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Table of Contents:

Recent News

RINO Wallet added a hardfork countdown to their Community Hub. Follow along through Saturday, August 13th.

Mining pool MineXMR is shutting down on August 12th. Switching to another pool such as supportXMR before then is advised. Alternatively, consider P2Pool; helps network hashrate decentralization. How to; PPLNS.

monero-bash v1.7.0. Changelog and Download.

Monthly Monero Observer Blitz #12 - July 2022.

Monero contributor AlexAnarcho discussed Crypto Anarchism and TipXMR with Callum Woodcock for S03E02 of The Web3 Podcast. RSS feed.

Monero Talk had a chat with Luke Parker, A.K.A. kayabaNerve to discuss development of Serai DEX. Peep it on Odysee. Part 2 to be uploaded soon.

Upcoming Events

August 10, 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.

[monero-bash] continued development (3 months).

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

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

CCS Proposals Need Funding

selsta part-time monero development (3 months) by selsta.

Raised 0 of 110 XMR.

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

Block height: 2682433

Hash rate: 2.546 GH/s

Average txs. per block: 37.83

Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 27497

Block reward: 0.6 XMR

Data taken on August 4, 2022.

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $2,867,002,694.
Localmonero.co Street Price: $160.88.

Monero (XMR) Price

08/04/22 Week Month Year
USD $157.90 -2.3% +27.1% -30.3%
EUR €154.11 -2.7% +29.5% -19.3%
BTC ₿0.00700782 -0.8% +14.3% +18.8%

Data taken on August 4, 2022.

XMR Price Graph

![XMR Price Graph 07/28/22-08/04/22](/img/weekly-chart-0804.png "XMR Price Graph 07/28/22-08/04/22") 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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