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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2021-02-27T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 95
title: "Issue 95; February 18 - 27, 2021"
---
<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</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><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/lpw24y/getmoneroorg_now_has_an_onion_address_which_makes/" target="_blank">Getmonero.org now has an onion address and is accessible through Tor</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mymonero.official_android_application&gl=ZA" target="_blank">MyMonero is now officially in the Google Play store for Android</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>CoinLoan, an EU based cryptocurrency company, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/lsytng/you_can_now_wire_usd_to_coinloan_convert_to_xmr/" target="_blank">now allows Wire transfers to purchase Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://anchor.fm/elmonero/episodes/10-Mesa-Redonda-II-eqdrmd" target="_blank">The Monero Spanish podcast El Monero released another episode</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk has interviewed the COMIT project, another Monero-BTC Atomic swaps implementation - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuZrtHNTixo" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.</h4>
</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/213" target="_blank">Serbian translation of Monero GUI Wallet, Monero Means Money</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/211" target="_blank">Creating educational video series for awareness around Monero in Hindi</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/206" target="_blank">kysn - Translation of GUI Wallet, monero-site, Monero Means Money (subtitles), Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles) to Persian</a></p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="" target="_blank">vtnerd Full-Time 2021 Q1</a> by Lee Clagett (vtnerd)</p>
    <p>Raised <b>128.89 of 133.4</b> XMR (97%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2306536</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>2.317 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>22.91</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>16,538</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.14 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 27, 2021</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0227.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$3,676,327,370</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$188.67</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>02/27/21</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="02/27/21">$205.14</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-20.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+51.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+193.8%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="02/27/21">€169.93</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-20.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+52.3%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+167.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="02/27/21">B0.00458923</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+0.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+12.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-42.3%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on February 27, 2021</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph</p>

![XMR Price Graph 02/18/21-02/27/21](/img/weekly-chart-0227.png "XMR Price Graph 02/18/21-02/27/21") 

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>

<div class="sponsors">

    <div class="sponsor">
        <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>
    </div>

    <div class="sponsor">
        <p><a href="https://dvchain.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/dv-chain-logo.png" alt="DV Chain Logo" class="dvchain"></a></p>
        <p class="text-center"><a href="https://dvchain.co/" target="_blank">DV Chain</a></p>
    </div>
</div>

<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>

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