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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-07-18T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 17
title: "Issue 17; July 11-18, 2019"
---
<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
<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="#merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cd2i9x/update_monerujo_v11113/" target="_blank">A new version of Monerujo - Monerujo v1.11.13 - has been released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cbvgyg/update_cake_wallet_for_xmr_update_3116_bug_fixes/" target="_blank">Cake Wallet update 3.1.16 has been released and includes bug fixes</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cd9u43/development_update_generic_monero_scanner_is_now/" target="_blank">Generic Monero Scanner is now configurable through config files</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/FreedomGateway1/status/1150630467684773889?s=19" target="_blank">XMR is now available for purchase on all Freedom Gateway Machines (ATMs)</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Transcriptions for several Monero Konferenco talks are available on the Monero Outreach website: <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/monero-konferenco/sri-aravinda-krishnan-thyagarajan.php" target="_blank">“Omniring: Scaling Up Private Payments Without Trusted Setup”</a> by Sri Aravinda Krishnan Thyagarajan, <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/monero-konferenco/kristy-leigh-minehan.php" target="_blank">“The Embedded Future of Monero’s Proof of Work”</a> by Kristy-Leigh Minehan, and <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/monero-konferenco/andrew-poelstra.php" target="_blank">“Monerokon Madness: Schnorr Schnadness”</a> by Andrew Poelstra.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://cryptolinks.com/news/highlights-from-the-bitcoin-2019-and-monero-konferenco-events" target="_blank">Cryptolinks published an article that covers Monero Konferenco alongside with Bitcoin 2019</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">July 20, 2019 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p>DefCon27 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">July 20, 2019 (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">July 22, 2019 (Monday) – 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">July 23, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-gui" target="_blank">#monero-gui</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">July 27, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>DefCon27 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">July 28, 2019 (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/87" target="_blank">rehrar-sarang WCC</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/86" target="_blank">A Monero Tip Bot for Telegram</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/84" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august - january)</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/78" target="_blank">Pre-paid Gifting Wallets</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/58" target="_blank">Monero currency and blockchain statistics hub</a></p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<p>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).</p>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1881447</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>338.631 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>7.91</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>5704</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.56 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 18, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0718.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b> $1,446,968,107</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$83.95</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>07/18/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="07/18/19">$84.54</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-13.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-41.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="07/18/19">€74.96</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-13.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-39.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="07/18/19">Ƀ0.00796544</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-24.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-59.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 18, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for July 12 - July 18, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 07/11/19-07/18/19](/img/weekly-chart-0718.png "XMR Price Graph 07/11/19-07/18/19") 

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://minexmr.com/pools.html" target="_blank">minexmr.com</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="merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</h3>

<a href="https://wikileaks.shop/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/Wikileaks-shop" class="wikileaks-img" alt="Wikileaks Shop Logo"></a>

<a href="https://wikileaks.shop/" target="_blank">The official WikiLeaks shop</a> sells t-shirts, hoodies, stickers, posters and other merchandise to support WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks Shop now accept monero and other cryptocurrencies via CoinPayments. Customers will receive an automatic 5% discount if they pay using cryptocurrency.

<i>Check back next week for another organization or project that accepts Monero for their goods and services.</i>

<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://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cd0snl/help_test_reproducible_windows_gui_installer/" target="_blank">Help test reproducible Windows GUI installer builds</a></p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/i2p-zero/i2p-zero/releases" target="_blank">Test I2P-Zero</a></p>
    <p>Download I2P Zero for your machine, follow the direction in the README, and report any issues to the Issue tracker on GitHub, or IRC channel #i2p-zero.</p>
</div>

<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>

<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>

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