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type: weekly
layout: weekly_old
date: "2020-11-20T00:00:00Z"
issuenumber: 84
title: "Issue 84; November 9 - 20, 2020"
---

<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/jthdez/communityfunded_atomic_swap_project_kickoff/" target="_blank">The Monero Atomic Swap protocol team has an update on their early stage work</a>.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/jv8v2r/psa_if_you_run_a_public_remote_node_please/" target="_blank">GUI v0.17.1.4 has been released</a>. All users are encouraged to update, and all those who run public nodes should update ASAP.</h4>
</div>

<div class="newsbyte">
    <h4><a href="https://charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/dr-sarang-noether-to-implement-bulletproofs-in-monero" target="_blank">The MAGIC charity is raising funds to hire Dr. Sarang Noether to work on Bulletproofs+ for Monero</a>.</h4>
</div>

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

<div class="event">
    <p class="date" markdown="1">November 21, 2020 (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 29, 2020 (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/185" target="_blank">Mastering Monero Serbian Translation</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/182" target="_blank">Mastering Monero Spanish Translation</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/180" target="_blank">-oeAdgK01-Translation of Monero CLI & GUI (CLI Wallet, GUI Wallet), Getmonero (monero-site) and Community (Monero Means Money (subtitles), Sound Money, Safe Mode (subtitles)) to Greek.md</a></p>
</div>

<div class="proposal">
<p><a href="https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/156" target="_blank">Implementing New Range Proof Technique Bulletproofs+ in Monero</a></p>
</div>

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

None. All funded. :) But keep a look out for proposals in the future, or donate to the General Fund (<a href="#donate">donation address</a> at the bottom of the Revuo).

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

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

<div class="bcstats">
    <p>Block height: <b>2235226</b></p>
    <p>Hash rate: <b>1.593 GH/s</b></p>
    <p>Median block size: <b>30 kB</b></p>
    <p>Average Tx per block: <b>23.67</b></p>
    <p>Weekly Moving Average Tx per day: <b>17,053</b></p>
    <p>Block reward: <b>1.30 XMR</b></p>
</div>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 20, 2020</p>

<h4 class="stat">XMR Blocks Distribution in last 1000 blocks</h4>
<p><img src="/img/hashrate-pool-distribution-1120.png" alt="Hashrate Pool Distribution Pie Chart"/></p>

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

<div class="price-intro">XMR Market Cap: <b>$2,151,699,674</b><br>Localmonero.co Street Price: <b>$116.33</b></div>

<p class="table-title">Monero (XMR) Price</p>
<table class="price-table">
  <tr class="row1">
    <th></th>
    <th>11/20/20</th>
    <th>Week</th>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Year</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">USD</td>
    <td data-th="11/20/20">$121.22</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.2%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-0.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+109.5%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr class="row3">
    <td data-th="XMR to">EUR</td>
    <td data-th="11/20/20">€102.24</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="green">+6.0%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-0.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="green">+95.7%</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td data-th="XMR to">BTC</td>
    <td data-th="11/20/20">B0.00649267</td>
    <td data-th="Week" class="red">-7.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Month" class="red">-31.1%</td>
    <td data-th="Year" class="red">-9.2%</td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p class="note">Data taken on November 20, 2020</p>

<p class="table-title">XMR Price Graph for November 14 - 20, 2020</p>

![XMR Price Graph 11/09/20-11/20/20](/img/weekly-chart-1120.png "XMR Price Graph 11/09/20-11/20/20") 

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://miningpoolstats.stream/monero" target="_blank">miningpoolstats.stream</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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