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title: Issue 32: October 25 - October 31, 2019
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<p class="text-lead">Revuo Monero Weekly: Week of October 25 - October 31, 2019.</p>
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<h3>Happy Halloween to all Monero enthusiasts!</h3>
<img src="/img/monero-pumpkin-sm.png" alt="Monero Pumpkin">

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</a></li>
    <li><a href="#events">Upcoming Events</a></li>
    <li><a href="#ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</a></li>
    <li><a href="#proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</a></li>
    <li><a href="#stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</a></li>
    <li><a href="#volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

<h3 id="news">Recent News</h3>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The release v0.15 branch has been created. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/dnf68t/the_release_v015_branch_has_been_created_a_brief/" target="_blank">Here is a guide on how to help out with testing</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Breaking Monero Episode 14: Subaddress Association (Janus Attack) - <a href="https://youtu.be/M_IYzzC5Zqk" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/BitcoinComExch/status/1188790055965528065" target="_blank">Bitcoin.com Exchange has listed Monero</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/BTSEcom/status/1189777190499446785" target="_blank">BTSE has launched futures trading for Monero</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://blog.bitvps.com/bitvps-hidden-service/" target="_blank">BitVPS added Monero</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://twitter.com/Magnum_Wallet/status/1187766178548244480" target="_blank">Magnum Wallet has added support for Monero</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Dr Daniel Kim’s presentation on Monero from Anarchapulco 2019 is now <a href="https://youtu.be/BKNK_mM_P0s" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Rafael LaVerde interviewed Diego “rehrar” Salazar at the 2019 DEF CON Hacking Conference - <a href="https://youtu.be/U1eQrtzAuQE" target="_blank">watch it on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk with Kyle Torpey on Monero, Bitcoin privacy and other Bitcoin-related things - <a href="https://youtu.be/2Wec66_mb1c" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<h3 id="events">Upcoming Events</h3>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 3, 2019 (Sunday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Dev Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-dev" target="_blank">#monero-dev</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 4, 2019 (Monday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Research Lab Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-research-lab" target="_blank">#monero-research-lab</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 6, 2019 (Wednesday) – 18:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">36C3 Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-ccc" target="_blank">#monero-ccc</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 9, 2019 (Saturday) – 17:00 UTC</p>
    <p markdown="1">Community Workgroup Meeting - <a href="irc://chat.freenode.net/#monero-community" target="_blank">#monero-community</a> IRC channel</p>
</div>

<h3 id="ideas">CCS Proposal Ideas</h3>

<p>Below you can find recent CCS proposal ideas open for discussion.</p>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/102" target="_blank">WIP: Norwegian translation</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/97" target="_blank">funding for a new payment gateway</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/91" target="_blank">Telegram bot for Monero-Jobs group</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/merge_requests/88" target="_blank">BrandedGIFS-JB</a></p>
</div>

<h3 id="proposals">CCS Proposals Need Funding</h3>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/mooo-2019-11.html" target="_blank">moneromooo: three months from November 2019</a> by moneromooo</p>
    <p>Raised <b>0.42 of 395.00</b> XMR</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/rehrar-36c3-expenses.html" target="_blank">rehrar to 36C3</a> by rehrar</p>
    <p>Raised <b>5.72 of 58.65</b> XMR (10%)</p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
    <p><a href="https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/ErCiccione-weblate.html" target="_blank">Multiple features and fixes for getmonero.org</a> by erciccione</p>
    <p>Raised <b>6.17 of 60.00</b> XMR (10%)</p>
</div>

<h3 id="stats">Price & Blockchain Stats</h3>

<h4 class="stat">Blockchain Stats</h4>

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1956985</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>321.556 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>19.1 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>9.51</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>6838</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.21 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 31, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1031.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

<h4 class="stat">Price & Performance</h4>

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,017,588,457</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$55.89</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>10/31/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="10/31/19">$59.05</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+11.4%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+3.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-42.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="10/31/19">€52.96</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+11.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+1.5%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-41.4%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="10/31/19">Ƀ0.00644705</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-9.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-6.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-60.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on October 31, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for October 25 - October 31, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 10/25/19-10/31/19](/img/weekly-chart-1031.png "XMR Price Graph 10/25/19-10/31/19") 

Sources: <a href="https://community.xmr.to/explorer/mainnet/" target="_blank">community.xmr.to</a>, <a href="https://moneroblocks.info/stats/transaction-stats" target="_blank">moneroblocks.info</a>, <a href="https://minexmr.com/pools.html" target="_blank">minexmr.com</a>, <a href="https://bitinfocharts.com/monero/" target="_blank">bitinfocharts.com</a>, <a href="https://www.coingecko.com/" target="_blank">coingecko.com</a>, <a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">localmonero.co</a>

<h3 id="volunteer">Volunteer Opportunities</h3>

<p>If you want to get involved in making Monero better, but aren’t sure how, check out the volunteer opportunities below.</p>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Test Monero Core Software</a></p>
    <p>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 <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero#compiling-monero-from-source" target="_blank">on GitHub</a>. </p>
</div>

<h3 id="donate">Donate</h3>

<p markdown="1">If you enjoy this publication and want to support it, we encourage you to donate to the Monero General Fund, using the following address:</p>

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