Issue 34: November 7-14, 2019
Monero Network Upgrade Countdown
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- Upcoming Events
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
Abra Wallet now supports Monero withdraws (via an exchange).
XMRig has released a RandomX ready stable release; the primary new feature being its new 3-in-1 capabilities (CPU, OpenCL, CUDA).
Coinbase released a blog post concerning Proof of Work, where Monero’s previous ideologies were criticized. The Monero Outreach Workgroup responded with a post of their own, rebutting some of the inaccuracies.
Monero Talk with Adam Meister on Bitcoin’s surveillance properties, Monero & more - available on YouTube: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
Upcoming Events
November 17, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
November 18, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
November 20, 2019 (Wednesday) – 16:00 UTC
36C3 Meeting - #monero-ccc IRC channel
November 23, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
November 30, 2019 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC
Monero Coffee Chat - watch online here
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
36C3 Supplies by rehrar
Raised 0.04 of 560.00 XMR
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 1967099
Hash rate: 293.220 MH/s
Median block size: 13.6 kB
Average Tx per block: 10.41
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 7466
Block reward: 2.17 XMR
Data taken on November 14, 2019
Hashrate Pool Distribution
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $62.50
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 11/14/19 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $65.09 | +3.1% | +25.1% | -30.7% |
| EUR | €58.95 | +3.4% | +25.3% | -28.8% |
| BTC | Ƀ0.00752017 | +10.0% | +18.3% | -53.4% |
Data taken on November 14, 2019
XMR Price Graph for November 8 - November 14, 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.
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.
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:
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Comments, criticism, complaints or corrections? Please contact rehrar at rehrar at tuta.io. Say rehrar sent you.