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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-09-12T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 25
title: "Issue 25; September 5-12, 2019"
---
<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="#merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Brandon "surae" Goodell <a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/89#note_7255" target="_blank">posted his August report on GitLab</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>XMR.ru team <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/d186vv/xmrrureport_august/" target="_blank">posted their August report</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monerujo contributor Anhdres posted <a href="https://medium.com/@anhdres/how-to-move-your-monerujo-wallets-from-one-phone-to-another-4fcc79c38192" target="_blank">an article “How to move your Monerujo wallets from one phone to another” with step-by-step instructions</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/d35ift/getmoneroorg_updated_updated_guides_new/" target="_blank">Getmonero.org is updated: new "Announcements" section, updated guides, some consensus changes, meeting logs and more</a>.</h4>
</div>


<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/rottenwheel" target="_blank">rottenwheel</a> posted <a href="https://t.me/monerotelegram" target="_blank">a directory for all Monero groups on Telegram</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Daniel Kim, PhD, MBA gave the opening keynote at Monero DefCon 27 Village - <a href="https://youtu.be/r-FkL5eXam8" target="_blank">watch his presentation “Foundations of Digital Money” on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk with Lucas, creator of MoneroMixer - a tool that helps you anonymously transact or mix XMR & other coins - <a href="https://youtu.be/ZDr9XgLjXaQ" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Diego "rehrar" Salazar was interviewed by BBOD on Privacy in Monero - <a href="https://youtu.be/20LIV7uQJco" target="_blank">watch Part 1</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/ArAphqVZxAU" target="_blank">watch Part 2</a> on YouTube.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk with Ben Armstrong aka BitBoy Crypto discussing his journey through the crypto space, Bitcoin & his thoughts on privacy coins, including Monero - <a href="https://youtu.be/uBw0tKDcDic" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/bity/status/1170996211106684930" target="_blank">Bity added a new ATM supporting Monero in Basel</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/bitbillwallet/status/1170879164993306624" target="_blank">Ownbit (BitBill) added Android support for Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 14, 2019 (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">September 16, 2019 (Monday) – 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">September 22, 2019 (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 29-31, 2019 – The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero presence (booth and speakers) at <a href="https://worldcryptocon.com/" target="_blank">World Crypto Con</a></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/96" target="_blank">Sarang: research funding for 2019 Q4</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>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/86" target="_blank">A Monero Tip Bot for Telegram</a></p>
</div>

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

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/ErCiccione-weblate.html" target="_blank">New Localization platform: Weblate</a> by ErCiccione</p>
    <p>Raised <b>6.48 of 11.00</b> XMR (59%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1921803</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>343.085 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>12.3 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>7.65</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>5464</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.37 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 12, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0912.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b> $1,290,937,838</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$74.52</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>09/12/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/12/19">$75.00</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+2.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-17.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-28.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/12/19">€67.82</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-16.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-25.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/12/19">Ƀ0.00722128</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-9.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-56.9%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 12, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for September 6 - 12, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 09/05/19-09/12/19](/img/weekly-chart-0912.png "XMR Price Graph 09/05/19-09/12/19") 

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://minexmr.com/pools.html" target="_blank">minexmr.com</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="merchant">Monero Merchant of the Week</h3>

<p><a href="https://gratuitas.org/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/gratuitas-logo.jpg" alt="Coinhost Logo" class="gratuitas"></a></p>

<p><a href="https://gratuitas.org/" target="_blank">Gratuitas</a> is a social impact startup that allows the consumer to tip coffee producers in developing nations using Monero.</p>

<p>How does it work? Gratuitas is using products that are produced by under appreciated, hard-working people living in developing countries. Now you are able to thank those workers directly with a tip.</p>

<p>As a proof-of-concept, Gratuitas has provided coffee farmers in Brazil with Monero private keys. These keys correspond with public key QR codes printed on the bags your coffee is delivered in. You can scan that code to tip the coffee producer directly. If the coffee pilot is a success, Gratuitas will add other products to our offerings, and seek partnerships.</p>

<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>

<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>

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