Issue 62: May 22 - May 30, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
Sarang Noether published his May monthly report.
If you would like to test the upcoming GUI release, please follow the instructions here.
Community members Andres and rottensox have released another Spanish podcast covering Dandelion++ and other topics.
Cake Wallet released a video showing how to use the exchange in their wallet.
Monero had another coffee chat - watch the recording on YouTube.
Monero Talk interviewed Riccardo ‘fluffypony’ Spagni and Naveen Jain on the launch of Tari’s testnet - watch on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
May 31, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
June 3, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
June 6, 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
Research post-quantum strategies for Monero by Insight
Raised 520.1 of 576 XMR (90%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 2110141
Hash rate: 1.397 GH/s
Median block size: 21.1 kB
Average Tx per block: 16.57
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 13,016
Block reward: 1.65 XMR
Data taken on May 30, 2020
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $65.98
Monero (XMR) Price
| 05/30/20 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $66.66 | +5.1% | +7.4% | -28.2% |
| EUR | €60.00 | +3.2% | +5.8% | -28.0% |
| BTC | B0.0069586 | +0.5% | -3.3% | -37.7% |
Data taken on May 30, 2020
XMR Price Graph for May 24 - May 30, 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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