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title: Issue 15&#58; June 27 - July 4, 2019
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of June 27 - July 4, 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="#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><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/c8eg6k/gui_v01410_boron_butterfly_with_ledger_nano_x_and/" target="_blank">The new GUI point release 0.14.1.0 is out</a>. It includes support for Trezor (Model T), Ledger Nano X, several screen redesigns, a white theme, and major performance improvements.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Kudelski <a href="https://github.com/hyc/RandomxAudits/blob/master/Report-Kudelski-20190702.pdf" target="_blank">released their audit of RandomX</a>. Another good review, with no security issues noted.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/OsrsNeedsF2P" target="_blank">/u/OsrsNeedsF2P</a> released a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/c8052i/mainnet_release_announcing_umonerotipsbot_an/" target="_blank">Monero Tip Bot that can be used across all of Reddit</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Sarang Noether <a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/34#note_6648" target="_blank">released his monthly report for June</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroTalk <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJjV4PognZQ" target="_blank">interviewed Bitcoiner of note Tone Vays</a> for his opinions on why Bitcoin is better than Monero.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>While we wait on work for deterministic builds on the GUI, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/c7rdhy/introducing_the_concept_of_beta_prereleases_for/" target="_blank">the team is going to experiment with beta releases for those that want to test and get access to new features early</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>A guide for how to generate a Trezor wallet with the GUI <a href="https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/11437/how-do-i-generate-a-trezor-monero-wallet-with-the-gui-monero-wallet-gui/" target="_blank">was released on the Stack Exchange</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The XMR.ru team has released <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/c8m4tw/xmrrureport_june/" target="_blank">their report for the month of June</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The cryptocurrency news site Crypto Briefing released <a href="https://cryptobriefing.com/monero-konferenco-explores-secure-privacy/" target="_blank">an article covering the recent Monero Konferenco</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero can now be traded <a href="https://www.investvoyager.com/blog/now-trading-monero-everything-you-need-to-know/" target="_blank">on the Voyager trading platform (not an endorsement)</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Monero Coffee Chat for the month of June was livestreamed on the 29th, and is now <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTYc6y95Lw" target="_blank">available for viewing on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/c94l1v/you_can_now_accept_payments_in_xmr_with/" target="_blank">NOWPayments has added Monero</a> as an option for vendors to accept at their online stores (not an endorsement).</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 6, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 8, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 9, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">July 13, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>DefCon27 Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 14, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">July 18, 2019 (Thursday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Tini2p Dev Meeting</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/81" target="_blank">Increase the Adoption of Monero at Avantpay|19 Conference</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/78" target="_blank">Pre-paid Gifting Wallets</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/58" target="_blank">Monero currency and blockchain statistics hub</a></p>
</div>

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

<p>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).</p>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1871467</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>324.747 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>8.30</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>1775</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.61 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 4, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0704.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b> $1,502,535,918 </b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$88.63</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>07/04/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="07/04/19">$88.05</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-7.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+5.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-36.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="07/04/19">€77.70</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-6.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+5.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-34.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="07/04/19">Ƀ0.00784588</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-7.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-27.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-62.8%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on July 4, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for June 28 - July 4, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 06/28/19-07/04/19](/img/weekly-chart-0704.png "XMR Price Graph 06/27/19-07/04/19") 

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>

<a href="https://store.falloutboy.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/fob-logo.png" alt="Fall Out Boy Logo" class="fob-img" id="decentraleyes"></a>

<a href="https://store.falloutboy.com/" target="_blank">FALL OUT BOY</a>  is a well-known band. They accept payment for their merchandise in Monero via Globee.

<i>Check back next week for another organization or project that accepts Monero for their goods and services.</i>

<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://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/c5h3r7/crypto_localization_sites_monero_outreach/" target="_blank">Monero Outreach is looking for multilingual crypto news sources</a></p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/i2p-zero/i2p-zero/releases" target="_blank">Test I2P-Zero</a></p>
    <p>Download I2P Zero for your machine, follow the direction in the README, and report any issues to the Issue tracker on GitHub, or IRC channel #i2p-zero.</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>

<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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