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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2021-01-18T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 90
title: "Issue 90: January 12 - 18, 2021"
---
<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>The Core Team did an audit on the moderation of the Monero subreddit and Telegram group. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ky1z97/core_team_moderation_audit_statement/" target="_blank">The results are shared here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/csharp-monero-rpc-client" target="_blank">A C# Monero RPC client has joined the Monero Ecosystem</a>.</h4>
</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/200" target="_blank">mj part time coding - 3 months</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/199" target="_blank">ErCiccione: website jan-march</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/182" target="_blank">Mastering Monero Spanish Translation</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>2277652</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.648 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>23 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>26.24</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>18,674</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.20 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 18, 2021</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0118.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,729,881,542</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$139.49</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>01/18/21</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/18/21">$153.22</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+127.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/18/21">€126.67</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+0.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+142.9%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/18/21">B0.00420014</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-6.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-35.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-44.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 18, 2021</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>

![XMR Price Graph 01/11/21-01/18/21](/img/weekly-chart-0118.png "XMR Price Graph 01/11/21-01/18/21") 

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>

<div class="sponsors">

    <div class="sponsor">
        <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>
    </div>

    <div class="sponsor">
        <p><a href="https://dvchain.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/dv-chain-logo.png" alt="DV Chain Logo" class="dvchain"></a></p>
        <p class="text-center"><a href="https://dvchain.co/" target="_blank">DV Chain</a></p>
    </div>
</div>

<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>

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