Issue 41: December 26, 2019 - January 2, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- Upcoming Events
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
| 36C3 Recap |
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Day 1 Stream - watch on Youtube.
Day 2 Stream - watch on Youtube.
Day 3 Stream - watch on Youtube.
Day 4 Stream - watch on Youtube.
| Other News |
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Tevador, principal developer of RandomX, has made a post correcting common errors in journalism about Monero.
The XMR.RU team released their December report.
Pedro “M-alMen” Gaspar presented about Monero in October of this year at Ubucon in Portugal. His presentation was recently released on YouTube.
MoneroTalk interviewed Amir Taaki about the need for a purpose and vision in crypto - watch on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
January 4, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
January 6, 2020 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
January 12, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
CCS Proposal Ideas
Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.
CCS Proposals Need Funding
Sarang: research funding for 2020 Q1 by Sarang Noether
Raised 515.78 of 695.00 XMR (74%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 2002936
Hash rate: 1.088 GH/s
Median block size: 16.1 kB
Average Tx per block: 10.44
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 7614
Block reward: 2.03 XMR
Data taken on January 2, 2020
Hashrate Pool Distribution
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $45.90
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 01/02/20 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $47.88 | +6.0% | -10.0% | -6.8% |
| EUR | €42.95 | +5.4% | -10.7% | -5.5% |
| BTC | B0.00667951 | +6.5% | -8.7% | -49.8% |
Data taken on January 2, 2020
XMR Price Graph for December 27, 2019 - January 2, 2020
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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