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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-12-22T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 151
title: "Issue 151: December 15 - 22, 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="#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">v2.1.2</a> (AppImage builds).</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Gupax <a href="https://github.com/hinto-janaiyo/gupax/releases/tag/v1.0.0" target="_blank">v1.0.0</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Farcaster Node <a href="https://github.com/farcaster-project/farcaster-node/releases/tag/v0.8.1" target="_blank">v0.8.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>TheStoicCoiner launched Monero Magazine podcast. First guest was Seth for Privacy. They talk about 2nd layers on Monero, darknet market adoption, privacy, freedom and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=VBdrbrqxrTk" target="_blank">video</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk brought Sal the Agorist on. They talk about agorism, CBDCs, base layer privacy and more. Check it out: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=Ia75jad_kWo" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/sal-the-agorist-on-monero-and-pseudonymous-cryptos" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 28, 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; 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/355" target="_blank">xmr-btc-swap development and improvement</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/358" target="_blank">Bulletproofs++ Peer Review</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/366" target="_blank">Create Educational Content in Spanish</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>2783011</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.428 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>25.32</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>15133</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 22, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1222.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>$2,645,006,696</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$148.13</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>12/22/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="12/22/22">$145.66</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+14.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-23.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="12/22/22">€137.63</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+11.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-18.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="12/22/22">₿0.00873866</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+126.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 22, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 12/15/22-12/22/22](/img/weekly-chart-1222.png "XMR Price Graph 12/15/22-12/22/22")

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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