Issue 42: January 3-10, 2020
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- Upcoming Events
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
MRL has released a paper for a proving system called Triptych that has the potential to take Monero’s ringsize to over one hundred.
Monero Outreach put out an article that looks at the differences in viewpoints between the West and China in regards to Monero.
Monero Talk put out the first of their C3 interviews with Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni and Joel Gugger - available on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
January 11, 2020 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Monero Coffee Chat - watch online here
January 12, 2020 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC
Dev Meeting - #monero-dev IRC channel
January 15, 2020 (Wednesday) – 18:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
January 15, 2020 (Wednesday) – 19:00 UTC
Monero Konferenco [EU] Meeting - #monero-konferenco IRC channel
January 18, 2020 (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
3 months part time work on Getmonero.org by erciccione
Raised 63.75 of 174.00 XMR (37%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 2008554
Hash rate: 1.101 GH/s
Median block size: 16.7 kB
Average Tx per block: 11.35
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 8146
Block reward: 2.01 XMR
Data taken on January 10, 2020
XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $57.57
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 01/10/20 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $60.42 | +18.9% | +14.4% | +34.0% |
| EUR | €54.28 | +19.4% | +14.5% | +38.7% |
| BTC | B0.00736682 | +5.9% | 0.2% | -41.0% |
Data taken on January 10, 2020
XMR Price Graph for January 4 - 10, 2020
Sources: community.xmr.to, moneroblocks.info, miningpoolstats.stream, 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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