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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-07-12T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 68
title: "Issue 68: July 6 - July 12, 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/hp6sly/gui_v01602_nitrogen_nebula_released/" target="_blank">The new GUI release, v0.16.0.2 'Nitrogen Nebula' is now available for download</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Getmonero.org has another slew of updates, including a revamped homepage. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/hp78v2/getmoneroorg_updated_revamped_homepage_netlify/" target="_blank">Check out the full list of changes</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ho5ibv/xmrto_added_lightning_network_payments/" target="_blank">XMR.to has added Bitcoin lightning network payment capabilities</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Locha Mesh has recorded a tech demo on sending a Monero transaction from an off-grid computer to an internet connected one via their radio wave mesh network - <a href="https://youtu.be/pe9Buhp9OD8" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroTalk interviewed Dr. David D. Friedman on Digital Cash - <a href="https://youtu.be/yRzzdTC1T8o" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 15, 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">July 18, 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">July 26, 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/154" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august 2020 - january 2021)</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>

<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>2140873</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.362 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>28.0 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>17.65</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>12,660</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.56 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 12, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0712.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,219,466,627</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$65.72</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>07/12/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="07/12/20">$69.12</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+7.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-22.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="07/12/20">€61.13</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+7.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+7.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-32.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="07/12/20">B0.00744349</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-5.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 6, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for July 6 - July 12, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 07/06/20-07/12/20](/img/weekly-chart-0712.png "XMR Price Graph 07/06/20-07/12/20") 

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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