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Table of Contents:

Recent News

Monero community contributor Seth Simmons made an FAQ of common questions based off of his AMA session with ChainTalkTV.

The aforementioned AMA session can be viewed in video form on YouTube (Telegram-based so it’s a text time-lapse).

Huobi has launched an XMR/USD trading option.

MoneroTalk interviewed Leonhard Weese on the topic of Monero in Hong Kong - watch on YouTube.

Upcoming Events

July 26, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC

Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel

July 29, 2020 (Wednesday) – 17:00 UTC

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

August 1, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC

Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel

CCS Proposal Ideas

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

WIP: Monero material set for spanish speakers

xiphon part-time coding

Implementing New Range Proof Technique Bulletproofs+ in Monero

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: 2149641

Hash rate: 1.327 GH/s

Median block size: 21.7 kB

Average Tx per block: 13.23

Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 9,457

Block reward: 1.53 XMR

Data taken on July 24, 2020

XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $1,273,137,575
Localmonero.co Street Price: $69.31

Monero (XMR) Price

07/24/20 Week Month Year
USD $72.17 +6.7% +11.4% -10.3%
EUR €61.95 +4.6% +7.5% -14.2%
BTC ₿0.00754365 +2.1% +8.2% -8.1%

Data taken on July 24, 2020

XMR Price Graph for July 17 - July 24, 2020

![XMR Price Graph 07/17/20-07/24/20](/img/weekly-chart-0724.png "XMR Price Graph 07/17/20-07/24/20") 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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