---
type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-05-16T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 8
title: "Issue 8: May 9-16, 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>RandomX, a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bmybxn/randomx_status_update/" target="_blank">Status Update</a> and community feedback needed for <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bozr0z/randomx_auditor_selection/" target="_blank">Auditor Selection</a> (Super important! Please make your opinion known!)
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bosdwj/update_cake_wallet_version_319_is_now_live_with_a/" target="_blank">Cake Wallet version 3.1.9 is now live</a> with a new refreshed design, new accounts feature, better subaddresses management, and a new insta-exchange: ChangeNow
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currencies-altcoins-explainer/explainer-privacy-coin-monero-offers-near-total-anonymity-idUSKCN1SL0F0" target="_blank">Reuters published an article on Monero</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bonpt3/monero_outreach_round_2_ccs_final_report_see_what/" target="_blank">Monero Outreach Workgroup posted their Round 2 CCS Final Report</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Watch two new Breaking Monero Episodes on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/-zJpvsj1rWE" target="_blank">Episode 12: Input/Output Metadata</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A6k4RQ-uIE" target="_blank">Episode 13: Blockchain Explorer OpSec</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://coincenter.org/entry/fincen-s-new-cryptocurrency-guidance-matches-coin-center-recommendations" target="_blank">FinCEN’s new cryptocurrency guidance matches Coin Center recommendations.</a> Multi-sig wallets, decentralized exchanges, and privacy protecting cryptocurrency developers are not regulated
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk with Binary Fate with Jeremie Dubois-Lacoste - <a href="https://youtu.be/j7oYXqcfXqU" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Magical Crypto Conference 2019 took place in NYC. Monero Talk recorded interviews with the conference visitors. The playlist is available <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfJ_JjSwYaa9JNWQ3vn9AR9eGjjWITEbf" target="_blank">on YouTube</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://flyp.me/en/#/" target="_blank">Flyp.me implemented sub-addresses to their crypto to crypto exchange without registration</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MyMonero and Urbane Security at Magical Crypto Con <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bo3vml/mymonero_and_urbane_security_at_magical_crypto/" target="_blank">announced new web resource integrity protocol and browser plugin called SecureBrowse</a>, to eliminate risk of compromised JS
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero mining pool server written in C update is <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bnkyta/github_jtgrassiemoneropool_a_monero_mining_pool/
" target="_blank">available here</a>
    </h4>
</div>


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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">May 18, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>DefCon27 Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 19, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 20, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 21, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 23, 2019 (Thursday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Tini2p Dev Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">May 25, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup 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/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/63" target="_blank">BtcPayServer Monero Integration</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/ErCiccione-localizations.html" target="_blank">ErCiccione: Coordinator of the Localization Workgroup - March</a> by ErCiccione</p>
    <p>Raised <b>53.50 of 144.00</b> XMR (37%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1836180</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>319.806 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>14.28</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>10206</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.79 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 16, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0516.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b>$1,467,467,016</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$87.19</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>05/16/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="05/16/19">$86.37</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+29%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+34.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-57.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="05/16/19">€77.33</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+29.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+36.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-55.1%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="05/16/19">Ƀ0.01096109</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-2.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-13.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-54.4%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on May 16, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for May 10 - May 16, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 05/09/19-05/16/19](/img/weekly-chart-0516.png "XMR Price Graph 05/09/19-05/16/19") 

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://www.azirevpn.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/og_azirevpn.png" alt="AzireVPN Logo" class="merchant-img" id="azirevpn"></a>

<a href="https://www.azirevpn.com/" target="_blank">AzireVPN</a> was founded in 2012 with the mission to become a market-leading VPN service to help people avoiding censorship and interception on the Internet. Since then, the service has been continuously developed to keep up to date with the latest technologies and VPN protocols. 

They are Sweden-based, and support WireGuard, as well as being one of the few VPNs that do not require an email for sign up.

Also, for the first time ever on the Revuo, they have partnered with us to give Revuo readers access to an exclusive offer. Use the promo code **"monero4life"** to receive 20% off on the 1 and 3 month packages. Offer valid through the 1st of December, 2019.

<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://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bojcre/the_new_gui_for_the_next_release_is_ready_but_the/" 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>

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