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Table of Contents:

Recent News

Cake Wallet version 3.1.18 is available now. It includes Hidden balance mode plus other new useful features.

Monero is back up on ShapeShift.io and is available to trade.

Publish0x published a Step-by-Step Guide to XMR.

Monero is listed on ATAIX (not an endorsement).

ChangeNOW.io now accepts credit cards as a payment method to buy XMR.

Upcoming Events

August 25, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC

Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel

August 26, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC

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

August 27, 2019 (Tuesday) – 17:00 UTC

Monero GUI Meeting - #monero-gui IRC channel

August 31, 2019 (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.

ErCiccione: Installation and configuration of Weblate, the new localization platform

BrandedGIFS-JB

Telegram bot for Monero-Jobs group

A Monero Tip Bot for Telegram

Pre-paid Gifting Wallets

Monero currency and blockchain statistics hub

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: 1906594

Hash rate: 337.986 MH/s

Median block size: 14.7 kB

Average Tx per block: 9.25

Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 6624

Block reward: 2.44 XMR

Data taken on August 22, 2019

Hashrate Pool Distribution

Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart

Price & Performance

XMR Market Cap: $1,421,361,024
Localmonero.co Street Price: $76.30

Monero (XMR) Price

XMR to 08/22/19 Week Month Year
USD $82.67 +5.8% -0.8% -12.6%
EUR €74.56 +6.4% +0.3% -8.8%
BTC Ƀ0.00810555 +3.7% +0.5% -44.6%

Data taken on August 22, 2019

XMR Price Graph for August 16 - August 22, 2019

![XMR Price Graph 08/16/19-08/22/19](/img/weekly-chart-0822.png "XMR Price Graph 08/16/19-08/22/19") Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, minexmr.com, 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.

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

44AFFq5kSiGBoZ4NMDwYtN18obc8AemS33DBLWs3H7otXft3XjrpDtQGv7SqSsaBYBb98uNbr2VBBEt7f2wfn3RVGQBEP3A

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