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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-11-07T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 33
title: "Issue 33: October 31 - November 7, 2019"
---

<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><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero/releases/tag/v0.15.0.0" target="_blank">CLI and GUI v0.15.0.0 'Carbon Chamaeleon' has been tagged</a>. You can help verify the integrity with the deterministic build process (CLI only!). Instructions for doing so <a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero/tree/master/contrib/gitian#gitian-building" target="_blank">can be found here</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Two new projects have joined the Monero Ecosystem initiative: Monero’s Telegram Tipbot and the XMR.to client written in Go. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ds191t/2_new_projects_join_the_monero_ecosystem_the/" target="_blank">See the announcement here</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/drma4z/cake_wallet_looking_for_android_testers/" target="_blank">Cake Wallet is looking for Android beta testers for their soon-to-be-released Android version of their app</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://masteringmonero.com/bitcoin.html" target="_blank">Mastering Monero is beginning a marketing campaign titled “Beware of Bitcoin”</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>SupportXMR GUI has had a major update. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ds2rgy/supportxmrgui_update_twice_the_features_half_the/" target="_blank">Check out the details</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>MoneroTalk interviews Andreas M. Antonopoulos on fungibility, privacy, Monero & the future of true digital cash - <a href="https://youtu.be/2wDekBAGydg" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Jeff Berwick aka Dollar Vigilante, Rafael LaVerde & Mr. X on Monero & the importance of Privacy - <a href="https://youtu.be/HvObG9Fo13M" target="_blank">watch on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

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

<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>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 11, 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 13, 2019 (Wednesday) – 16:00 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 17, 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>

<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>344.36 of 395.00</b> XMR (87%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1962129</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>304.624 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>25.2 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>10.29</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>6987</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.19 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 7, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1107.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$1,090,724,910</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$60.62</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>11/07/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="11/07/19">$63.09</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+13.7%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-43.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="11/07/19">€57.07</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+7.9%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+12.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-41.6%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="11/07/19">Ƀ0.00683957</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="green">+0.8%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-59.8%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 7, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for November 1 - November 7, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 11/01/19-11/07/19](/img/weekly-chart-1107.png "XMR Price Graph 11/01/19-11/07/19") 

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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