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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2023-03-04T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 161
title: "Issue 161; February 23 - March 4, 2023"
---

<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 0.18.2.0 'Fluorine Fermi' Point Release binaries are available. <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2023/02/26/monero-0.18.2.0-released.html" target="_blank">CLI</a>; <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2023/02/26/monero-GUI-0.18.2.0-released.html" target="_blank">GUI</a>. Remember to verify hashes, how-to guides at the bottom of each blog post. As well, you may compile Monero from <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">source</a> if you wish.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>XMR Core team member, binaryFate, published Monero General Fund transparency report, March 2023. Reddit <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/11fslu9/monero_general_fund_transparency_report_march_2023/" target="_blank">thread</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake Wallet desktop beta released. Blog <a href="https://cakelabs.com/news/cake-wallet-arrives-on-desktop/" target="_blank">post</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Stack Wallet <a href="https://github.com/cypherstack/stack_wallet/releases/tag/build_134" target="_blank">v1.5.47</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>P2Pool <a href="https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/v3.1" target="_blank">v3.1</a>. Remember to upgrade before March 18th, 2023.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroPay <a href="https://gitlab.com/moneropay/moneropay/-/tags/v2.2.1" target="_blank">v2.2.1</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://monero.observer/monero-observer-blitz-february-2023/" target="_blank">Monero Observer Blitz #19</a> - February 2023.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Justin Bons. They talk about the power of PoW, why BTC is destined to fail, digital cash vs. store of value and more. Peep it: <a href="https://piped.adminforge.de/watch?v=cgeGVc0v5fw" target="_blank">video</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">March 4, 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">March 6, 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">March 8, 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/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/374" target="_blank">Standalone AcceptXMR</a>.</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>2834825</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.547 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>22.48</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>13355</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 4, 2023.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0304.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>$2,661,077,880</b>.<br/>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$159.82</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>03/04/23</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="03/04/23">$146.78</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-17.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-14.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="03/04/23">€137.93</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-14.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-11.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="03/04/23">₿0.00657789</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-12.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+62.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 4, 2023.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 02/23/22-03/04/22](/img/weekly-chart-0304.png "XMR Price Graph 02/23/22-03/04/22")

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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