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+title: Issue 73: August 23 - 29, 2020
+image: /img/twitter-card-issue-73.png
+issuenumber: 73
+---
+[<img src="/img/img-issue73.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #73 Slide" class="img-lead">]({% post_url 2020-08-29-issue-73 %}.html)
+
+<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of August 23 - 29, 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><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2020/08/22/triptych.html" target="_blank">Triptych, a next-gen proving scheme developed by the Monero Research Lab, has been accepted for publication</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Monero Space hosted their first <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5kOK1X2aXY" target="_blank">digital Monero Meet</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+
+<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 2, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
+    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel</p>
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 6, 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>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 12, 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>
+
+<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/162" target="_blank">Spanish localization proposal for the Monero Community</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/160" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of User guides & Moneropedia</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/159" target="_blank">Create Monero educational content in Spanish</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>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/v1docq47-video-creation-translations-into-russian-(august-2020-january-2021).html" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august 2020 - january 2021)</a> by v1docq47</p>
+    <p>Raised <b>59.98 of 97.8</b> XMR (61%)</p>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
+
+<div class="bcstats">
+    <p>Block height: <b>2175475</b></p>
+    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.403 GH/s</b></p>
+    <p>Median block size: <b>26.5 kB</b></p>
+    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>19.03</b></p>
+    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>13,763</b></p>
+    <p>Block reward: <b>1.46 XMR</b></p>
+</div>
+<p class="note">Data taken on August 29, 2020</p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
+<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-08291.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
+
+<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,655,393,333</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$89.01</b></div>
+
+<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
+<table class="price-table">
+  <tr class="row1">
+    <th></th>
+    <th>08/29/20</th>
+    <th>Week</th>
+    <th>Month</th>
+    <th>Year</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
+    <td data-th="08/29/20">$93.56</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.3%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+15.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+39.0%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr class="row3">
+    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
+    <td data-th="08/29/20">€78.58</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+14.8%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+29.2%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
+    <td data-th="08/29/20">B0.00806810</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.6%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+10.4%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+13.7%</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p class="note">Data taken on August 29, 2020</p>
+
+<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for August 23-29, 2020</p>
+
+![XMR Price Graph 08/23/20-08/29/20](/img/weekly-chart-08291.png "XMR Price Graph 08/23/20-08/29/20") 
+
+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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