Issue 76: September 14 - 21, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
The CLI tools for version 0.17.0.0 Oxygen Orion, has been released. This version includes CLSAG and it is recommended that everyone upgrade before the hard fork on October 17th. The GUI release is forthcoming.
Perkins Coie, an international law firm, has put out a white paper presenting a case for why privacy coins do not go against current KYC/AML laws, meaning exchange and governments should not fear them. Read the report on their website.
More updates for the website. Included are new blog posts, FAQ question, fixed accessibility issues, and more.
Diego ‘rehrar’ Salazar published his transparency report on his work.
The forthcoming GUI release needs translators. Please consider helping out if you speak one of the supported languages.
Upcoming Events
September 23, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
September 26, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
October 4, 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
Translation of the Moneropedia and User Guides into German by Wobole
Raised 10.46 of 28.5 XMR (37%)
Monero FM (community run radio project) by rehrar and needmoney90
Raised 20.21 of 35 XMR (58%)
Norwegian translation of User guides and Moneropedia by Chris Avis
Raised 3.38 of 29.4 XMR (11%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 2192003
Hash rate: 1.312 GH/s
Median block size: 38.7 kB
Average Tx per block: 18.61
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 13,374
Block reward: 1.41 XMR
Data taken on September 21, 2020
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $86.45
Monero (XMR) Price
09/21/20 | Week | Month | Year | |
---|---|---|---|---|
USD | $90.10 | -1.8% | -4.9% | +24.2% |
EUR | €76.58 | -1.8% | -4.7% | +16.3% |
BTC | B0.00859335 | -1.8% | +5.9% | +18.3% |
Data taken on September 21, 2020
XMR Price Graph for September 15 - 21, 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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