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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-01-31T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 45
title: "Issue 45; January 24-31, 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>Github user normoes has made a <a href="https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/xmrto_wrapper" target="_blank">Python wrapper for XMR.to</a> and it has been added to the Monero Ecosystem repositories.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://zh.masteringmonero.com/" target="_blank">Mastering Monero has been translated to Mandarin</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Outreach has put out an <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/RPC-Pay.html" target="_blank">article on Monero’s new RPC-Pay feature</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ew3z9w/kraken_going_to_update_xmr_deposit_system_to_use/" target="_blank">Kraken updated their system to use subaddresses</a>.
    </h4>
</div>


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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 1, 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">February 5, 2020 (Wednesday) – 18:00 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">February 5, 2020 (Wednesday) – 19:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero Konferenco [EU] Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-konferenco" target="_blank">#monero-konferenco</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 9, 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/122" target="_blank">xiphon part-time coding</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/120" target="_blank">Part Time Research Atoc</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/117" target="_blank">A Monero-centric Merchant Marketplace</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/115" target="_blank">Locha Mesh, private transactions and sync over a resilient long-range radio mesh network</a></p>
</div>

<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/88" target="_blank">BrandedGIFS-JB</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/%20v1docq47-video-creation-translations-into-russian-(february-july-2020).html" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (february - july 2020)</a> by v1docq47</p>
    <p>Raised <b>5.23 of 100.00</b> XMR (5%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/ErCiccione-website-jan-march.html" target="_blank">3 months part time work on Getmonero.org</a> by erciccione</p>
    <p>Raised <b>148.15 of 174.00</b> XMR (85%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2023656</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.236 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>14.6 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>10.75</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>7706</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.95 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 31, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0131.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,253,424,489</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$72.03</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>01/31/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/31/20">$72.05</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+16.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+57.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+67.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/31/20">€64.94</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+15.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+58.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+72.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/31/20">B0.00772165</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+21.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-38.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 31, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for January 25 - 31, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 01/25/20-01/31/20](/img/weekly-chart-0131.png "XMR Price Graph 01/25/20-01/31/20") 

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://taiga.getmonero.org/project/xmrhaelan-monero-public-relations/epic/239" target="_blank">Volunteers needed to update Monero Outreach articles</a>.</p>
</div>

<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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