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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-09-14T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 75
title: "Issue 75: September 6 - 14, 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>El Monero, the Spanish podcast about Monero has released two more episodes: <a href="https://anchor.fm/elmonero/episodes/4-El-amigo-Dave-ej9fq1" target="_blank">Episode 4</a> and <a href="https://anchor.fm/elmonero/episodes/5-Estilo-Libre-ejg3v7" target="_blank">Episode 5</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://youtu.be/aC9Uu5BUxII" target="_blank">Dr. Daniel Kim’s Defcon speech has been remastered for your viewing pleasure</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Dr. Daniel Kim to expand on his popular Defcon talk - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckWGZdSBHA" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>


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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 16, 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 20, 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 26, 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/168" target="_blank">Atomic Swap implementation funding</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/166" target="_blank">Make Yaml valid</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/Translation-getmonero-german.html" target="_blank">Translation of the Moneropedia and User Guides into German</a> by Wobole</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.06 of 28.5</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/monerofm.html" target="_blank">Monero FM (community run radio project)</a> by rehrar and needmoney90</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.01 of 35</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/avis-moneropedia-userguides.html" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of User guides and Moneropedia</a> by Chris Avis</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0 of 29.4</b> XMR</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2186792</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.322 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>34.7 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>16.11</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>11,639</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.43 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 14, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0914.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,598,774,850</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$86.54</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>09/14/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/14/20">$90.34</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+12.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+17.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/14/20">€76.67</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+13.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-0.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+11.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/14/20">B0.00847952</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+13.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+9.06%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+14.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 14, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for September 8 - 14, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 09/06/20-09/14/20](/img/weekly-chart-0914.png "XMR Price Graph 09/06/20-09/14/20") 

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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