Issue 39: December 12-19, 2019
Table of Contents:
- Recent News
- CCS Proposal Ideas
- CCS Proposals Need Funding
- Price & Blockchain Stats
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Sponsors
- Donate
Recent News
A new point release of the GUI has been released v0.15.0.2. Major updates including fixes for Trezor and Tails.
The Monero website has been updated, with the biggest change being a new and improved Downloads page. See the announcement and list of changes here.
The Java, Javascript, and C++ libraries hosted on the Monero Ecosystem have been updated for the release.
Monero’s Defcon speeches have now been posted. Check all of the talks out on the Defcon Youtube channel.
Monero Talk interviewed Harry Halpin from Nym to discuss their project and crypto-anarchism - available on YouTube.
Upcoming Events
December 21, 2019 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC
Monero Coffee Chat - watch online here
December 21, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC
Community Workgroup Meeting - #monero-community IRC channel
December 23, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC
Research Lab Meeting - #monero-research-lab IRC channel
December 29, 2019 (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 5.5 of 695.00 XMR (1%)
Price & Blockchain Stats
Blockchain Stats
Block height: 1992765
Hash rate: 914.088 MH/s
Median block size: 11.8 kB
Average Tx per block: 9.77
Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: 7039
Block reward: 2.07 XMR
Data taken on December 19, 2019
Hashrate Pool Distribution
Price & Performance
Localmonero.co Street Price: $45.02
Monero (XMR) Price
| XMR to | 12/19/19 | Week | Month | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | $47.08 | -11% | -20% | +4.2% |
| EUR | €42.33 | -11% | -20% | +4.2% |
| BTC | B0.00660280 | -11% | -20% | +4.2% |
Data taken on December 19, 2019
XMR Price Graph for December 13 - 19, 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.
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