<h4><ahref="https://www.getmonero.org/2021/01/08/monero-GUI-0.17.1.9-released.html"target="_blank">GUI and CLI release v0.17.1.9 is out</a> and users are encouraged to upgrade. The release contains further mitigations for the memory exhaust attack that has been utilized on the network (no funds at risk).</h4>
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<h4>lza_menace, a Monero community member, created a <ahref="https://xmrcannon.net/"target="_blank">tool to spin up Monero nodes called XMR Cannon</a>.</h4>
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<h4>The Monero Policy Workgroup worked up a <ahref="https://downloads.getmonero.org/Monero_Policy_Working_Group_FinCEN_01-04-2021.pdf"target="_blank">response to FinCEN regarding cryptocurrencies</a>.</h4>
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<h4>Monero Talk released the second part of their talk with Lee ‘vtnerd’ Clagett titled “On the frontlines of the war against Monero” - <ahref="https://youtu.be/ZCUe7XIqveY"target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
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<h3id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>
<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
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<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/200"target="_blank">mj part time coding - 3 months</a></p>
<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/tobtoht_feather_dev_q1_2021.html"target="_blank">Continued Feather Wallet development (Q1 2021)</a> by tobtoht</p>
<p>Raised <b>84.12 of 150</b> XMR (56%)</p>
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<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<p>Block height: <b>2273422</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>1.930 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Median block size: <b>58.2 kB</b></p>
<p>Average Tx per block: <b>28.87</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>20,952</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>1.21 XMR</b></p>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on January 12, 2021</p>
<h4class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0112.png"alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
<h4class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
<divclass="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,817,113,823</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$150.42</b></div>
<pclass="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
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<th>01/12/21</th>
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<th>Year</th>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<tddata-th="01/12/21">$158.17</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="green">+15.3%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="green">+4.0%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="green">+166.9%</td>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<tddata-th="01/12/21">€129.52</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="green">+16.1%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="green">+3.3%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="green">+142.9%</td>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<tddata-th="01/12/21">B0.00468468</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="green">+16.6%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="red">-40.9%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="red">-35.3%</td>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on January 12, 2021</p>
<pclass="table-title">XMR Price Graph for January 5 - January 12, 2021</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 <ahref="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source"target="_blank">on GitHub</a>. </p>
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<pclass="date"><ahref="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 <ahref="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 Group. </p>
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