---
type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-05-22T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 61
title: "Issue 61: May 15 - May 22, 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>CLI v0.16.0.0 'Nitrogen Nebula' has been tagged. If you would like to build and post your deterministic build hashes, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/go1ous/cli_v01600_nitrogen_nebula_has_been_tagged_you/" target="_blank">please do so here</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/PiNode-XMR" target="_blank">PiNode XMR has joined the Monero Ecosystem</a>. It helps you to set up a Monero Node for Single Board Computers with Web Interface and additional tools pre-configured. Self Installing.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Outreach has started a <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/we-accept-monero.html" target="_blank">“We Accept Monero” campaign for merchant adoption</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/glc1hk/xmrrureport_april/" target="_blank">XMR.ru put out their April report</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Koe and Sarang Noether on "Zero to Monero: 2nd Edition" - <a href="https://youtu.be/2ZrZFLiZOwY" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<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>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 27, 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 31, 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>

<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/147" target="_blank">Swedish cli wallet</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/145" target="_blank">Monero Atomic Swaps research funding</a></p>
</div>

<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/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>13.01 of 37.00</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>2104381</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.308 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>28.6 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>15.94</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>11,516</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.67 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 22, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0522.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,113,971,133</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$62.93</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>05/22/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/22/20">$63.28</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+11.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-24.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/22/20">€58.05</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+10.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-22.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/22/20">B0.00684262</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-14.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-37.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 22, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for May 16 - May 22, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 05/16/20-05/22/20](/img/weekly-chart-0522.png "XMR Price Graph 05/16/20-05/22/20") 

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>

<p class="address" markdown="1">44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A</p>

<!--p><a href="monero:44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A" class="qr"><img src="/img/donate-monero.png"></a></p-->

Comments, criticism, complaints or corrections? Please contact rehrar at **rehrar** at **tuta.io**. Say rehrar sent you.