Issue 49: February 21-28, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
Dandelion++ was PRd to the Monero repository, and is looking for testers. Instructions for testing can be found here.
Cake Wallet has released a new version - 1.0.4 - with fixes to the Russian translation as well as OpenAlias support.
Xmrig has released a new version - 5.7.0 - which allows for use with Tor, a RandomX hashrate increase, and bug fixes.
Brandon “suraeNoether” Goodell gave a talk about Triptych (one of Monero’s in research protocols to replace the current MLSAG ring signature scheme).
YouTube channel Marco Polo Mandarin, which makes educational “Learn Chinese (Mandarin)” videos released a video covering top 12 words in Mastering Monero, which was recently translated into Chinese.
Upcoming Events
February 29, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
March 5, 2020 (Wednesday) – 18:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
March 5, 2020 (Wednesday) – 19:00 UTC
Monero Konferenco [EU] Meeting - #monero-konferenco IRC channel
March 7, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Monero Coffee Chat - watch online here
March 8, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
None. All funded. :) But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (donation address at the bottom of the Revuo).
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 2043924
Hash rate: 1.343 GH/s
Median block size: 11.9 kB
Average Tx per block: 10.50
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 7537
Block reward: 1.88 XMR
Data taken on February 28, 2020
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $65.14
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 02/28/20 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $68.64 | -14.5% | -1.7% | +41.2% |
| EUR | €62.25 | -15.9% | -1.8% | +45.7% |
| BTC | B0.00786830 | -5.2% | +4.7% | -38.3% |
Data taken on February 28, 2020
XMR Price Graph for February 22 - 28, 2020
Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, miningpoolstats.stream, bitinfocharts.com, coingecko.com, localmonero.co
Volunteer Opportunities
If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren’t sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.
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 on GitHub.
Getting Started with Helping Monero
If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Group.
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Donate
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