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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-06-06T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 11
title: "Issue 11; May 30 - June 6, 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 Non-Profit 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>New Kastelo Hardware Wallet Prototype Photos <a href="https://taiga.getmonero.org/project/michael-rfc-hwallet-1-implementation/" target="_blank">are published on Taiga</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Sarang Noether <a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/34#note_6373" target="_blank">published his May report</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bwo7ak/compact_linkable_ring_signatures_and_applications/" target="_blank">MRL collaborates on a new ring-signature scheme with size and verification savings</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>
    <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bvz97k/dlsag_noninteractive_refund_transactions_for/" target="_blank">MRL collaborates on a ring-signature scheme that allows exciting new features like refund transactions and limited atomic swap capabilities</a>
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Midipoet <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bvoarg/oslo_freedom_forum_fringe_review_midipoet/" target="_blank">posted his Oslo Freedom Forum Fringe Review</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bwase5/release_of_exa_wallet_mobile_wallet_with/" target="_blank">Exa Wallet</a>, a new Monero mobile wallet app with multisignatures support, has been released for Android and iOS</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/bwwkqf/update_cake_wallet_3115_fix_bugs_and_made_some/" target="_blank">Cake Wallet update</a> available for iOS users - bug fixes and some improvements included</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>June Monero Coffee Chat - <a href="https://youtu.be/TEWloLhVHWQ" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk with Howard Chu and Sam Williams of Arweave about RandomX progress - <a href="https://youtu.be/ICPqlu5WQyk" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>“Exploring Monero UI/UX Episode 1: General UX” <a href="https://youtu.be/ODNu0QA8bTM" target="_blank">is available on YouTube</a></h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Monero Outreach Group <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/RandomX.php" target="_blank">published a blog post on RandomX - “Monero and Arweave to Validate the Proof-of-Work Algorithm”</a></h4>
</div>

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

<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 10, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 11, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Monero GUI Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date">June 15, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p>DefCon27 Workgroup Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 16, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">June 20, 2019 (Thursday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Tini2p Dev 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/77" target="_blank">Sarang: research funding for 2019 Q3</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/76" target="_blank">(travala.com) Add Monero as a supported payment method</a></p>
</div>

<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/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/mooo-2019-07.html" target="_blank">Moneromooo coding, July 2019</a> by moneromooo</p>
    <p>Raised <b>126.00 of 294.00</b> XMR (43%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/xmrhaelan-monero-outreach-round-3.html" target="_blank">Monero Outreach Round 3</a> by xmrhaelan</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.00 of 110.00</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<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>17.52 of 73.00</b> XMR (24%)</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>55.46 of 137.00</b> XMR (40%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1851245</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>292.97 kB</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>333.810 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>12.59</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>9072</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.71 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 6, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-0606.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap:  <b>$1,442,156,734</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$83.86</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>06/06/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="06/06/19">$85.63</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-8.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+28.6%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-48.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="06/06/19">€75.97</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-9.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+27.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-46.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="06/06/19">Ƀ0.01110059</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+3.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-4.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-49.5%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on June 6, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for May 30 - June 6, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 05/30/19-06/06/19](/img/weekly-chart-0530.png "XMR Price Graph 05/30/19-06/06/19") 

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 Non-Profit of the Week</h3>

<a href="https://openprivacy.ca/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/open_privacy_logo.png" alt="Open Privacy Logo" class="merchant-img" id="openpriv"></a>

<a href="https://openprivacy.ca/" target="_blank">The Open Privacy Research Society</a> (Open Privacy for short) is a non-profit Canadian group based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They believe that moral systems enable consent. The society exists to invent, create, build, test, publish, deploy, promote, and to encourage the development of such systems.

<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>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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