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Table of Contents:

Recent News

Monero "Fluorine Fermi" v0.18.1.0 Point Release 1 CLI; GUI. Compile from source.

Farcaster Node v0.3.0.

Unstoppable Swap GUI v0.3.0 with Tor support released.

Monerujo v3.0.0 "Fluorine Fermi" (alpha) upgrading Monero Core to v0.18.0.0.

Cake Wallet v4.4.5 and Monero.com v1.0.9 Fluorine Fermi.

MyMonero Mobile v1.3.1.

COMIT xmr-btc-swap v0.11.0.

Make sure to update your XMR setup before network upgrade date, Saturday 08/13; block height: 2688888, so that you are not left behind operating in a different chain.

Monero Talk had Viktor Vecsei of IVPN on. Video; Audio.

Upcoming Events

August 17, 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

None; all funded for now.

Price & Blockchain Stats

Blockchain Stats

Block height: 2687455

Hash rate: 2.400 GH/s

Average txs. per block: 37.22

Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: 28996

Block reward: 0.6 XMR

Data taken on August 11, 2022.

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $2,893,854,112.
Localmonero.co Street Price: $182.89.

Monero (XMR) Price

08/11/22 Week Month Year
USD $159.47 +1.7% +25.3% -40.1%
EUR €154.55 +0.1% +22.0% -32.0%
BTC ₿0.00659485 -3.9% +3.6% +12.8%

Data taken on August 11, 2022.

XMR Price Graph

![XMR Price Graph 08/04/22-08/11/22](/img/weekly-chart-0811.png "XMR Price Graph 08/04/22-08/11/22") 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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