Issue #60

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+title: Issue 60: May 8 - May 15, 2020
+image: /img/twitter-card-issue-60.png
+issuenumber: 60
+---
+[<img src="/img/img-issue60.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #60 Slide" class="img-lead">]({% post_url 2020-05-15-issue-60 %}.html)
+
+<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of May 8 - May 15, 2020.</p>
+<!--more-->
+
+<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
+<ul class="contents">
+    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#events">Upcoming Events</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#sponsor">Sponsors</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>The v0.16 CLI release is on the horizon. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/giehky/help_out_with_testing_the_upcoming_v016_cli/" target="_blank">Help test it</a> so we can release it with minimal bugs.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/gjiz7e/monero_being_removed_from_bithumb_as_it_looks/" target="_blank">Monero was delisted from Bithumb</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Community member jwinterm <a href="https://github.com/jwinterm/RandomXStressGUI" target="_blank">made a front end for a RandomX stress test bench marking tool</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Randy Brito on Locha Mesh - <a href="https://youtu.be/Q1w0w9dbZqk" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 17, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
+    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-dev" target="_blank">#monero-dev</a> IRC channel</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 20, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
+    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel</p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 23, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
+    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</p>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>
+
+<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/144" target="_blank">Market Research</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/142" target="_blank">Research post-quantum strategies for Monero</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/141" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of core part</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/138" target="_blank">Compilation time reduction and housekeeping</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/127" target="_blank">[Monero Aligned] Proposal for 1M5 Integration as Proxy</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/91" target="_blank">Telegram bot for Monero-Jobs group</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/netrik182-mastering-monero-translation.html" target="_blank">Translation of Mastering Monero into Brazilian Portuguese</a> by netrik182</p>
+    <p>Raised <b>7 of 37.00</b> XMR (19%)</p>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>
+
+<div class="bcstats">
+    <p>Block height: <b>2099351</b></p>
+    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.243 GH/s</b></p>
+    <p>Median block size: <b>24.1 kB</b></p>
+    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>18.76</b></p>
+    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>13,481</b></p>
+    <p>Block reward: <b>1.69 XMR</b></p>
+</div>
+<p class="note">Data taken on May 15, 2020</p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
+<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0515.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
+
+<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,120,944,302</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$64.04</b></div>
+
+<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
+<table class="price-table">
+  <tr class="row1">
+    <th></th>
+    <th>05/15/20</th>
+    <th>Week</th>
+    <th>Month</th>
+    <th>Year</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
+    <td data-th="05/15/20">$63.98</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.1%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+20.3%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-32.5%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr class="row3">
+    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
+    <td data-th="05/15/20">€59.15</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.5%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+21.2%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-30.1%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
+    <td data-th="05/15/20">B0.00674742</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.9%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-15.7%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-41.6%</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p class="note">Data taken on May 15, 2020</p>
+
+<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for May 9 - May 15, 2020</p>
+
+![XMR Price Graph 05/08/20-05/15/20](/img/weekly-chart-0515.png "XMR Price Graph 05/08/20-05/15/20") 
+
+Sources: <a href="https://community.xmr.to/explorer/mainnet/" target="_blank">community.xmr.to</a>, <a href="https://moneroblocks.info/stats/transaction-stats" target="_blank">moneroblocks.info</a>, <a href="https://miningpoolstats.stream/monero" target="_blank">miningpoolstats.stream</a>, <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/monero/" target="_blank">bitinfocharts.com</a>, <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>, <a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">localmonero.co</a>
+
+<h3 id="volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</h3>
+
+<p>If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren’t sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.</p>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Test Monero Core Software</a></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 <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">on GitHub</a>. </p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <p class="date"><a href="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 <a href="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>
+</div>
+
+<h3 id="sponsor">Sponsored by</h3>
+
+<p><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/localmonero-logo.png" alt="LocalMonero.co Logo" class="localmonero"></a></p>
+
+<p class="text-center"><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">LocalMonero.co</a></p>
+
+<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>
+
+<p markdown="1">If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:</p>
+
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