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title: Issue 49: February 21-28, 2020
image: /img/twitter-card-issue-49.png
issuenumber: 49
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[<img src="/img/img-issue49.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #49 Slide" class="img-lead">](/issue-49.html)
<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of February 21 - February 28, 2020.</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="#sponsor">Sponsors</a></li>
<li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>Dandelion++ was PRd to the Monero repository, and is looking for testers. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/f9cksh/help_us_test_dandelion_on_testnet_instructions/" target="_blank">Instructions for testing can be found here</a>.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/fav5fj/update_cake_wallet_for_android_version_104/" target="_blank">Cake Wallet has released a new version - 1.0.4</a> - with fixes to the Russian translation as well as OpenAlias support.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig/releases/tag/v5.7.0" target="_blank">Xmrig has released a new version - 5.7.0</a> - which allows for use with Tor, a RandomX hashrate increase, and bug fixes.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://youtu.be/uHKq-n2c0PE" target="_blank">Brandon “suraeNoether” Goodell gave a talk about Triptych</a> (one of Moneros in research protocols to replace the current MLSAG ring signature scheme).
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Monero-Chicago/" target="_blank">Justin “sgp” Ehrenhofer has started a meetup in the Chicago area</a>.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmWN9Kez1YI&t=74s" target="_blank">Fluffypony was interviewed at Davos 2020</a>.
</h4>
</div>
<div class="newsbyte">
<h4>YouTube channel Marco Polo Mandarin, which makes educational “Learn Chinese (Mandarin)” videos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMKJfWNZKU" target="_blank">released a video covering top 12 words in Mastering Monero</a>, which was recently translated into Chinese.
</h4>
</div>
<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">February 29, 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>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">March 5, 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">March 5, 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">March 7, 2020 (Saturday) 17:00 UTC</p>
<p>Monero Coffee Chat - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxLNPJeEjPXOke55i5AIXA" target="_blank">watch online here</a></p>
</div>
<div class="event">
<p class="date" markdown="1">March 8, 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>
<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/129" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of webplate + footers + nav. menu</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/127" target="_blank">[Monero Aligned] Proposal for 1M5 Integration as Proxy</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/125" target="_blank">Monero Integrations Part 3</a></p>
</div>
<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/124" target="_blank">Mining Outreach</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>
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>2043924</b></p>
<p>Hash rate: <b>1.343 GH/s</b></p>
<p>Median block size: <b>11.9 kB</b></p>
<p>Average Tx per block: <b>10.50</b></p>
<p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>7537</b></p>
<p>Block reward: <b>1.88 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 28, 2020</p>
<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0228.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,198,714,645</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$65.14</b></div>
<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
<tr class="row1">
<th>XMR to</th>
<th>02/28/20</th>
<th>Week</th>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Year</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
<td data-th="02/28/20">$68.64</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="red">-14.5%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.7%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="green">+41.2%</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row3">
<td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
<td data-th="02/28/20">€62.25</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="red">-15.9%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="red">-1.8%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="green">+45.7%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
<td data-th="02/28/20">B0.00786830</td>
<td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.2%</td>
<td data-th="Month" class="green">+4.7%</td>
<td data-th="Year" class="red">-38.3%</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 28, 2020</p>
<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for February 22 - 28, 2020</p>
![XMR Price Graph 02/22/20-02/28/20](/img/weekly-chart-0228.png "XMR Price Graph 02/22/20-02/28/20")
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 arent 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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