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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-05-30T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 10
title: "Issue 10: May 23-30, 2019"
---

<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://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/RandomX-audit.html" target="_blank">The community has successfully funded the RandomX audits</a> (via the Community Crowdfund System)
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/releases/tag/v1.11.7" target="_blank">Monerujo v1.11.7 "Chernushka" has been released</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Speaking of Crypto interviewed Riccardo Spagni on Financial Privacy with Monero and Tari. <a href="https://speakingofcrypto.com/068-fluffypony/" target="_blank">Listen to the podcast here</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
    <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bs58to/17_million_xmr_in_circulation/" target="_blank">Monero has reached 17,000,000 in circulation</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bshex7/new_monero_additions_listings/" target="_blank">A list of recent exchange additions for Monero is available here</a> (not an endorsement)
    </h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">June 1, 2019 (Saturday) – 16:00 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">June 1, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>DefCon27 Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 2, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 3, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 4, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 6, 2019 (Thursday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Tini2p Dev Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 8, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 22-23, 2019 - Denver, US</p>
    <p markdown="1"><a href="http://monerokon.com/" target="_blank">Monero Konferenco</a></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/72" target="_blank">Keyi Store needs assistance from Monero Community</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/70" target="_blank">Monero Outreach Round 3</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/62" target="_blank">New idea for ideas section: Rapida, fibre like thing for monero</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/65" target="_blank">Funding To Produce, Write And Record An Entirely Original Rap/Hip-Hop Anthem Exclusively For Monero</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>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/monero-defcon-27-supplies.html" target="_blank">Monero Defcon 27 Supplies</a> by ajs</p>
    <p>Raised <b>15.77 of 73.00</b> XMR (22%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/rehrar-defcon-reimburse-2019.html" target="_blank">Defcon 2019 Volunteer Reimbursement</a> by rehrar</p>
    <p>Raised <b>53.36 of 137.00</b> XMR (39%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1846146</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>321.416 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>13.19</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>9589</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.74 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 30, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0530.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b>$1,623,445,023</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$94.22</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>05/30/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/30/19">$95.43</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+14.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+57.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-39.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/30/19">€85.68</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+14.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+57.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-37.3%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/30/19">Ƀ0.01104844</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+1.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-5.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-47.8%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 30, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for May 24 - May 30, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 05/24/19-05/30/19](/img/weekly-chart-0530.png "XMR Price Graph 05/24/19-05/30/19") 

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://pepper.works/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/pepperworks.png" alt="Pepper.works Logo" class="merchant-img" id="pepperworks"></a>

<a href="https://pepper.works/" target="_blank">Pepper.works</a> allows users to purchase a host of items with their Monero. From electronics to watches to tupperware, visit pepper.works and browse for all of your online shopping needs. And to pay with Monero for all of these things? The future is here.

The Revuo Monero is proud to announce that you can use the promo code **revuo** for free shipping.

<i>Check back next week for another merchant 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><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bqhjw8/many_languages_of_the_gui_wallet_still_need_to_be/" target="_blank">Translators needed for the new GUI release</a>.</p>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p>If you know of any merchants or exchanges that are still using a long form payment ID, please let the community know so we can contact them and ask them to integrated addresses or subaddresses. Feel free to leave them in the comments of <a href="https://reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bib6zq/list_of_services_using_long_payment_ids_a_call/" target="_blank">this Reddit thread</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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