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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2024-06-13T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 199
title: "Issue 199: June 6 - 13, 2024"
---

<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>Haveno DEX <a href="https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/releases/tag/1.0.7" target="_blank">v1.0.7</a> adding support for PayPal, CashApp and Venmo; enabling PoW DDoS defense for Tor; and a few bug fixes. Haveno Reto <a href="https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto/releases/tag/v1.0.7" target="_blank">v1.0.7</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.18.2 and Monero.com v1.15.2 <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.18.2" target="_blank">released</a> bringing in-app CakePay back, bitcoin node stability enhancements and various bug fixes.</h4>
</div>


<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>COMIT XMR<->BTC atomic swap ASB <a href="https://github.com/comit-network/xmr-btc-swap/releases/tag/0.13.1" target="_blank">v0.13.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>If you didn't make it to Prague you can start catching up with some of <a href="https://monerokon.org/" target="_blank">MoneroKon 4</a> talks in the Monero Community Workgroup YouTube <a href="https://iteroni.com/playlist?list=PLsSYUeVwrHBk-C3zImaDAQLx453PL7dR-&si=R34T6ftmYksY88Uc" target="_blank">channel</a>. More to be uploaded in the days to come.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>John is hosting Monero Quick Facts on his website, Quick Facts was a section part of Monero Outreach's defunct website. Take a look at <a href="https://resilience365.com/monero-quick-facts/" target="_blank">resilience365.com</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Freedom Tools, a brand-new repository to find tools to live with more freedom, posted a simple guide to getting some sweet Monero. Check it out <a href="https://freedom-tools.org/moneroguide/" target="_blank">here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Dread user /u/MauriceMoss published a Qubes/Whonix UnstoppableSwap install guide. Dread <a href="http://g66ol3eb5ujdckzqqfmjsbpdjufmjd5nsgdipvxmsh7rckzlhywlzlqd.onion/post/866f8bc46b297f444ff6" target="_blank">thread</a> (.onion link).</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero contributor ditatompel open sourced his XMR public node aggregator. Main <a href="https://xmr.ditatompel.com/remote-nodes/" target="_blank">instance</a>; GitHub <a href="https://github.com/ditatompel/xmr-remote-nodes" target="_blank">repository</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Datura Network launched their self-hosted Monero Fail instance at <a href="https://xmr.datura.network/" target="_blank">xmr.datura.network</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 17, 2024 (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">June 18, 2024 (Tuesday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#cuprate" target="_blank">#cuprate</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#cuprate:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 19, 2024 (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/463" target="_blank">Mobazha with Monero in Privacy Ecommerce </a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/464" target="_blank">Development of New CCS Proposal Platform</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/457" target="_blank">ofrnxmr feat. BasicSwapDEX - take over the world pt 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>3170531</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.491 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>50.02</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>34506</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 13, 2024.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-06132.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>$3,209,863,981</b>.<br/>Street Price: <b>$190.07</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>06/13/24</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="06/13/24">$173.67</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+29.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+24.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="06/13/24">€160.61</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+30.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+25.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="06/13/24">₿0.00258</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+12.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+19.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-51.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 6, 2024.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 06/06/24-06/13/24](/img/weekly-chart-06132.png "XMR Price Graph 06/06/24-06/13/24")

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/blocks" target="_blank">localmonero.co blocks</a>; <a href="https://monero.boats/" target="_blank">monero.boats</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://web.archive.org/web/20200805013127/https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.html" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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