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title: Issue 24: August 29 - September 5, 2019
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of August 29 - September 5, 2019.</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="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/election?tab=election" target="_blank">The 2019 Moderator Election for Monero StackExchange is open</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/travalacom/status/1167337877606256640" target="_blank">Travala.com has added Monero as a native payment option</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>There is an active and vibrant Chinese Monero community on Weibo and WeChat - <a href="https://twitter.com/PrMonero/status/1167649112423989248" target="_blank">get connected</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cx9nsx/update_cake_wallet_3119_some_cool_n_useful_stuff/" target="_blank">A new update for Cake Wallet - Cake Wallet 3.1.19 - with a list of new features has been released</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://gratuitas.org/" target="_blank">Monero Talk announced Gratuitas - a coffee bean store that will help fund Monero Talk and spread Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Realchacal" target="_blank">Realchacal</a> posted <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cxxcmx/i_just_wanted_to_share_my_latest_gui_design_users/" target="_blank">his latest GUI design for multiple accounts</a> and <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/cynicf/poll_how_would_you_prefer_your_fiat_balance_to_be/" target="_blank">a poll on how to display the fiat balance</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/bitbillwallet/status/1168721404490993664" target="_blank">Ownbit (BitBill) now supports Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero PR China Community <a href="https://twitter.com/PrMonero/status/1167662928683765762" target="_blank">has translated the Mastering Monero book in Chinese and is readying it for publication</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fluffy_doggy/" target="_blank">fluffy-doggy</a> posted <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/czynan/moneros_richlist_top_100_richest_monero_addresses/" target="_blank">the top 100 richest Monero addresses</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">September 8, 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">September 9, 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 10, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-gui" target="_blank">#monero-gui</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<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">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/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>0 of 11.00</b> XMR</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1916781</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>343.647 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>14.4 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>8.07</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>5842</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.39 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 5, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0905.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b> $1,303,049,055</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$72.76</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>09/05/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="09/05/19">$75.79</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+4.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-19.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-45.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="09/05/19">€68.68</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+5.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-17.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-42.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="09/05/19">Ƀ0.00717268</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-3.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-9.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-61.7%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on September 5, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for August 30 - September 5, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 08/30/19-09/05/19](/img/weekly-chart-0905.png "XMR Price Graph 08/30/19-09/05/19") 

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="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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