Issue 70: July 24 - August 1, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
Monero’s next network upgrade, which will include CLSAG, has been set for October 17th.
The Monero Atomic Swap research done by community member h4sh3d (CCS Funded) has been completed with promising results.
Cake Wallet has updated to version 1.0.9 for Android. Please update your wallets.
Many more new website changes, including better SEO, removed Javascript, and more.
Cake Wallet founder Vik Sharma was interviewed by ChangeNow.
Monero Outreach posted an article on purchasing Monero privately.
New MoneroTalk interview - Amir Khazaieli and Brad Yasar: A Miner & Bitcoin OG on Monero - watch on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
August 5, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
August 7-9, 2020 (Friday-Saturday)
Monero Village at Defcon 28 - see updated news, schedule, and more at monerovillage.org.
August 9, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
August 15, 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
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: 2155495
Hash rate: 1.553 GH/s
Median block size: 13.6 kB
Average Tx per block: 11.91
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 8,687
Block reward: 1.52 XMR
Data taken on August 1, 2020
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $79.38
Monero (XMR) Price
| 08/01/20 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $83.75 | +13.9% | +28.1% | +2.9% |
| EUR | €71.04 | +12.7% | +22.3% | -3.2% |
| BTC | ₿0.00740061 | -2.4% | +3.0% | -5.6% |
Data taken on August 1, 2020
XMR Price Graph for July 26 - August 1, 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
If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:
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