<h4><ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/iv9qqh/cli_v01700_oxygen_orion_released/"target="_blank">The CLI tools for version 0.17.0.0 Oxygen Orion, has been released</a>. This version includes CLSAG and it is recommended that everyone upgrade before the hard fork on October 17th. The GUI release is forthcoming.</h4>
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<h4>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. <ahref="https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/news-insights/anti-money-laundering-regulation-of-privacy-enabling-cryptocurrencies.html"target="_blank">Read the report on their website</a>.</h4>
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<h4><ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/iufpc3/getmoneroorg_updated_new_blog_posts_improved/"target="_blank">More updates for the website</a>. Included are new blog posts, FAQ question, fixed accessibility issues, and more.</h4>
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<h4>Diego ‘rehrar’ Salazar published his <ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/iteivi/rehrar_transparency_report/"target="_blank">transparency report on his work</a>.</h4>
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<h4><ahref="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/iwdtqs/the_new_release_of_the_gui_wallet_is_almost_ready/"target="_blank">The forthcoming GUI release needs translators</a>. Please consider helping out if you speak one of the supported languages.</h4>
<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/156"target="_blank">Implementing New Range Proof Technique Bulletproofs+ in Monero</a></p>
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<p><ahref="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/138"target="_blank">Compilation time reduction and housekeeping</a></p>
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<h3id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
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<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/Translation-getmonero-german.html"target="_blank">Translation of the Moneropedia and User Guides into German</a> by Wobole</p>
<p>Raised <b>10.46 of 28.5</b> XMR (37%)</p>
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<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/monerofm.html"target="_blank">Monero FM (community run radio project)</a> by rehrar and needmoney90</p>
<p>Raised <b>20.21 of 35</b> XMR (58%)</p>
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<p><ahref="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/avis-moneropedia-userguides.html"target="_blank">Norwegian translation of User guides and Moneropedia</a> by Chris Avis</p>
<p>Raised <b>3.38 of 29.4</b> XMR (11%)</p>
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<h3id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
<h4class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
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<p>Block height: <b>2192003</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>1.312 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Median block size: <b>38.7 kB</b></p>
<p>Average Tx per block: <b>18.61</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>13,374</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>1.41 XMR</b></p>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on September 21, 2020</p>
<h4class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><imgsrc="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0921.png"alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
<h4class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
<divclass="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,595,305,770</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$86.45</b></div>
<pclass="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
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<th>09/21/20</th>
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<th>Year</th>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<tddata-th="09/21/20">$90.10</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="red">-1.8%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="red">-4.9%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="green">+24.2%</td>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<tddata-th="09/21/20">€76.58</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="red">-1.8%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="red">-4.7%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="green">+16.3%</td>
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<tddata-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<tddata-th="09/21/20">B0.00859335</td>
<tddata-th="Week"class="red">-1.8%</td>
<tddata-th="Month"class="green">+5.9%</td>
<tddata-th="Year"class="green">+18.3%</td>
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<pclass="note">Data taken on September 21, 2020</p>
<pclass="table-title">XMR Price Graph for September 15 - 21, 2020</p>
<p>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 <ahref="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source"target="_blank">on GitHub</a>. </p>
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<pclass="date"><ahref="https://github.com/monero-project/monero"target="_blank">Getting Started with Helping Monero</a></p>
<p>If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out <ahref="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.php"target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Group. </p>
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