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title: Issue 78: September 28 - October 6, 2020
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of September 28 - October 6, 2020.</p>
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<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><a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2020/09/27/monero-0.17.0.1-released.html" target="_blank">Monero CLI 0.17.0.1 'Oxygen Orion' Minor Point Release has been released</a>. Please update as it includes security and bug fixes</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.getmonero.org/2020/10/05/monero-GUI-0.17.0.1-released.html" target="_blank">Monero GUI 0.17.0.1 'Oxygen Orion' released</a>. This is the GUI release for the next upgrade, which includes CLSAG. This is a mandatory upgrade for all GUI users. Please upgrade and WRITE DOWN YOUR SEED!</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/j2oncd/september_monthly_report_from_sarang_noether/" target="_blank">Sarang has released his monthly report for September</a>. He is also stepping down from MRL work to focus on other things. We at the Revuo wish him well in his future endeavors.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/j3bu14/java_javascript_c_libraries_updated_to_monero/" target="_blank">The Java, Javascript, and C++ libraries have all been updated for the 0.17 release</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/j4lywd/august_september_monthly_report_from_v1docq47_ccs/" target="_blank">V1docq47 has released a monthly report for his CCS work with XMR.RU</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/j36h6w/psa_feather_wallet_is_coming_alpha_release_10/" target="_blank">dsc, the maker of feather wallet, has confirmed an alpha release date of October 10th</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://anchor.fm/elmonero/episodes/7-Mesa-Redonda-ekjpnn" target="_blank">El Monero, the Spanish Monero podcast, has released another episode</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Space spoke with Andrey for the Incognito project about their work, coin, DEXs, and more - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4fTMFd-OsI" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk spoke about Privacy in Cryptocurrency with Doug, Paouky, Crypto_C & Aleks - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VffaKwMO0" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</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/175" target="_blank">ErCiccione: 3 more months part time work on Getmonero.org (Oct-Dec)</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/173" target="_blank">Tipxmr.live</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/172" target="_blank">Core website translation to Serbian</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/168" target="_blank">Atomic Swap implementation funding</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/156" target="_blank">Implementing New Range Proof Technique Bulletproofs+ in Monero</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>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

None. All funded. :) But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (<a href="#donate">donation address</a> at the bottom of the Revuo).

<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>

<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2202585</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.384 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>44.3 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>22.08</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>15,866</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.39 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 6, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1006.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,914,348,701</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$103.79</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>10/06/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="10/06/20">$107.92</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+13.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+39.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+91.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="10/06/20">€91.89</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+13.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+40.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+78.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="10/06/20">B0.01020877</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+13.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+33.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+47.1%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 6, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for September 29 - October 6, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 09/29/20-10/06/20](/img/weekly-chart-1006.png "XMR Price Graph 09/29/20-10/06/20") 

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>

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