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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2022-10-06T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 140
title: "Issue 140; September 29 - October 6, 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>Monero 0.18.1.2 'Fluorine Fermi' Point Release binaries are available. <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2022/09/29/monero-0.18.1.2-released.html" target="_blank">CLI</a>; <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2022/09/29/monero-GUI-0.18.1.2-released.html" target="_blank">GUI</a>. Remember to verify hashes; how-to guides at the bottom of each blog post. You may compile Monero from <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">source</a> if you wish as well.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.monero.observer/monero-observer-blitz-february-2022/" target="_blank">Monero Observer Blitz 14</a> - September 2022.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_0068" target="_blank">v1.4.52</a>, adding support for NMC, BCH and WOW.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>CryptoMorpheus_ published <a href="https://moneroj.net/article/Adoption-Metrics,-Monthly-Edition-(3)/" target="_blank">Adoption Metrics (3)</a> blog post.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Whonix Monero wallets package upgraded to <a href="https://forums.whonix.org/t/monero-integration-in-whonix/5949/70" target="_blank">v0.18.1.2</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MyNero <a href="https://github.com/pokkst/monero-wallet/releases/tag/0.2.1" target="_blank">v0.2.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Haveno DEX <a href="https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/releases/tag/v0.0.3" target="_blank">v0.0.3</a>. Announcement <a href="https://nitter.net/HavenoDEX/status/1577674294062194688" target="_blank">tweet</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">October 12, 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 some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/336" target="_blank">The-Monero-Moon-CCS-Proposal-August2022-John-Foss</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/333" target="_blank">[monero-bash v2.0.0]</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/345" target="_blank">Develop selfhostable monero payment processor</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>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/anhdres-monero-garden.html" target="_blank">Monero Garden</a> by anhdres.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0 of 71</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/v1docq47-monerokon-and-monerotopia-voiceover-and-working-on-xmr.ru.html" target="_blank">monerokon and monerotopia voiceover and working on xmr.ru</a> by v1docq47.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0 of 42.48</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>

<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2727773</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>3.115 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>23.47</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>18208</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 6, 2022.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-10061.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>$2,612,219,887</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$168.95</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>10/06/22</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="10/06/22">$144.42</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-8.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-46.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="10/06/22">€147.24</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-6.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-37.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="10/06/22">₿0.00718944</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-9.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+36.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 6, 2022.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 09/29/22-10/06/22](/img/weekly-chart-10061.png "XMR Price Graph 09/29/22-10/06/22")

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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