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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2024-05-23T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 196
title: "Issue 196: May 16 - 23, 2024"
---

<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>MoneroKon 4 blog post is live on <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2024/05/23/mk4.html" target="_blank">getmonero.org</a>, inviting everyone to the conference and the first-ever hackaton in Prague, Czech Republic from June 7 through June 9, 2024.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Haveno DEX <a href="https://github.com/haveno-dex/haveno/releases/tag/1.0.5" target="_blank">v1.0.5</a> including a Tor upgrade to v0.4.8.11, bug fixes and enhancements. Haveno Reto v1.0.5 <a href="https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto/actions/runs/9148407756" target="_blank">binaries</a>. </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake v4.17.0 and Monero.com v1.14.0 <a href="https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases/tag/v4.17.0" target="_blank">released</a> with Tron support, hardware wallet enhancements and bug fixes.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk chatted with software developer Cryptocomicon. They talk about the Bitcoin scalability challenges, the emergence of Monero and explore the possibility of capital flight into Monero as a way of wealth preservation. Peep it: <a href="https://iteroni.com/watch?v=CCS5FRJCM94" target="_blank">video</a>; <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live/capital-flight-into-monero-inevitable-cryptocomicon-311" target="_blank">audio</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 25, 2024 (Saturday) – 15:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 25, 2024 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">MoneroKon 2024 Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#monerokon" target="_blank">#monerokon</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#monerokon:matrix.org" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 27, 2024 (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">May 28, 2024 (Tuesday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Cuprate Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://irc.libera.chat/#cuprate" target="_blank">#cuprate</a> IRC channel; Matrix <a href="https://matrix.to/#/#cuprate:monero.social" target="_blank">room</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 29, 2024 (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/464" target="_blank">Development of New CCS Proposal Platform</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/463" target="_blank">Mobazha with Monero in Privacy Ecommerce</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/462" target="_blank">Create and manage a peer-to-peer trading room on Matrix for people wanting to buy and sell Monero with no KYC</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/v1docq47-monerotopia-2023-part-3-and-monerokon-2023-part-2-voiceovers-and-working-on-xmr.ru.html" target="_blank">monerotopia 2023 (part 3) and monerokon 2023 (part 2) voiceovers and working on xmr.ru</a> by v1docq47.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.01 of 57.6</b> XMR.</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>3155363</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.332 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average txs. per block: <b>55.88</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average txs. per day: <b>40174</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>0.6 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 23, 2024.</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-05231.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>$2,499,172,491</b>.</div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/23/24</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/23/24">$137.58</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+11.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-9.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/23/24">€127.09</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+10.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-9.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/23/24">₿0.00202</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+9.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-63.6%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 23, 2024.</p>

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

![XMR Price Graph 05/16/24-05/23/24](/img/weekly-chart-05231.png "XMR Price Graph 05/16/24-05/23/24")

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/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://web.archive.org/web/20200805013127/https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.html" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Workgroup. </p>
</div>

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