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title: Issue 44: January 17-24, 2020
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of January 17 - January 24, 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>Sarang Noether and Justin Ehrenhofer have released <a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2020/01/17/auditability.html" target="_blank">a blog post on supply auditability in Monero</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Cake Wallet has released <a href="https://cakewallet.com/" target="_blank">a new website</a>. As well, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/eq658q/update_cake_wallet_for_monero_xmr_version_102_for/" target="_blank">they’ve made an update for their Android wallet</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero had another Coffee Chat. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqMcz3XOS6M" target="_blank">Check it out</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/esqso7/getmoneroorg_updated_new_simplified_accepting/" target="_blank">Getmonero.org has been updated</a>: many new improvements, including a revamped “Accepting” page.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroTalk released Part 2 of their interview with Alexandre Poltorak and Steve Jain on KYC/AML and Bisq - <a href="https://youtu.be/AA-zqIdzygY" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">January 26, 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">January 29, 2020 (Wednesday) – 18:00 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">January 29, 2020 (Wednesday) – 19:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero Konferenco [EU] Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-konferenco" target="_blank">#monero-konferenco</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 1, 2020 (Saturday) – 16:30 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/120" target="_blank">Part Time Research Atoc</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/119" target="_blank">TheCharlatan: VPS funding for reproducible gui builds</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/117" target="_blank">A Monero-centric Merchant Marketplace</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/115" target="_blank">Locha Mesh, private transactions and sync over a resilient long-range radio mesh network</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>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/88" target="_blank">BrandedGIFS-JB</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/%20v1docq47-video-creation-translations-into-russian-(february-july-2020).html" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (february - july 2020)</a> by v1docq47</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.4 of 100.00</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/Norwegian-translation.html" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of the GUI</a> by Christopher</p>
    <p>Raised <b>1.8199999999999998 of 3</b> XMR (61%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/ErCiccione-website-jan-march.html" target="_blank">3 months part time work on Getmonero.org</a> by erciccione</p>
    <p>Raised <b>111.06 of 174.00</b> XMR (64%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2018852</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.238 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>9.7 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>11.77</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>8534</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.97 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 24, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0125.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,052,359,806</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$60.36</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>01/24/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/24/20">$60.47</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-12.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+31.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+34.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/24/20">€54.84</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-12.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+32.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+37.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/24/20">B0.00725438</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-6.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+13.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-42.6%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 24, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for January 19 - 25, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 01/19/20-01/25/20](/img/weekly-chart-0125.png "XMR Price Graph 01/19/20-01/25/20") 

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://taiga.getmonero.org/project/xmrhaelan-monero-public-relations/epic/239" target="_blank">Volunteers needed to update Monero Outreach articles</a>.</p>
</div>

<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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