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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2019-12-19T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 39
title: "Issue 39: December 12-19, 2019"
---

<h3>Table of Contents:</h3>
<ul class="contents">
    <li><a href="#news">Recent News</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="#sponsor">Sponsors</a></li>
    <li><a href="#donate">Donate</a></li>
</ul>

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

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/eaj3u6/gui_v01502_carbon_chamaeleon_released/" target="_blank">A new point release of the GUI has been released v0.15.0.2</a>. Major updates including fixes for Trezor and Tails.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2019/12/16/technical-responsibilities-update.html" target="_blank">The Core Team has released an update on shifting responsibilities in maintenance, code merging, builds, and more</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero is now available in the Arch repositories: <a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/monero-gui/" target="_blank">GUI</a> and <a href="https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/monero/" target="_blank">CLI</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://web.getmonero.org/2019/12/05/funds-travel-rule.html" target="_blank">The Monero Compliance Workgroup has released a statement about the Funds Travel Rule and how Monero fits in</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The Monero website has been updated, with the biggest change being a new and improved Downloads page. <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/eay83k/getmoneroorg_updated_new_user_friendly_download/" target="_blank">See the announcement and list of changes here</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>The <a href="https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-java" target="_blank">Java</a>, <a href="https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/monero-javascript" target="_blank">Javascript</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/woodser/monero-cpp-library" target="_blank">C++</a> libraries hosted on the Monero Ecosystem have been updated for the release.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero’s Defcon speeches have now been posted. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9fPq3eQfaaBiCOF12ZYejtj21sI1jm0I" target="_blank">Check all of the talks out on the Defcon Youtube channel</a>.
    </h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4>Monero Talk interviewed Harry Halpin from Nym to discuss their project and crypto-anarchism - <a href="https://youtu.be/BRrBbUVEMUw" target="_blank">available on YouTube</a>.
    </h4>
</div>


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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 21, 2019 (Saturday) – 16:00 UTC</p>
    <p>Monero Coffee Chat - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKxLNPJeEjPXOke55i5AIXA" target="_blank">watch online here</a></p>
</div>

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">December 21, 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">December 23, 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">December 29, 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/107" target="_blank">RandomX Thanks</a></p>
</div>

<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/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/sarang-2020-q1.html" target="_blank">Sarang: research funding for 2020 Q1</a> by Sarang Noether</p>
    <p>Raised <b>5.5 of 695.00</b> XMR (1%)</p>
</div>

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>1992765</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>914.088 MH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>11.8 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>9.77</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>7039</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>2.07 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 19, 2019</p>

<h4 class="stat">Hashrate Pool Distribution</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1219.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$814,927,767</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$45.02</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th>XMR to</th>
    <th>12/19/19</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="12/19/19">$47.08</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-20%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+4.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="12/19/19">€42.33</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-20%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+4.2%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="12/19/19">B0.00660280</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-11%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-20%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+4.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on December 19, 2019</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for December 13 - 19, 2019</p>

![XMR Price Graph 12/13/19-12/19/19](/img/weekly-chart-1219.png "XMR Price Graph 12/13/19-12/19/19") 

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>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <p class="date"><a href="https://github.com/monero-project/monero" target="_blank">Getting Started with Helping Monero</a></p>
    <p>If you are new to Monero and want to contribute, please check out <a href="https://www.monerooutreach.org/stories/getting-started-helping-monero.php" target="_blank">this article about volunteering and contributing to Monero</a> from the Monero Outreach Group. </p>
</div>

<h3 id="sponsor">Sponsored by</h3>

<p><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank"><img src="/img/localmonero-logo.png" alt="LocalMonero.co Logo" class="localmonero"></a></p>

<p class="text-center"><a href="https://localmonero.co/" target="_blank">LocalMonero.co</a></p>

<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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