvement</a>.</p>
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<p>Find more <ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/ideas/"target="_blank">here</a>. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.</p>
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<h3id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
<p>None; all funded for now.</p>
<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<p>Block height: <b>2813395</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>2.561 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Average txs. per block: <b>23.25</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>17901</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on February 2, 2023.</p>
<h4class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0202.png"alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></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 <ahref="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source"target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
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<pclass="date"><ahref="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 <ahref="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>
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