Issue 20: August 1-8, 2019
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- Upcoming Events
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Donate
Recent News
Monero Talk with Aurora from Wookey Wallet on Monero in China - available on YouTube.
Realchacal posted another GUI redesign suggestion for feedback.
Transcription for a Monero Konferenco talk "Bringing Privacy Mainstream: Building Demand Within Shifting Local and Global Demographics" by Amanda Cavaleri is available on the Monero Outreach website.
Monero Community Workgroup Meeting from 08/03/2019 had a live Transcript on Reddit (maintained by OsrsNeedsF2P).
Upcoming Events
August 8-11, 2019 - Las Vegas, US
Monero Village at DEFCON 2019
August 11, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
August 12, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
August 13, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC
Monero GUI Meeting - #monero-gui IRC channel
August 17, 2019 (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
v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august - january) by v1docq47r
Raised 0.00 of 37.80 XMR
Continued funding for Surae for another quarter, Aug Sep Nov 2019 by suraeNoether
Raised 200.00 of 357.00 XMR (56%)
World Crypto Con for rehrar and Sarang by rehrar
Raised 27.33 of 30.00 XMR (91%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 1896555
Hash rate: 321.734 MH/s
Average Tx per block: 8.67
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 6260
Block reward: 2.49 XMR
Data taken on August 8, 2019
Hashrate Pool Distribution
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $103
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 08/08/19 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $92.60 | +14.2% | -8.6% | -14.3% |
| EUR | €82.81 | +12.9% | -8.4% | -11.2% |
| BTC | Ƀ0.00792909 | -1.6% | -3.9% | -50.7% |
Data taken on August 8, 2019
XMR Price Graph for August 2 - August 8, 2019
Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, minexmr.com, 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.
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
Comments, criticism, complaints or corrections? Please contact rehrar at rehrar at tuta.io. Say rehrar sent you.