Issue 72: August 15 - 23, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
There has been a myriad of scams utilizing various means. See some examples and stay safe: "PSA: DO NOT use the fake MyMonero Android app or mymonero < dot > co", "Cake Wallet was targeted by a sophisticated fraud recently", "One Monero user from Chinese community had been hacked 237.9xmr by fake Google play Mymonero wallet".
Monero GUI engineer dsc has been working on a brand new, ground-up light wallet. Introducing Feather wallet.
There is a Monero tracking challenge puzzle, as of yet unsolved.
Upcoming Events
August 29, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
September 2, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
September 6, 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, or donate to the General Fund (donation address at the bottom of the Revuo).
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 2171247
Hash rate: 1.594 GH/s
Median block size: 27.4 kB
Average Tx per block: 17.69
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 12,863
Block reward: 1.47 XMR
Data taken on August 23, 2020
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $87.72
Monero (XMR) Price
| 08/23/20 | Week | Month | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $91.26 | 0.0% | +27.4% | +11.5% |
| EUR | €77.41 | +0.6% | +25.9% | +6.1% |
| BTC | B0.00782288 | +2.1% | +4.2% | -0.7% |
Data taken on August 23, 2020
XMR Price Graph for August 15-23, 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:
44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A
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