Issue 32: October 25 - October 31, 2019
Happy Halloween to all Monero enthusiasts!
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- Upcoming Events
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Donate
Recent News
The release v0.15 branch has been created. Here is a guide on how to help out with testing.
Breaking Monero Episode 14: Subaddress Association (Janus Attack) - available on YouTube.
Dr Daniel Kim’s presentation on Monero from Anarchapulco 2019 is now available on YouTube.
Rafael LaVerde interviewed Diego “rehrar” Salazar at the 2019 DEF CON Hacking Conference - watch it on YouTube.
Monero Talk with Kyle Torpey on Monero, Bitcoin privacy and other Bitcoin-related things - available on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
November 3, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
November 4, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
November 6, 2019 (Wednesday) – 18:00 UTC
36C3 Meeting - #monero-ccc IRC channel
November 9, 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.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
moneromooo: three months from November 2019 by moneromooo
Raised 0.42 of 395.00 XMR
rehrar to 36C3 by rehrar
Raised 5.72 of 58.65 XMR (10%)
Multiple features and fixes for getmonero.org by erciccione
Raised 6.17 of 60.00 XMR (10%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 1956985
Hash rate: 321.556 MH/s
Median block size: 19.1 kB
Average Tx per block: 9.51
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 6838
Block reward: 2.21 XMR
Data taken on October 31, 2019
Hashrate Pool Distribution
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $55.89
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 10/31/19 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $59.05 | +11.4% | +3.8% | -42.4% |
| EUR | €52.96 | +11.2% | +1.5% | -41.4% |
| BTC | Ƀ0.00644705 | -9.2% | -6.2% | -60.2% |
Data taken on October 31, 2019
XMR Price Graph for October 25 - October 31, 2019
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.
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.
Donate
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
Comments, criticism, complaints or corrections? Please contact rehrar at rehrar at tuta.io. Say rehrar sent you.