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Table of Contents:

Recent News

Zombie Master published the source code of the crowdfunding page XMR Starter. Repository.

CryptoMorpheus_ shared Adoption Metrics (2) blog post.

XMR Free Market — buy and sell goods with Monero — is live. Reddit thread.

monero-bash v1.9.0 with Tor support.

AcceptXMR v0.11.1.

Monero Talk had Andrea Togni from the Monero Policy Workgroup on to discuss privacy, property, liberty and more. Peep it. Video; Audio.

Upcoming Events

September 14, 2022 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC

Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel; Matrix room.

CCS Proposal Ideas

Below you can find some CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.

The-Monero-Moon-CCS-Proposal-August2022-John-Foss.

moneroinflation and more Seraphis development.

Monero Observer maintenance (Autumn 2022).

Find more here. Posting comments in favor of, or against proposals is encouraged.

CCS Proposals Need Funding

None; all funded for now.

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

Block height: 2707747

Hash rate: 2.605 GH/s

Average txs. per block: 23.41

Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 16797

Block reward: 0.6 XMR

Data taken on September 8, 2022.

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $2,759,804,798.
Localmonero.co Street Price: $162.17.

Monero (XMR) Price

09/08/22 Week Month Year
USD $152.13 +2.2% -9.0% -42.2%
EUR €152.03 +2.5% -7.3% -31.6%
BTC ₿0.00787682 +6.0% +12.2% +40.7%

Data taken on September 8, 2022.

XMR Price Graph

![XMR Price Graph 09/01/22-09/08/22](/img/weekly-chart-0908.png "XMR Price Graph 09/01/22-09/08/22") Sources: miningpoolstats.stream; bitinfocharts.com; coingecko.com; localmonero.co statistics; localmonero.co blocks.

Volunteer Opportunities

If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren't sure how, check out some volunteer opportunities.

Test Monero Core Software

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 here.

Getting Started with Helping Monero

If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Workgroup.

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