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+title: Issue 80: October 12 - 19, 2020
+image: /img/twitter-card-issue-80.png
+issuenumber: 80
+---
+[<img src="/img/img-issue80.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #80 Slide" class="img-lead">]({% post_url 2020-10-19-issue-80 %}.html)
+
+<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of October 12 - October 19, 2020.</p>
+<!--more-->
+
+<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="#sponsor">Sponsors</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Monero has had a network upgrade! CLSAG is now live. Please make sure to <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/downloads/" target="_blank">download the latest version of the Monero wallets</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>For those who downloaded early, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/jdh5to/psa_a_bug_has_caused_some_nodes_to_get_stuck_on/" target="_blank">a small bug has caused some nodes to get stuck on a block</a>. Please update to the newest version.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">October 24, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
+    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 1, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
+    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-dev" target="_blank">#monero-dev</a> IRC channel</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>
+
+<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/177" target="_blank">Lee Clagett (vtnerd) Full-Time Development 2020 Q4</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/156" target="_blank">Implementing New Range Proof Technique Bulletproofs+ in Monero</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/138" target="_blank">Compilation time reduction and housekeeping</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
+
+None. All funded. :) But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (<a href="#donate">donation address</a> at the bottom of the Revuo).
+
+<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
+
+<div class="bcstats">
+    <p>Block height: <b>2212258</b></p>
+    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.706 GH/s</b></p>
+    <p>Median block size: <b>91.8 kB</b></p>
+    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>25.59</b></p>
+    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>9,748</b></p>
+    <p>Block reward: <b>1.36 XMR</b></p>
+</div>
+<p class="note">Data taken on October 19, 2020</p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
+<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1019.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
+
+<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,238,071,875</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$124.88</b></div>
+
+<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
+<table class="price-table">
+  <tr class="row1">
+    <th></th>
+    <th>10/19/20</th>
+    <th>Week</th>
+    <th>Month</th>
+    <th>Year</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
+    <td data-th="10/19/20">$126.15</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+33.6%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+131.8%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr class="row3">
+    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
+    <td data-th="10/19/20">€107.12</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+34.3%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+119.9%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
+    <td data-th="10/19/20">B0.01073266</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+25.9%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+56.7%</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p class="note">Data taken on October 19, 2020</p>
+
+<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for October 13 - 19, 2020</p>
+
+![XMR Price Graph 10/13/20-10/19/20](/img/weekly-chart-1019.png "XMR Price Graph 10/13/20-10/19/20") 
+
+Sources: <a href="https://community.xmr.to/explorer/mainnet/" target="_blank">community.xmr.to</a>, <a href="https://moneroblocks.info/stats/transaction-stats" target="_blank">moneroblocks.info</a>, <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/" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>, <a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">localmonero.co</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 the volunteer opportunities below.</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">on GitHub</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://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>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="sponsor">Sponsored by</h3>
+
+<p><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/localmonero-logo.png" alt="LocalMonero.co Logo" class="localmonero"></a></p>
+
+<p class="text-center"><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">LocalMonero.co</a></p>
+
+<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>
+
+<p markdown="1">If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:</p>
+
+<p class="address" markdown="1">44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A</p>
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