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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-08-08T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 20
title: "Issue 20; August 1-8, 2019"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
    <li><a href="#events">Upcoming Events</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="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/hyc/RandomxAudits" target="_blank">The final RandomX report by Quarkslab has been finished and is now available on GitHub</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cmswiv/tutorial_how_to_create_a_monero_based_service/" target="_blank">OsrsNeedsF2P posted a tutorial on How To Create a Monero Based Service</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cm8t4h/monero_daily_emission_is_now_less_than_1800_xmrday/" target="_blank">Monero daily emission is now less than 1800 XMR/day</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cl2uy7/xmrrureport_july/" target="_blank">XMR.RU team published their July report</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk with Aurora from Wookey Wallet on Monero in China - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snRmbhivgm4" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Realchacal posted <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cmahpw/what_do_you_think_of_my_gui_redesign_proposal/" target="_blank">another GUI redesign suggestion for feedback</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Transcription for a Monero Konferenco talk "Bringing Privacy Mainstream: Building Demand Within Shifting Local and Global Demographics" by Amanda Cavaleri <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/monero-konferenco/amanda-cavaleri.php8" target="_blank">is available on the Monero Outreach website</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Community Workgroup Meeting from 08/03/2019 <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/clkwsv/monero_community_workgroup_meeting_20190803_live/" target="_blank">had a live Transcript on Reddit</a> (maintained by OsrsNeedsF2P).</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 8-11, 2019 - Las Vegas, US</p>
    <p markdown="1"><a href="http://monerovillage.com/" target="_blank">Monero Village</a> at DEFCON 2019</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 11, 2019 (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">August 12, 2019 (Monday) – 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">August 13, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-gui" target="_blank">#monero-gui</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 17, 2019 (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/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/86" target="_blank">A Monero Tip Bot for Telegram</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/78" target="_blank">Pre-paid Gifting Wallets</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/58" target="_blank">Monero currency and blockchain statistics hub</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/v1docq47-video-creation-translations-into-russian-(august-january).html" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august - january)</a> by v1docq47r</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.00 of 37.80</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/surae-mrl-research-q3-2019.html" target="_blank">Continued funding for Surae for another quarter, Aug Sep Nov 2019</a> by suraeNoether</p>
    <p>Raised <b>200.00 of 357.00</b> XMR (56%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/rehrar-sarang-2019-wcc.html" target="_blank">World Crypto Con for rehrar and Sarang</a> by rehrar</p>
    <p>Raised <b>27.33 of 30.00</b> XMR (91%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1896555</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>321.734 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>8.67</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>6260</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.49 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 8, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0808.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b> $1,575,268,778</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$103</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>08/08/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="08/08/19">$92.60</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+14.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-8.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-14.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="08/08/19">€82.81</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+12.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-8.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-11.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="08/08/19">Ƀ0.00792909</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-1.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-3.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-50.7%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 8, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for August 2 - August 8, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 08/02/19-08/08/19](/img/weekly-chart-0808.png "XMR Price Graph 08/02/19-08/08/19") 

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://minexmr.com/pools.html" target="_blank">minexmr.com</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>

<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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