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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-09-28T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 77
title: "Issue 77; September 21 - 28, 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://www.reddit.com/r/Monerujo/comments/ixuj76/update_monerujo_v1146_upgrading_to_monero_v01603/" target="_blank">Monerujo has updated to v1.14.6</a>  with new onboarding and fingerprint verification for spending.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-cpp" target="_blank">Monero-cpp, a C++ wrapper for Core’s C++ wallet, joins the Monero Ecosystem as the newest project</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Spanish podcast, El Monero, has released <a href="https://anchor.fm/elmonero/episodes/6-La-Lucha-por-la-Locha-ek7d17" target="_blank">another episode - "La lucha por la locha"</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/AtomicWallet/status/1309177692638646272" target="_blank">Atomic Wallet has added Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>


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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">October 4, 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">October 10, 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/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/166" target="_blank">Make Yaml valid</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>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="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>22.11 of 28.5</b> XMR (78%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="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>10.3 of 29.4</b> XMR (35%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2197124</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.260 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>36.2 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>20.66</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>14,969</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.40 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 28, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0928.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,708,136,871</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$90.63</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>09/28/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/28/20">$96.46</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+8.08%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+4.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+67.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/28/20">€82.65</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+8.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+6.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+56.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/28/20">B0.00902039</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+8.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+11.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+28.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 21, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for September 15 - 21, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 09/21/20-09/28/20](/img/weekly-chart-0928.png "XMR Price Graph 09/21/20-09/28/20") 

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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