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+---
+title: Issue 71: August 1 - 15, 2020
+image: /img/twitter-card-issue-71.png
+issuenumber: 71
+---
+[<img src="/img/img-issue71.png" alt="Revuo Monero Weekly #71 Slide" class="img-lead">]({% post_url 2020-08-15-issue-71 %}.html)
+
+<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Weeks of August 1 - 15, 2020.</p>
+<!--more-->
+
+<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>Monero once again had a presence at Defcon (which took place digitally this year). All talks for the Monero Village <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsSYUeVwrHBn43BwoeplKKdJDFJFGH-9_" target="_blank">can be viewed on YouTube</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2020/08/07/monero-0.16.0.3-released.html" target="_blank">Monero 0.16.0.3 Nitrogen Nebula CLI has been released</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2020/08/09/monero-GUI-0.16.0.3-released.html" target="_blank">Monero 0.16.0.3. Nitrogen Nebula GUI has been released</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+<div class="newsbyte">
+    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/i8gzbr/announcing_monero_services_on_monerojobscom/" target="_blank">Monerojobs.com has added a place for people to offer their services</a>.</h4>
+</div>
+
+
+<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 19, 2020 (Wednesday) – 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">August 23, 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>
+
+<div class="event">
+    <p class="date" markdown="1">August 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>
+
+<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/160" target="_blank">Norwegian translation of User guides & Moneropedia</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/159" target="_blank">Create Monero educational content in Spanish</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/157" target="_blank">xiphon part-time coding</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/156" target="_blank">Implementing New Range Proof Technique Bulletproofs+ in Monero</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/154" target="_blank">v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august 2020 - january 2021)</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/147" target="_blank">Swedish cli wallet</a></p>
+</div>
+
+<div class="proposal">
+<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/138" target="_blank">Compilation time reduction and housekeeping</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>2165365</b></p>
+    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.417 GH/s</b></p>
+    <p>Median block size: <b>24.0 kB</b></p>
+    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>17.57</b></p>
+    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>12,562</b></p>
+    <p>Block reward: <b>1.49 XMR</b></p>
+</div>
+<p class="note">Data taken on August 15, 2020</p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
+<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0815.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>
+
+<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>
+
+<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,604,868,700</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$89.74</b></div>
+
+<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
+<table class="price-table">
+  <tr class="row1">
+    <th></th>
+    <th>08/15/20</th>
+    <th>Week</th>
+    <th>Month</th>
+    <th>Year</th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
+    <td data-th="08/15/20">$90.90</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.1%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+34.4%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+9.7%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr class="row3">
+    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
+    <td data-th="08/15/20">€76.76</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-4.6%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+29.3%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+2.9%</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
+    <td data-th="08/15/20">₿0.00764823</td>
+    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-5.3%</td>
+    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+3.4%</td>
+    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-4.8%</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<p class="note">Data taken on August 8-15, 2020</p>
+
+<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for August 15, 2020</p>
+
+![XMR Price Graph 08/08/20-08/15/20](/img/weekly-chart-0815.png "XMR Price Graph 08/08/20-08/15/20") 
+
+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 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>
+
+<p class="address" markdown="1">44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A</p>
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