Issue 15: June 27 - July 4, 2019
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- Upcoming Events
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Monero Merchant of the Week
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Donate
Recent News
The new GUI point release 0.14.1.0 is out. It includes support for Trezor (Model T), Ledger Nano X, several screen redesigns, a white theme, and major performance improvements.
Kudelski released their audit of RandomX. Another good review, with no security issues noted.
Reddit user /u/OsrsNeedsF2P released a Monero Tip Bot that can be used across all of Reddit.
Sarang Noether released his monthly report for June.
MoneroTalk interviewed Bitcoiner of note Tone Vays for his opinions on why Bitcoin is better than Monero.
While we wait on work for deterministic builds on the GUI, the team is going to experiment with beta releases for those that want to test and get access to new features early.
A guide for how to generate a Trezor wallet with the GUI was released on the Stack Exchange.
The XMR.ru team has released their report for the month of June.
The cryptocurrency news site Crypto Briefing released an article covering the recent Monero Konferenco.
Monero can now be traded on the Voyager trading platform (not an endorsement).
The Monero Coffee Chat for the month of June was livestreamed on the 29th, and is now available for viewing on YouTube.
NOWPayments has added Monero as an option for vendors to accept at their online stores (not an endorsement).
Upcoming Events
July 6, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting
July 8, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting
July 9, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC
Monero GUI Meeting
July 13, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
DefCon27 Workgroup Meeting
July 14, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting
July 18, 2019 (Thursday) – 17:00 UTC
Tini2p Dev Meeting
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
None. All funded! But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (donation address at the bottom of the Revuo).
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 1871467
Median block size: 292.97 kB
Hash rate: 324.747 MH/s
Average Tx per block: 8.30
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 1775
Block reward: 2.61 XMR
Data taken on July 4, 2019
Hashrate Pool Distribution
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $88.63
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 07/04/19 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $88.05 | -7.5% | +5.8% | -36.5% |
| EUR | €77.70 | -6.8% | +5.5% | -34.3% |
| BTC | Ƀ0.00784588 | -7.8% | -27.7% | -62.8% |
Data taken on July 4, 2019
XMR Price Graph for June 28 - July 4, 2019
Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, minexmr.com, bitinfocharts.com, coingecko.com, localmonero.co
Monero Merchant of the Week
FALL OUT BOY is a well-known band. They accept payment for their merchandise in Monero via Globee.
Check back next week for another organization or project that accepts Monero for their goods and services.
Volunteer Opportunities
If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren’t sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.
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.
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 on GitHub.
Donate
If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:
44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A
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