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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2021-01-04T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 88
title: "Issue 88; December 14, 2020 - January 4, 2021"
---
<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.getmonero.org/2020/12/30/monero-GUI-0.17.1.8-released.html" target="_blank">GUI and CLI release v0.17.1.8 is out</a> and users are encouraged to upgrade. The release contains mitigations for the memory exhaust attack that has been utilized on the network (no funds at risk).</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>For those with questions about the attacks, we recommend reading the <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ko3d1n/third_update_on_the_ongoing_network_attacks/" target="_blank">reddit post made by Monero developer selsta</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/kjgi5g/farcaster_atomicswap_community_update_december/" target="_blank">The Monero Atomic Swaps project, Farcaster, has given their December update report</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/kl1zen/getmoneroorg_updated_new_faqs_new_workgroup_page/" target="_blank">Another large update on getmonero.org by contributor erciccione with lots of new content and a redone page</a>.</h4>
</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/198" target="_blank">Continued Feather Wallet development (Q1 2021) </a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/197" target="_blank">Bulletproofs+ Audit for Monero</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/190" target="_blank">Translation of GUI Wallet, monero-site, Monero Means Money (subtitles), Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles) to Polish</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/185" target="_blank">Mastering Monero Serbian Translation</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/182" target="_blank">Mastering Monero Spanish Translation</a></p>
</div>

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

None. All funded. :) But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (<a href="#donate">donation address</a> at the bottom of the Revuo).

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2267397</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.688 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>39.5 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>28.42</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>20,495</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.23 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 4, 2021</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0104.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,336,087,101</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$124.80</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>01/04/21</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="01/04/21">$131.20</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-16.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+3.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+158.0%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="01/04/21">€107.11</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-17.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+2.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+135.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="01/04/21">B0.00419348</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-30.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-38.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-39.7%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on January 4, 2021</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for December 28, 2020 - January 4, 2021</p>

![XMR Price Graph 12/28/20-01/04/21](/img/weekly-chart-0104.png "XMR Price Graph 12/28/20-01/04/21") 

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>

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