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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-10-12T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 79
title: "Issue 79: October 6 - 12, 2020"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</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://featherwallet.org/" target="_blank">The Feather Wallet alpha has been released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/j6ob5w/ledger_nano_app_update_173_is_now_available/" target="_blank">The Monero Ledger app has been updated</a>. Please update ASAP if you use Ledger to secure your funds.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://blog.trezor.io/firmware-update-for-trezor-model-t-version-2-3-4-for-monero-hard-fork-c2ff972101d3" target="_blank">Trezor has also updated their firmware</a>. Update ASAP if you use Trezor to secure your funds.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Developer moneromooo has made a blockchain based game, based off of a blockchain that is merge mined with Monero. Monero Outreach covers the initiative in a <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/news/townforge-blockchain-game.html" target="_blank">newly released article</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Core Team member ArticMine was interviewed about CipherTrace and cryptocurrency privacy and scaling - <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/news/townforge-blockchain-game.html" 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/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>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/sarang-vacations.html" target="_blank">Sarang Vacation Days</a> by The Core Team</p>
    <p>Raised <b>197.79 of 200</b> XMR (99%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/Core%20website%20translation%20to%20serbian.html" target="_blank">Core website translation to Serbian</a> by readifugly</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0 of 3</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/h4sh3d-atomic-swap-implementation.html" target="_blank">Monero Atomic Swaps implementation funding</a> by h4sh3d et al.</p>
    <p>Raised <b>36.51 of 2727</b> XMR (1%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2207197</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.819 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>39.7 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>23.87</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>17,607</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.37 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 12, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1012.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,314,777,849</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$124.12</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>10/12/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="10/12/20">$130.58</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+15.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+50.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+143.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="10/12/20">€110.72</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+15.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+51.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+127.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="10/12/20">B0.01136483</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+15.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+36.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+76.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 12, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for October 6 - 12, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 10/06/20-10/12/20](/img/weekly-chart-1012.png "XMR Price Graph 10/06/20-10/12/20") 

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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