Issue 50: February 28 - March 7, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
Monero Outreach has released an article explaining the benefits of Dandelion++.
Zero to Monero 2nd Edition is available for proofreading. Volunteers are encouraged to check it out.
Getmonero.org has received another round of updates, including fixed meta tags for sharing pages on social media, an updated roadmap, and more.
The Monero Community Workgroup hosted a coffee chat for the month of March - watch on YouTube.
Monero Talk released an episode talking with Paul Shapiro from MyMonero on improving Monero’s usability - available on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
March 8, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
March 11, 2020 (Wednesday) – 18:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
March 11, 2020 (Wednesday) – 19:00 UTC
Monero Konferenco [EU] Meeting - #monero-konferenco IRC channel
March 14, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
Monero Payment gateways Gateways part 3 by SerHack
Raised 7.42 of 11 XMR (67%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 2049555
Hash rate: 1.203 GH/s
Median block size: 31.5 kB
Average Tx per block: 12.48
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 8922
Block reward: 1.86 XMR
Data taken on March 7, 2020
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $65.04
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 03/07/20 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $65.26 | -1.3% | -16.4% | +32.9% |
| EUR | €57.78 | -3.6% | -18.7% | +31.9% |
| BTC | B0.00733350 | -4.9% | -8.3% | -42.0% |
Data taken on March 7, 2020
XMR Price Graph for March 1 - 7, 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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