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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-02-07T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 46
title: "Issue 46; January 31 - February 7, 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://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/6314" target="_blank">Dandelion++ has been PRd to the Monero core repository</a>. This will make it even harder to track Monero via timing attacks and analysis. While it is not merged, it’s a big milestone on the road to its future inclusion.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The date for this year’s Monero Konferenco has been set at June 13-14, with the location being Berlin, Germany. <a href="https://monerokon.com/" target="_blank">Volunteers and speakers are encouraged to apply ASAP</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://xmr.to/blog" target="_blank">XMR.to published their first transparency report</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviews Becky Huang, Scott and Jindouyun regarding Monero in China - <a href="https://youtu.be/uR7ApZpdSo8" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">February 9, 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">February 12, 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">February 12, 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 15, 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/122" target="_blank">xiphon part-time coding</a></p>
</div>

<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/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/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>37.34 of 100.00</b> XMR (37%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2028768</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.338 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>10.6 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>10.89</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>7863</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.93 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 7, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0207.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,364,665,590</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$74.73</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>02/07/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="02/07/20">$78.18</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+8.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+31.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+82.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="02/07/20">€71.44</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+10.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+33.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+88.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="02/07/20">B0.00800820</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+8.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-36.6%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 7, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for February 1 - 7, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 02/01/20-02/07/20](/img/weekly-chart-0207.png "XMR Price Graph 02/01/20-02/07/20") 

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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