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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-08-23T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 72
title: "Issue 72: August 15 - 23, 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>There has been a myriad of scams utilizing various means. See some examples and stay safe: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/id9sg7/psa_do_not_use_the_fake_mymonero_android_app_or/" target="_blank">"PSA: DO NOT use the fake MyMonero Android app or mymonero < dot > co"</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ic0hqz/cake_wallet_was_targeted_by_a_sophisticated_fraud/" target="_blank">"Cake Wallet was targeted by a sophisticated fraud recently"</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ies15h/one_monero_user_from_chinese_community_had_been/" target="_blank">"One Monero user from Chinese community had been hacked 237.9xmr by fake Google play Mymonero wallet"</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero GUI engineer dsc has been working on a brand new, ground-up light wallet. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/idujx0/feather_free_opensource_monero_desktop_wallet/" target="_blank">Introducing Feather wallet</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/vtnerd/motrix" target="_blank">Vtnerd has released a terminal screensaver utilizing real time data from a Monero daemon</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ibrkdm/locha_mesh_monero_offthegrid_randy_brito/" target="_blank">The Locha Mesh tech demo recording has been released to the public</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/monero-calendar/" target="_blank">Monero Outreach has released a calendar of Monero events for everyone to use</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://gist.github.com/livinginformation/6210a620d257a6cddfca34bb24ee4856" target="_blank">There is a Monero tracking challenge puzzle</a>, as of yet unsolved.</h4>
</div>


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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 29, 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">September 2, 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 6, 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/162" target="_blank">Spanish localization proposal for the Monero Community</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/160" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of User guides & Moneropedia</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/159" target="_blank">Create Monero educational content in Spanish</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>

<p>None. All funded! But keep a look out for <a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/funding-required/" target="_blank">proposals</a>, 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>2171247</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.594 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>27.4 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>17.69</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>12,863</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.47 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 23, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0823.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,613,936,565</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$87.72</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>08/23/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="08/23/20">$91.26</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">0.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+27.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+11.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="08/23/20">€77.41</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+25.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+6.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="08/23/20">B0.00782288</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+4.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-0.7%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on August 23, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for August 15-23, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 08/15/20-08/23/20](/img/weekly-chart-0823.png "XMR Price Graph 08/15/20-08/23/20") 

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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