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Table of Contents:

Recent News

The new GUI release, v0.16.0.2 'Nitrogen Nebula' is now available for download.

Getmonero.org has another slew of updates, including a revamped homepage. Check out the full list of changes.

XMR.to has added Bitcoin lightning network payment capabilities.

Locha Mesh has recorded a tech demo on sending a Monero transaction from an off-grid computer to an internet connected one via their radio wave mesh network - watch on YouTube.

MoneroTalk interviewed Dr. David D. Friedman on Digital Cash - watch on YouTube.

Upcoming Events

July 15, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC

Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel

July 18, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC

Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel

July 26, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC

Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel

CCS Proposal Ideas

Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.

v1docq47: video creation / translations into russian (august 2020 - january 2021)

Swedish cli wallet

Compilation time reduction and housekeeping

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: 2140873

Hash rate: 1.362 GH/s

Median block size: 28.0 kB

Average Tx per block: 17.65

Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 12,660

Block reward: 1.56 XMR

Data taken on July 12, 2020

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $1,219,466,627
Localmonero.co Street Price: $65.72

Monero (XMR) Price

07/12/20 Week Month Year
USD $69.12 +7.8% +8.1% -22.6%
EUR €61.13 +7.2% +7.9% -32.4%
BTC B0.00744349 +6.0% +8.3% -5.4%

Data taken on July 6, 2020

XMR Price Graph for July 6 - July 12, 2020

![XMR Price Graph 07/06/20-07/12/20](/img/weekly-chart-0712.png "XMR Price Graph 07/06/20-07/12/20") Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, miningpoolstats.stream, bitinfocharts.com, coingecko.com, localmonero.co

Volunteer Opportunities

If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren’t sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.

Test Monero Core Software

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.

Getting Started with Helping Monero

If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero from the Monero Outreach Group.

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If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:

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