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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-06-19T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 65
title: "Issue 65: June 13 - June 19, 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/hanm6l/xmr_added_to_leading_iranian_exchange/" target="_blank">Monero has been added to a leading Iranian exchange</a>.</h4>
</div>

<p style="padding-top: 1rem;">That’s it. :( Not much happened this week so here’s a picture of a Monero fox to make up for it.</p>

<p><img src="/img/monerofox.png" alt="Monero Fox" /></p>
<p class="note">Artist: anhdres</p>


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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 20, 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">June 24, 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">June 28, 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/153" target="_blank">ErCiccione: 3 more months part time work on Getmonero.org (July-Sept)</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/147" target="_blank">Swedish cli wallet</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>

<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/91" target="_blank">Telegram bot for Monero-Jobs group</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/defcon-storage.html" target="_blank">Defcon equipment storage for one year</a> by rehrar</p>
    <p>Raised <b>6 of 13</b> XMR (46%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/sarang-2020-q3.html" target="_blank">Sarang: research funding for 2020 Q3</a> by Sarang Noether</p>
    <p>Raised <b>477.02 of 518</b> XMR (92%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2124536</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.225 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>24.6 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>15.83</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>11,295</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.61 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 19, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0619.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,129,851,978</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$63.47</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>06/19/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="06/19/20">$64.16</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-0.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-36.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="06/19/20">€57.40</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-2.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-36.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="06/19/20">B0.00688035</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-0.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+1.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-36.6%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 19, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for June 14 - June 20, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 06/14/20-06/20/20](/img/weekly-chart-0619.png "XMR Price Graph 06/14/20-06/20/20") 

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>

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