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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-03-07T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 50
title: "Issue 50: February 28 - March 7, 2020"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</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://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/fc9eqm/ledger_monero_application_151_is_out/" target="_blank">Ledger released an update for their Monero application</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Outreach has released an <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/dandelion.html" target="_blank">article explaining the benefits of Dandelion++</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Zero to Monero 2nd Edition is available for proofreading. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/fdhtqh/request_for_proofreading_zero_to_monero_second/" target="_blank">Volunteers are encouraged to check it out</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/fetf6z/getmoneroorg_updated_fixed_meta_tags_updated/" target="_blank">Getmonero.org has received another round of updates</a>, including fixed meta tags for sharing pages on social media, an updated roadmap, and more.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Monero Community Workgroup hosted a coffee chat for the month of March - <a href="https://youtu.be/jXOpGLmzyrI" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk released an episode talking with Paul Shapiro from MyMonero on improving Monero’s usability - <a href="https://youtu.be/FvcVsV5JHpE" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">March 8, 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">March 11, 2020 (Wednesday) – 18:00 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">March 11, 2020 (Wednesday) – 19:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero Konferenco [EU] Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-konferenco" target="_blank">#monero-konferenco</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">March 14, 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/130" target="_blank">Monero Debian Package Repository for 2 years</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/129" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of webplate + footers + nav. menu</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/127" target="_blank">[Monero Aligned] Proposal for 1M5 Integration as Proxy</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/124" target="_blank">Mining Outreach</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/120" target="_blank">Part Time Research Atoc</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/117" target="_blank">A Monero-centric Merchant Marketplace</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/91" target="_blank">Telegram bot for Monero-Jobs group</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/88" target="_blank">BrandedGIFS-JB</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/serhack-monero-integrations-part-3.html" target="_blank">Monero Payment gateways Gateways part 3</a> by SerHack</p>
    <p>Raised <b>7.42 of 11</b> XMR (67%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2049555</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.203 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>31.5 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>12.48</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>8922</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.86 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 7, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0307.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,144,727,450</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$65.04</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>03/07/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="03/07/20">$65.26</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-16.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+32.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="03/07/20">€57.78</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-18.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+31.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="03/07/20">B0.00733350</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-8.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-42.0%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on March 7, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for March 1 - 7, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 03/01/20-03/07/20](/img/weekly-chart-0307.png "XMR Price Graph 03/01/20-03/07/20") 

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>

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